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Human Sexuality and the World – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 18, 2024 | Sermon, Services, Upcoming Sermon

In this third sermon on the Bible's teaching about human sexuality, Aaron Mueller looks at what Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians about how to relate to the sexual sin that's prevalent in the world. Paul insists that judging the world for its sexual sin is his...

Human Sexuality and the Church – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 11, 2024 | Sermon, Services

We fallen humans are born with the propensity to worship God's good gifts instead of God himself, and this propensity includes our tendency to make an idol out of his good gift of sexuality. But since this goes against the way he designed us to be, this type of...

A Biblical Foundation for Human Sexuality – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 4, 2024 | Sermon, Services

Paul writes 1 Corinthians 5 to address the way the church of Corinth had neglected to hold accountable a man in the congregation who was having sex with his stepmother. Paul first points out how this sexual sin had not only violated God's will in Scripture but...

Jesus Walks on Water – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 28, 2024 | Sermon, Services

When Jesus' disciples are stuck in the middle of the Sea of Galilee in the middle of the night, he comes walking on the water to them. The disciples don't understand what it means because their hearts are hard, but Jesus wants them to see that he is the true...

The Impossible Meal – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 21, 2024 | Sermon, Services

Although Jesus' disciples are hungry and worn out, he commands them to feed the massive crowd which has gathered to hear his teaching. The disciples are perplexed by their lack of resources and ability to do this, but Jesus meets the need by turning a small amount...

Adopted into the Trinity – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 14, 2024 | Sermon, Services

The Trinity is not an extraneous Christian doctrine – redemption only works if the Father, who eternally loves his own Son, chooses to adopt us as his children. But he doesn't make us his "extra" children, he unites us to Jesus so that we become just...
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