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Gifts from an Empty Tomb... Power! Sermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
On the fiftieth day of Easter we celebrate the Holy Spirit, through whom and in whom the people of God are empowered and re-created. Pentecost is sometimes called the church’s birthday, but might more appropriately be called its baptism day, since the gift of the Spirit is what gives us the power to live for God everyday. Today we celebrate that the Spirit is still at work in each of us and in the entirety of creation.
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Gifts from an Empty Tomb... PurposeSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
Most of us know about the 40 Days of Purpose from Pr. Rick Warren. Nice idea—but what about the rest of our lives? Don’t we all need PURPOSE every day?!? Today, Jesus invites his closest followers into a purpose that actually goes beyond their lives on into our very lives—that is, to bear witness to the one who suffered; who died; who rose from the dead for the sake of the world!
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Gifts from an Empty Tomb... ClaritySermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
One of the worst human flaws is our tendency to compare ourselves to others. Immediately after Peter is forgiven by Jesus pointed toward his future, he wants to know what the future holds for another disciple (the one who Jesus loved!) Jesus’ simple response cuts through our walls of pride, shame and resistance—“Follow Me!” Today we hear the inspirational story of how a group of teenagers have answered Jesus’ call.
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Gifts from an Empty Tomb... ForgivenessSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Forgiveness is tough stuff. We all have a tendency to hold onto our pain and regret far longer than we should. Ever since Peter denied knowing Jesus on Good Friday, he lived with a guilt few of us can comprehend. Now Jesus takes Peter back to that night and replaces his guilt with a reason to live. Perhaps forgiveness is as much about the future as it is about the past.
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Gifts from an Empty Tomb... GuidanceSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.Most people don’t particularly like being told what to do—that is, unless it’s what they already want to do. Today, Jesus tells the disciples what they must do to catch fish. Their own efforts have failed rather miserably. Maybe that’s why they were ready to listen. Maybe, for us, it is after we have failed (miserably?) that we are truly ready and able to listen to where Jesus wants us to go. In any case, the promise is that when we listen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gifts from an Empty Tomb... PeaceSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
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Why are you weeping: Who are you looking for?Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
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Radical Hospitality—Inviting OthersSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
The parade has started. There is a party atmosphere! A King is coming… But, what is this? He is riding on a donkey—that can’t be a King. Or, is this a King like no other? Yes, this is the king whose Kingdom is the one we all long for. Yes, this is the King that has come to save us… Even from ourselves. Now it is up to us to do the inviting of our families, and friends, and those we know and even those we don’t know to come and meet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Radical Hospitality—The Lost Will be FoundSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Jesus would have made a lousy economist. Risk ninety-nine well-behaved sheep to find one who has gotten lost? Crazy! Tear up a house to find one lost coin, and then throw a party to celebrate its recovery? Crazy! Thankfully, Jesus is a savior, not an economist. Today we celebrate God’s unwavering focus on changing our status from lost to found.
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Radical Hospitality—Invited ForwardSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Jesus attends a dinner party at the home of a respected Jewish religious leader and turns conventional wisdom upside down. First, he heals a man on the Sabbath. Second, he teaches them to forgo the place of honor at the table (near the host) and instead sit at the lowest place at the table. Third, he teaches them to invite outcasts to the table instead of their family and friends. What is Jesus getting at? Simply put, God is the one who gives ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Radical Hospitality—Invited Beyond the NormsSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
It started out just fine. That is until the man was robbed, beaten, and left for dead. But someone would stop—it was after all a well traveled road. But no one did. But they had good excuses—they were within their religious rules. Until a man did stop—until he responded beyond the rules and norms—until at personal sacrifice, he saved the man’s life. And he was a Samaritan—one of those people who aren’t like us—you know what I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Radical Hospitality—Invited into Freedom!Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.All the disciples of Jesus wanted to do was send the people away so they could eat and rest. Jesus would have nothing to do with that idea.“(You) Give them something to eat,”he told them. Jesus, of course, had been feeding them all day—and was about to feed them again—literally and in his teachings. But there was more. They were now fed for a purpose—now they were FREE to feed others as well—both literally and by witnessing to them abou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Radical Hospitality—Invited into Healing!Sermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.Jesus is a realist. When a sinful woman crashes a dinner party at the house of a respected Pharisee and begins to wash Jesus’feet with her tears and lavish expensive ointment on them, he clearly understands the reasons behind her emotional outburst. She is overcome by thanksgiving and treats him as royalty because her sins were so numerous. By forgiving her, Jesus removes a great burden from her life. In contrast, the Pharisee doesn’t treat J ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Under New ManagementSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.Jesus continues to disregard conventional wisdom by choosing a renegade to be a part of his inner circle (Levi) and then breaking religious laws. His message is clear—the world is under new management.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Clarifying the MessageSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
In the midst of showing God’s power by healing the sick, Jesus makes it clear that his authority is much greater than the growing crowds ever imagined and that he can heal us from the inside-out.
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Pushing the BoundariesSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
Everywhere Jesus went the expectations grew that he would set them free from whatever oppressed them. And, he did! But were the people truly ready to be set free? We too seek freedom from what oppresses us. But, are we ready to be truly free? Today we look at just how far Jesus was willing to go to set us free and the implications such freedom has for our lives.
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The State of the Church!Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.“These are the best of times AND the worst of times!”It is one of the greatest challenges of our time—that is, faithfully being the Church of Jesus. Today, as we gather in annual Winter Congregational Meeting we will look at every aspect of our ministry and the challenges that confront us. But, lest we forget, we will also reaffirm how God has empowered us in God’s abundance to the Church faithfully and joyfully!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Finding Your VoiceSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.Today we rejoice with 18 teenagers who have chosen to claim the Christian faith as their own. Each of them has articulated their beliefs in profound and beautiful ways. Confirmation is much more than an educational process or an introduction to church politics. At its best, Confirmation is a party to celebrate that God still changes hearts and invites each of us to advance His kingdom.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
KaribuSermon delivered by Pastor Godbless Mamkwe.Today we welcome to the pulpit Pastor Godbless Mamkwe from Kiblioroni Lutheran Parish in Old Moshi, Tanzania. Pastor Mamkwe leads a community group called“The Committee for the Need”that works to bring the gift of education to AIDS orphans and other children caught in social unrest. Recently, the committee has embarked on a food security initiative that holds great promise for extending the lifespans of those afflicted with HIV. We are blessed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Claimed, Named and Aimed!Sermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Your quest for identity ends here. As we celebrate how God transformed Jesus’ baptism from a routine event to a holy encounter, we remember that He has done the very same thing with each of us. Through the waters of baptism we discover our identity and purpose in life. What we do with this information defines our lives.
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God With UsSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.In this profound introduction to the Gospel of John lies the simple truth that God revealed through a human person. From the beginning of time, the wonder we celebrate at Christmas is the WORD of God continues to dwell among us—most often in simple and ordinary things. Today we explore the terrible and wonderful fact that God is not off someplace else but right here in our midst each and every day.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Christmas EveSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
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Christmas EveSermon delivered by Pastor Joseph Chiu,
Pastor of Good Shepherd
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4th Sunday of Advent - Liberty Through DependenceSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
We all want freedom; it is the dominant part of our national DNA. However, our culture champions the concept of “freedom from” a long list of things. In contrast, our God seeks to give us “freedom for” nothing less than holy living. As we prepare to celebrate the arrival of the Christ child, it’s important to remember that we do so in a state of radical dependence.
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3rd Sunday of Advent - Abundance Through TrustSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
God’s Abundance! However, in a world that defines abundance around what we can accumulate, how do we recognize and understand the abundance of God? Today we explore this amazing revelation of abundance from the prophet Isaiah and just how that abundance is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Yes, we are blessed beyond measure!
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2nd Sunday of Advent - Hope Through SufferingSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Hope is perhaps the worlds greatest currency. Everything from our daily mental outlook to the international economy is influenced by how much of it we have. Our culture promotes a hope based on strength and triumph. In contrast, our God has shown that hope is best achieved through courageous suffering. It has been said, No pain, no gain. This advent, perhaps a slight change is in order: His pain, our gain.
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First Sunday of Advent - Comfort Through ActionSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
In this culture we tend to equate comfort with inactivity and rest. However, when the prophet Isaiah proclaimed comfort to Israel he meant something much different. He proclaimed that Gods idea of comfort was activefirst Gods activity and then ours. On this first Sunday of Advent we begin our preparation for Christmas and God coming to us once again as we explore how Gods action initiates our action which is the very definition of Biblical ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Christ the King Sunday - The CENTER of Our Christian LifeSermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
How are you defined? What is about you that others would point to and say that is the essence of who you are? As Christians, how we worship is central to our understanding of our relationship to God. On this Christ the King Sunday we focus on what our understanding of what our worship reveals about our faith.
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27th Sunday After Pentecost - International InvestmentSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Presentation on the Tanzania Mission Effort.
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26th Sunday After Pentecost - Are You Prepared for this World?Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
A key function of worship is to help prepare you for living in the world. This is not to help you escapebut to be given by God greater tools for living in this world but not necessarily of this world. Today, we look at how that is done and then how we can go forth as disciples of Jesus to the worldthat is our world!
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All Saints Sunday - God's Great Blessings!Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
Sacrament implies SACRED! But what makes Baptism and Holy Communion Sacred? Today we look at these important means of grace as Luther referred to them, is central to our understanding of our faith and life as followers of Jesus. With earthly elements (water, bread & wine) God continues to transform us into Gods image for all time.
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Reformation Sunday - Reforming Our PrayerSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Prayer was designed to be direct and sustained communication between God and humanity. Instead, we often think of prayer as either a life accessory or a element of last resort. Individual lives and churches had have their trajectories radically altered by having honest conversations with God. On this Reformation Day, we are once again challenged to change by greatly upgrading our prayer lives. Heres a hintits not just about praying more ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
23rd Sunday After Pentecost - Giving Until You Are BlessedSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Nobody takes great pleasure in paying taxes. This was especially true in Jesus day when taxes were imposed by an occupation army (The Romans), collected by independent agents (who took their cut) and were not used for local improvement projects (The emperor got rich). And still Jesus teaches that the people should continue to pay taxes when he says, Give to the emperor the things that are the emperors and to God the things that are Gods. T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
22nd Sunday After Pentecost - Living What We SaySermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
It is an old and often used phrase Actions Speak Louder than Words. What do our actions say about what we believe? Each week we profess our faith in worship. Do we then actually live our faith throughout the week? We are being watched, you know. People want to know if following Jesus makes a positive difference. Today we explore living our faith in EVERYTHING we do!
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16th Sunday After Pentecost - It Always Costs More Than You ThinkSermon delivered by Pastor Rick SherrillListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
21st Sunday After Pentecost - Before the Beginning!Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
The WORD = LOVE = JESUS! Ever thought about the fact that God's WORD actually came to us as one of us? Some think that the WORD of God is the Bible alonebut Martin Luther himself pointed out that even the Bible tells us that God's WORD is in fact Jesuswhich is LOVE incarnatethat is LOVE with us! Those tenants didn't get it. Many still don't get it. But we know to know Jesus is to know God!
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20th Sunday After Pentecost - The Bridge Beyond Knowing and DoingSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
Preaching is one of the hallmarks of Lutheran Christian worship. More than any other indicator, pastors near and far are judged on their ability to deliver a inspiring message week in and week out. As the old saying goes, The proof is in the pudding. The best sermons still resonate on Monday and move people from hearers to doers. It's all about building a bridge between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
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19th Sunday After Pentecost - Generous Beyond Imagining!Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
Do you believe God is generous? Do you believe God's love transcends our ability to earn it? Do you believe God desires all of us to know and experience a full and meaningful life? If you answered yes to any of the above then you know the nature and root of why we PRAISE God! Today we emphasize this important and central aspect of our Worship experience!
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Holy Cross Day - The Freedom in ForgivenessSermon delivered by Pastor Rick Sherrill.
The only thing more difficult than confessing our sins is forgiving ourselves and others. We incorporate a rite of "Confession and Forgiveness" into our worship services to facilitate a magnificent exchangewe release our sins to God and receive an overwhelming sense of acceptance and freedom. Our challenge is take that freedom and lavish it upon the world. On this Holy Cross Sunday, we are reminded that forgiveness is a worldwide movement and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
17th Sunday After Pentecost - Where 2 or 3 Are Gathered...Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst.
What is at the heart of our Christian life both as individual Christians and as the Church? Worship! As we move into the fall program the emphasis will be on worshipdefining, looking at the structure and why, and focusing on this gift, why it is so important, and how this opportunity God holds before us to Worship is such a great gift!
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4th Sunday After Pentecost - June 8, 2008Sermon delivered June 8, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Finally, Health Carer Reform!, by Pastor Randy PabstListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
3rd Sunday After Pentecost - June 1, 2008Sermon delivered June 1, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, You Can't Stop Them; You Can Only Hope to Contain Them!, by Pastor Rick SherrillListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
2nd Sunday After Pentecost - May 25, 2008Sermon delivered May 25, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Awe Came Upon Everyone..., by Pastor Randy PabstListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Holy Trinity Sunday - May 18, 2008Sermon delivered May 18, 2008, 11:00:00 AM, We Cannot Keep From Speaking, by Pastor Rick SherrillListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Pentecost Sunday - May 11, 2008Sermon delivered May 11, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Magical Mystery Tour, by Pastor Randy PabstListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
7th Sunday of Easter - May 4, 2008Sermon delivered May 4, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Beyond These Walls: The Dangerous Journey from Disciple to Witness, by Chaplain Peggy BinghamListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
6th Sunday of Easter - April 27, 2008Sermon delivered April 27, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Let It Be, by Pastor Rick SherrillListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
5th Sunday of Easter - April 20, 2008Sermon delivered April 20, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, The Long, Winding Road, by Pastor Rick SherrillListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
4th Sunday of Easter - April 13, 2008Sermon delivered April 13, 2008, 08:30:00 AM, Going Fishing!, by Pastor Randy PabstListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |
