Sermon

Pentecost - A New Beginning - 6 - 4 - 2017 by Faith Lutheran Church

Hebrews 4:12-16 Matthew 7:24-29 Bruce preaches on the "two edged sword" of God's Word which comes to us as Law and Gospel. The Law has its own function as does the Good News of Jesus Christ. There are not the same, but they are the holy and righteous Word of God.

First Lesson: Isaiah 43:1-13 Gospel: John 14:15-21

First Lesson – Acts 7:54-60 Gospel Lesson – Mark 13:9-13 Beginning with the martyrdom of Stephen, Christians have witnessed to their faith in Jesus even under threat of death.

Acts 2: 36-41 Today's sermon explores the text from Acts and how those first believers in Jerusalem lived the abundant life.

First John 1:1-10 In this message, Bruce preaches on the source, the scope and the school of forgiveness as we learn to live each day in God's amazing grace and mercy.

Mark 6:30-44

These three words change everything...and they can change you! Listen to Bruce's Easter message on this holy day.

Pastor Mike Easton delivers the Good Friday Sermon.

Maundy Thursday - 4 - 13 - 2017 by Faith Lutheran Church

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.