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  • Klaus Mehrl

    Contributing sermons since Mar 28, 2005
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Our Savior Lutheran Church
Joliet, Illinois 60435
815-725-1606

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  • Hell? Yes!

    Contributed on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,948 views

    Without a understanding of the doctrine of hell and the fact that people without faith in Christ face an eternity in hell, we have no great motivation to withness our faith and be involved in mission and ministry. This fact changes our perspective and giv

    One of the old time managers of the New York Yankees was Joe McCarthy, who was also a Baseball Hall of Famer. He once said that he had a dream in which he was in heaven and had assembled before him a team of all of the old time greats – Ty Cobb, Lou Gehirg, Babe Ruth, and others. He was ecstatic! ...read more

  • We Are One Body

    Contributed on Jul 12, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 23,267 views

    Seven Blessings in being called to be a part of the Body of Christ.

    How do you feel about your body? Strange question for a sermon, isn’t it? Most of us would rather not think about our bodies and if we do we probably don’t think of them very highly. It’s too fat or too skinny, too short or too tall. Bumpy, lumpy or just plain ugly -- kind of like the guy who was ...read more

  • Spiritual Complacency

    Contributed on Jul 12, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,428 views

    This Sermon contrasts the spiritual choices made by Lot, whose family was destroyed and Abraham. A serious Father’s Day message.

    On this Father’s Day, and as we continue our series called "A Series of Unfortunate Behaviors", I want us to take a look, as it relates especially to fathers – who are the God ordained heads of their households – to look at the subject of Spiritual Complacency." And I want this to be a message that ...read more

  • Lust

    Contributed on Jul 10, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,263 views

    A continuation of a series on unfortunate behaviors dealing with the issue of sensual lust. The sermon is rated PG.

    In one movie some shipwrecked men are left drifting aimlessly on the ocean in a lifeboat. As the days pass under the scorching sun, their rations of food and fresh water give out. The men grow deliriously thirsty. One night while the others are asleep, one man ignores all the previous warnings and ...read more

  • Gosssip!

    Contributed on Jun 27, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,933 views

    Psithuristis is the Greek word for gossip. It has a hissing,snake-like,venomous sound to it. What does God’ Word say about gossip and how can we keep the eighth commandment?

    Three pastors from a small community began getting together to form a kind of support group. After several weeks of building trust in one another, they began to share some of their darkest secrets. The Roman Catholic priest confessed to his problem with gambling and how he would sometimes lose his ...read more

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  • A Father Told The Story Of His Son's First ...

    Contributed on Jul 10, 2005
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    A father told the story of his son’s first serious conflict at school. His boy was being picked on by three bullies. They would punch him, push his bike over, and generally made his life miserable. They told him that they’d meet him the next morning before school and beat him up. That evening the ...read more

  • Have You Ever Watched The Classic Mgm Movie ...

    Contributed on Mar 28, 2005
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    Have you ever watched the classic MGM movie Ben-Hur? The story was originally written by a civil war general – General Lew Wallace, who as boy was raised in a Christian home but as a man was indifferent to religion. He was a dreamer, a romantic, and a seeker of fame and fortune. Wallace rose ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Family That Tragically ...

    Contributed on Mar 28, 2005
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    I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left – a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning the parents and the remaining child ...read more