Text: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, I Corinthians 15:20-28, Matthew 25:31-46

Text: I Thessalonians 5:1-24

Texts: Amos 5:18-24, I Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:14-30

Text: 1 John 3:1-3

Texts: Revelation 14:6-7, Romans 3:19-28, Matthew 11:12-19

Texts: Isaiah 45:1-7, I Thessalonians 1:1-10, Maatthew 22:15-22

Texts: Isaiah 25:6-9, Philippians 4:4-13, Matthew 22:1-14

Text: Philippians 3:12-21

Text: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

Texts: Issiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:1-14, 19-30

Text: Genesis 50:15-21

Texts: Ezekiel 33:7-9, Romans 13:1-10, Matthew 18:15-20

Text: Matthew 16:21-28

Text: Romans 11:33-12:8

Text: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

Text: Job 38:4-18

Texts: Isaiah 55:1-5, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21

Text: Deuteronomy 7:9, Romans 8:28

Texts: Isaiah 44:6-8, Romans 8:28-29, Matthew 13:44-52

Text: Romans 8:12-17

Text: Romans 7:14-25a

Text: Matthew 10:34-42

Text: Romans 6:1-23

Text:  Romans 5:1-15

Text:  Romans 4:1-25

Texts: Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28, Romans 3:21-25a, 27-28, Matthew 7:15-29

Text: Isaiah 49:8-16a

Texts: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, II Corinthians 13:11-14, Matthew 28:16-20 We were blessed to have Beth Ann Nelson with us today, sharing about her ministry with Campus Crusade for Christ. Beth Ann grew up in Pr. Sampson's first parish in Ophiem, Illinois and will be leaving next month for five years of ministry to college students in Rome. Please pray for Beth Ann's financial provision and for the Lord to open doors for her ministry in and around Rome!

Text:  Acts 2:1-21

Text: I Peter 3:15-22

Texts:  Acts 17:1-5, I Peter 2:2-10, John 14:1-12

Text: John 10:10 Here is an outline of today's sermon . . . "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." --John 10:10 Jesus came and Jesus comes that we might have LIFE—and have it to the full! Fullness of life comes from living in the truth of the following passages which reveal all that Jesus came to do . . . 1) To save the world (John 3:17) "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." 2) To reveal the Father (Matthew 11:27) "All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him." 3) To do the will of the Father (John 6:38) "For I have come down from heaven not to do My will but to do the will of Him who sent Me." 4) To serve (Matthew 20:28) ". . . just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." 5) To call sinners (Mark 2:17) "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’" 6) To preach the good news of the kingdom of God (Luke 4:43) "But He said, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent." 7) To be a ransom for many (Matthew 20:28) ". . . just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."’ 8) To proclaim freedom for believers (Luke 4:18) "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed." 9) To give the Father's words (John 17:8) "For I gave them the words You gave Me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me." 10) To testify to the truth (John 18:37) "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me." 11) To die and destroy Satan's power (Hebrews 2:14) "Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy Him who holds the power of death -- that is, the devil." 12) To taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9) "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone." 13) To destroy the devil's works (1 John 3:8) "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work." 14) To bring division (Luke 12:51) "Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." 15) To become a high priest and atone for sin (Hebrews 2:17) "For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people." 16) To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor (Luke 4:19) ". . .to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." 17) To take away sin (1 John 3:5) "But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins. And in Him is no sin." 18) To fulfill the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 5:17) "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." 19) To give security (John 10: 28) "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand." 20) To bring judgment (John 9:39) "Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."

Text: I Peter 1:18-19

Text: I Peter 1:3-9 There was a problem with the original posting--it has been corrected and the entire podcast is now available.

God's people give thanks for the greatest gift ever given: the Body and precious Blood of Jesus--crucified, risen, and soon to come again!

Text:  Colossians 3:1-4

Text:  John 20:1-18

Text: Hebrews 4:14-16

Text: I Corinthians 11:17-32

"All glory, laud, and honor to You, Redeemer King, To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring!"

Texts: Isaiah 50:4-9a, Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 21:1-11

Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Text: Romans 8:1-10

Texts:   Isaiah 42:14-21, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41

Text:  John 4:5-30, 39-42

Text:  Romans 5:12-19

Text:  II Corinthians 5:20b-6:2

Texts: Exodus 24:12,15-18, II Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9

Text:   Matthew 4:12-25

Texts:  Isaiah 49:1-7, I Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42

Texts:  Isaiah 42:1-7, Acts 10:34-38, Matthew 3:13-17, Hebrews 1: 1-3

Texts:  Ephesians 3:2-12, Matthew 2:1-12

Text:  Galatians 4:4-7

Texts:  Isaiah 9:2-7, Titus  2:11-14

Text:  Titus 3:4-7      This sermon is a summary of the Lutheran understanding of the power of Holy Baptism, beginning with these verses from Titus 3.

We invite you to listen to our Christmas Eve podcast, which we hope to post by Christmas morning.     "Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice!  Now ye need not fear the grave;  Jesus Christ was born to save!"

Text:  Isaiah 35:1-10

Texts:   Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12

Text:  Matthew 24:37-44