Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
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From No Way to New Way
Jeremiah spoke of a time coming when God’s strategy for restoring God’s people would change. Jesus incarnates that new strategy as the last become first and the blind see and follow him on the Way.
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Servant – Leader
The central issue is power, and the question is, how is it to be exercised? Jesus teaches us to be servant leaders. A baptism today is an emblem of God for us.
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Untamable Words
Jesus looks upon us, as he looked upon the rich man, and loving us, he invites us unto a journey that begins with trusting him, stepping out, and letting go.
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The Sacrament of Letting Go
The leaves of fall and the life of St. Francis offer a lesson in the sacrament of letting go. As we experience wilderness in this world, we are companioned by Christ.
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New Frame: A Role for the Child
Jesus invites us to live by a different framing story than the one that has dominated human cultures from the beginning, and a child becomes an emblem of this new frame.
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A New Frame
When Jesus stood at Caesaria Philippi within site of a temple extolling the Roman empire’s framing story, with the vestiges of other, more ancient framing stories scattered around him, he announced a whole new FRAME for understanding what God was up to in the world.
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Crumbs
A telling of today’s gospel story from the point of view of this determined Syrophoenician mother who manages to do what no other person in Mark’s gospel is able to do: stand toe to toe with Jesus, and not blink.
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God’s Work – Our Hands
The true life of faith is a life in motion.
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Choosing Life
Sermon preached the Sunday after the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, during which significant decisions were made regarding the church’s stance on human sexuality and the rostering of gay pastors.