Paul's classic statement on the heart of marriage in Ephesians 5 can speak more broadly to how we are called to love not just our spouses but everyone else as well. The key to understanding how true love works is to recognize that true love does not respond to...
St. James Lutheran Church provides tuition financial assistance to members of St. James who have children enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade at area LCMS Lutheran Schools. The amount St. James provides is limited to $1,000.00 per child and $4,000.00 per...
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...
The cultural trope of the twenty-something guy living in his parents basement, not working, not exercising, and playing hours of video games, is perhaps a caricature, but it touches on a reality that is all too common today: the disillusioned and lonely young man....
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...
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...
Sometimes churches close for demographic reasons: a small, rural community whose citizens are moving away will perhaps struggle to keep its churches open. But the primary reason why once healthy churches shrink and die is that they stop recognizing their foundation,...
Aug 6 @ 6:30 PM Join Caleb and Kate Allen as they share a presentation about their mission work with International Fellowship in Kansas City. They will be discussing the program’s growth over the past year, what’s happening now and what is planned for the...
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...
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...
