Reformation Day: Part I

This Reformation Day, we look at the Lutheran insight that we are always Saint and Sinner.  Part 1 of 2.

Whom to listen to

In life we get bad advice...and good advice.  Sometimes it is obvious to whom we should listen.  Other times its not.  How do we know the difference?

10 Commandments

Why did God give us the 10 commandments?  What are they all about?

As for me and my house

The promised land has one problem:　 there are a bunch of people who do not believe in God who live there?   Joshua, who will lead them into the promised land, must prepare them for this reality.　 How does Joshua prepare them?　 What can we learn from Joshua today, as we live into a post-Christendom world?

Confession and Forgiveness

In this sermon we reflect on Psalm 51 and the great power of confession and forgiveness.

Martin Luther and Courage

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Witness and Suffering

Christians changed the meaning of the word "martyr." Originally in Greek this word simply meant witness and had not connotations of suffering. Over time, however, this word meant to suffer because those Christians who gave their witness did suffer. The connection between witnessing to Christ and suffering is as old as the church...