Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
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The leaders find John the Baptist’s message of coming judgment too negative. But Jesus is out to dinner all the time, and not always with the best crowd! How will God get through to God’s people?
The leaders find John the Baptist’s message of coming judgment too negative. But Jesus is out to dinner all the time, and not always with the best crowd! How will God get through to God’s people?
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Both Jeremiah and Jesus call us to live toward God’s future. But that future is in serious tension with “the way things are”.
Sermon preached by Rev. Martha Myers. Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39.
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A Different Kind of Pentecost Story
What is the Pentecost Story for our time? Guest Preacher MaryAnn McKibbon Dana challenges us to look at the story of Babel in the book of Genesis once again. Time to be scattered once again!
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What if the resurrection is not a doctrine but a person? What if the resurrection life is not about some misty day in the future, but is here in the midst of our lives today?
What if the resurrection is not a doctrine but a person? What if the resurrection life is not about some misty day in the future, but is here in the midst of our lives today?
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“If you, like Nicodemus, actually met jesus, what suprises would there be? Are you ready to meet a God who is not quite what you have in mind?
Sermon preached by Rev. Martha Myers. Scripture: John 3:1-17.
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“Not by bread alone”
Evil comes to us in many disguises because it has nothing to give; all its promises are based on lies. Jesus rejects the lies that would divert him from his mission and destroy his relationship with God. Lent invites us to clear time in our lives so that we can discern what comes between us…
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Loving Beyond the Usual Suspects
When our children ask, WHY CAN’T I DO SUCH AND SO–ALL MY FRIENDS GET TO! the answer, most often is “That’s not something we do in this family.” What we have in our first lesson today is God, in the role of Parent, laying out in bold, clean lines expectations for how his children are…
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Being Light
We’re used to talking about Jesus as the light of the world, but how surprising it is to hear Jesus today, pointing not to God or to himself, but to those gathered around him on the hillside, and saying: “YOU ALL ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” We are called as a congregation to visibility!…
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Destiny
Not a few of us have the SUPERBOWL on our minds this morning. And how could we not? The 12th man is alive and well in Seattle, and for the last two weeks it’s been nonstop SEAHAWK fever wherever you go in this city. The thought of a first-in-the-history-of-the-franchise Seattle Superbowl victory is so tantalizing…
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Following = Practicing
In today’s gospel reading we witness the roll-out of Jesus’ public ministry as two sets of brothers leave their nets behind and follow him. Something fundamental shifted within these four fishermen when Jesus engaged them, and it led to an external act: they left the boat and their father and followed him. What does it…