* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on July 2, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 6:12-23 + Matthew 10:40-42 *************** Please pray with me: Welcoming God, Your word of hospitality is wider and deeper than we imagine, … Continue reading The Least You Could Do
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on June 25, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 6:1b-11 + Matthew 10:24-39 *************** Please pray with me: Holy God, We say we want peace, Yet true peace is hard to … Continue reading True Peace is Hard to Come By
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on June 18, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 5:1-8 + Matthew 9:35-10:23 *************** This is a tough sermon this morning. One that I hope names some of our deeper hurt, … Continue reading Suffering With and Speaking Life
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 5, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany: Isaiah 58:1-12 + Psalm 112:1-10 + 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 + Matthew 5:13-20 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Holy God, You … Continue reading These Are The Facts
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on Pentecost, June 4, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Festival of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21 + Psalm 104:24-34, 35b + 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 + John 20:19-23 *************** This was a jointly preached sermon between one of … Continue reading One Spirit, One Community
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Festival of the Resurrection, Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34-43 + Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 + Colossians 3:1-4 + Matthew 28:1-10 *************** Please pray with me: Holy Crucified … Continue reading Worn Out
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 + Psalm 51:1-17 + 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 + Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 *************** Please pray with me this evening: Holy and Almighty … Continue reading The Crosses We Wear
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 26, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Transfiguration of Our Lord: Exodus 24:12-18 + Psalm 2 + 2 Peter 1:16-21 + Matthew 17:1-9 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Loving God, You call … Continue reading Hinge Point
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 19, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 7th Sunday after the Epiphany: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 + Psalm 119:33-40 + 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 + Matthew 5:38-48 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Holy … Continue reading Love Without Restrictions
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 12, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 6th Sunday after the Epiphany: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 + Psalm 119:1-8 + 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 + Matthew 5:21-37 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Gracious God, We … Continue reading Reconciled Beggars
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