Category Archives: Sermon Podcasts

“Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called…”

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“We have been spending the last three weeks studying Paul’s first letter to Timothy. Today we come to the summation of all we have said. Before we get to that I want to make sure we all are clear on something.

When you and I share this sermon time together, my expectation is not that you are necessarily going to have a Eureka moment and all of the sudden become a super Christian, involved in 4 ministries, catching up on the pledge and then going beyond it in blessed thanksgiving for all that our Lord God has done in your life…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Jesus Came To Save Sinners

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“These are the words that Rite 1 congregations hear just after the priest pronounces God’s absolution for our sins. There is such comfort in these words. As we have been moving through the Epistles we have been noting that this literature contains a lot of instruction…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Forgiveness

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“The slave, Onesimus, has done the unthinkable. He has stolen his master’s valuables and run off. Somehow or another the slave and Paul meet up and during their time together, Onesimus has been converted. The slave is now a believer in our Lord Jesus…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. What a great comfort we have today in the letter to the Hebrews, and today we will discover why this is so… especially in these times when people are under great stress.I would say that almost every person in this congregation has been touched in one way or another by the changing circumstances of the past year or so. Some have had their retirement trimmed, others have had to seek a different job, and still others are in the midst of personal family crises…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

People of Fear, God of Grace

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“Our reading from the letter to the Hebrews would have snapped the attention of the original readers. While one mountain is mentioned explicitly, the other would have been known simply by the language used to describe it. The mountain of fear would have instantly been recognized as Mt. Sinai…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Power For Drooping Hands

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“Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet. Today the writer of this letter to the Hebrews is talking about life – real life and today we get an up close and personal glimpse of what the Christian life looks like. It is all here: sin, faith, training, testing, and our Lord.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for…

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“In the letter to the Hebrews we come to the first full stop in the lives of many Christians. Think of the faith walk that each of us are individually on. We understand that God is always reaching for us first but let’s face it, at some point we all will or have had some horrible event that calls our faith into question. And here lies the cross-road for Christians.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Put on, then, as God’s chosen ones…

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“Put on, then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved …compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another… Recently we talked about how to be mature in Christ. St. Paul gave us the sense that believers should actually be holy… blameless…irreproachable.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Jesus Nailed Our Sin To The Cross

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“This, He set aside, nailing it to the Cross. Today, Paul is replying to the thought that there are some sins outside the power of our Lord Jesus to forgive. But before we dig into this portion of Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae, perhaps we should spend just a bit of time reminding ourselves of the reason Jesus came to us.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!