We are all born with an innate sense of fairness. While that sense can be the foundation for human justice, our broken hearts often twist "fairness" into an ego-centric trap: envy. In this message based on Matthew 20:1-16, we dive into Jesus’ Parable of the...
As Jesus easts with tax collectors and sinners he tells the Pharisees that he has not come to call the righteous but sinners, implying that the pharisees do not recognize that they are sinners. Liturgist and Preacher: Dr. George Gude; Reader: William Ellington and Dr....
The Bible teaches that at the end of this current age, when Jesus returns, God will finally and eternally judge all people. But what is the actual basis of that judgment? What does it have to do with our lives right now? And how can we know where we stand? For...
What does it mean that we worship a Triune God? While the word "Triune" isn’t explicitly found in the pages of Scripture, the early Christian Church carefully adopted this term to defend and proclaim the truth of the one true God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
This Pentecost sermon emphasizes that the true miracle of Pentecost is not the dramatic signs like tongues of fire, but that the Holy Spirit enables the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached and heard “in your own language,” creating faith through Word and Sacrament....
