Sermon

John 12:1-19 Bruce preaches on the meaning and significance of our Lord's entry to Jerusalem. On the cross, Jesus would show the world a different kind of glory and power.

1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-11 Gospel Reading: John 12:1-11 The text and sermon title for the weekend for April 2nd will continue the theme of the Cross of Christ. The Gospel reading is six days before Passover and ends the day before Palm Sunday. The anointing beyond imagination is the anointing Jesus receives from Mary just as He enters Holy Week, beyond our imagination because it is an anointing unto death.

Romans 6:1-23 Bruce concludes our meditations on the power of the cross with this sermon on sanctification.

Acts 4:1-12 With this message Bruce continues our Lenten focus on the cross. What is salvation...and what does it mean to be saved?

First Lesson - Isaiah 8: 9-15 Second Lesson - I Corinthians 1: 17-31

Luke 9:18-27 Bruce preaches on the way in which our Lord was rejected, a rejection so great it resulted in the death of Jesus. What does this teach us about God...and ourselves?

First Lesson: II Corinthians 5:1-21 Second Lesson: Revelation 21:1-5 Bruce preaches on this portion of Paul's letter to the Christian community in Corinth. He refers to our "tents," our bodies, that wear out and do not last forever. Yet at the same time we are being renewed inwardly by the grace of God and love of Christ.

First lesson – Ezra 3:10-13 Gospel lesson – Matthew 5:14-16 In this sermon, we will examine the destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC, and the subsequent rebuilding of that great city set on a hill. We will be looking at Old Testament history from the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. We will relate that to Jesus’ first century instructions in the Sermon on the Mount. And we will discuss the concrete lessons in all this for Faith Lutheran in 2017. So this is a message that stretches across the ages.

First Lesson: Isaiah 52:1-12 Gospel Reading: Luke 10:1-16

Isaiah 58:109a Today's sermon reflects on the prophet's words of judgment as found in Isaiah 58.

Bruce concludes our month long focus on spiritual health and the way in which God blesses and sustains us with the Word, prayer, worship and rest. This rest is not like the rest we usually think of as we "get away from it all." The rest Jesus gives occurs in the "thick of it all."

Having preached on the Word and prayer, Bruce now moves on to the nature of Christian worship...what it is and what it is not. We learn from Jesus the significance of worship and how it was "his custom."

Bruce continues his series of messages on being spiritually strong and healthy. In this sermon, we hear of the importance of prayer... and praying the right way as Jesus taught.

Christians take time for the Word for the sake of their spiritual health and strength. Jesus tells us that it is not enough to hear the Word. We are to “do the Word” as his followers.

The Jesus Memo - 1 - 1 - 2017 by Faith Lutheran Church

Christmas Service

Bruce preaches on the significance of Jesus' birth and how Christmas came to be as we know it today.

On this Fourth and final Sunday in Advent, Bruce preaches on the witness of John the Baptist whose ministry reminds us of: The nearness of the kingdom, the necessity of repentance and the nobility of service.

Bruce preaches on our Lord's reminder to keep awake and stay alert for the coming of the Christ during this Advent season.

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 1:18-25 Last week we learned of Mary's willing obedience to God's plan of salvation. This week we find out more about Joseph and his important role in the coming of Christ, the Word made flesh.