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  • Sounds of Lent, Part 6: Pounding Hammer

  • That Your Way May Be Known

    God wants His way to be known, so He sends prophets, He sends His Son, and He sends you.

  • The Arguments of Despair

    While Satan draws us away from God with the arguments of despair, Jesus comes to us with the arguments of hope.

  • The Final Enemy

    Paul writes that the final enemy to be destroyed is death. This means two things. First, death is always an enemy. Second, death will be destroyed by Christ's resurrection and return.

  • The Giving and Forgiving Father

    The parable of the prodigal son is a very well known story, but we often overlook one of the details: the severe famine. Don't forget the famine. God uses famines to point us back to forgiveness.

  • The Heavens Were Opened

    When Jesus is baptized, the heavens are opened, God the Father speaks to His beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit descends. The same is true at our baptisms, and Jesus is with is in the water.

  • The Joy of the Lord

    Sometimes it is hard to hear the Gospel. Sometimes the Law is all we can hear because we are helpless before a holy God. But the joy of the Lord is our strength and when we are weak, He is strong.

  • The Language of the Gospel

  • The Light Shines in the Darkness

    It's no secret that there is darkness in the world, but the light of Christ is still shining, and we should't keep that a secret.

  • The Lord Will Relent

    Jeremiah comes speaking a word of truth to Judah and Jerusalem, but they prefer to hear polite lies rather than the truth. We are often in danger of the same, but Christ comes with His good news of truth.

  • The Low Whisper of God

    Elijah visits God on Mount Sinai, and God is not in the wind, earthquake, or fire, but in the sound of a low whisper. God often reveals Himself in such whispers.

  • The Missing Piece of the Rich Young Man

    A man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus tells him to come follow him, but first, let go of his idols.

  • The Promised Holy Spirit

    Our Triune God is mysteriously three persons, but one God. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit always work together. As the church, we are one...even though sometimes it doesn't really look like it.

  • The Saddest Verse in the Bible

    In John 6:66 many who followed Jesus stop following Him. We continue to follow Jesus because He is the only one who knows the way out of death.

  • The Steadfastness of Job

    James mentions the Old Testament character of Job as an example to us of steadfastness in the face of suffering. This sermon reviews Job's story and compares it with Jesus' story.

  • The Way of Jesus

    The way into the Kingdom of God is impossible for people to find on their own. But Jesus brings us into His Kingdom by His own death and resurrection. We now live under His rule and reign.

  • The Way of the Righteous

    Psalm 1 contrasts the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked. This theme is picked up on by the classic book and musical Les Miserables, particularly in the characters of Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert.

  • The Work of Adam

    Before humanity's fall into sin, God gave Adam the good gifts of work and relationships. Though our work and relationships are not perfect, they are still gifts of God. God provides the growth in both.

  • Water into Wine

    The first of Jesus' miraculous signs, turning water into wine, is the pattern and paradigm of all of Jesus' miraculous signs. Jesus transforms something. He manifests His glory. People believe in Him. God can transform any situation to His purposes and His mission of saving people.

  • Who is Jesus? Part 1 - The Son of David

    Jesus is the Son of David, the king, so Jesus is a king. But He's not like other kings. Jesus is the promised king, the compassionate king, and the rejected king.
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