The ground of true thanksgiving is faith – belief that the good things we have are given to us from someone outside of us who deserves thanks. And when God’s people give him this thanksgiving, that act of embodied faith draws people who don’t know...
Jesus' kingdom has already begun in his death, resurrection, and ascension; but he will completely bring about his kingdom someday when he returns to make all things new. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Last Sunday of...
When everything we find our identity in is taken away, Jesus promises to bring about a new creation where he is all in all. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Nov 14, 2021 Readings: Psalm...
Jesus has the right to shut down the Temple because he is the Messiah-Priest whose death and resurrection do what the Temple could only point to: be a connection between God and this world where sins are forgiven and God himself lives. Readings and sermon were...
Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Reformation Day, Oct 31, 2021 Readings: Psalm reading is from Psalm 34:1–2, 11, 22 Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 45:20–25 Holy Gospel is from John 8:31–36 Epistle reading is from...
In spite of (or because of!) his blindness and poverty, Bartimaeus is the disciple that so many others in Mark's gospel aren't, because he abandons all he is and owns and follows Jesus on the road to the cross. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor...