The Hope of New Creation — Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

For the past several centuries Christians in the West have embraced the belief that the destiny of Christians is to “go to heaven when we die.” But according to Paul, the story of salvation that God is writing in history does not end with believers living in a disembodied heaven forever but with the renewal of all of creation, including the restoration of our bodies and the setting up of a universal kingdom of righteousness and peace here on his renewed earth.

Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller.

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2020

Readings:

Epistle reading is from Romans 8:16–25

Holy Gospel is from Matthew 14:13–21

Hymns:

When Trials Come

Text and tune by Keith Getty and Kristyn Getty
© 2005 Thankyou Music
Used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740

Come, We That Love the Lord

Text by Robert Lowry and Isaac Watts
Tune by Robert Lowry
Public domain

The Power of the Cross

Text and tune by Stuart Townend & Keith Getty, © 2005 Thankyou Music
Used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740

I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table

Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder, tran. The Lutheran Hymnal, © 1941 Concordia Publishing House
Used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740
Tune by Emskirchner Choral-Buch, 1756, public domain

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