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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
A sermon for the 7th Sunday of Epiphany, Year C
February 23, 2025 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 6:27-38; Genesis 45:3-11, 15 A New Accounting Method Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. How did you learn to do basic arithmetic? The methodology has changed over ...read more
Scripture: Luke 6:27-38, Genesis 45:3-15
Denomination: Lutheran
This sermon emphasizes the Christian duty to welcome others, accept God's offer of eternal salvation, and respect all individuals as God's valued creations.
Good morning, church family! I'm so excited to be with you today as we dive into the Word of God together. Today's message is all about the power of welcoming others, the invitation to eternal salvation, and the importance of treating everyone with dignity and value. As the beloved Christian ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:40-42
Topics: Welcoming Others, Eternal Salvation, Dignity And Value
Explore and understand the humility, obedience, and salvation of Jesus Christ and how we can emulate His selflessness in our lives.
Good morning, brothers and sisters. I am thrilled to be with you here today to unpack the profound message given to us in Philippians 2:5-11. As Tim Keller once said, "Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11
Topics: Two Natures, Christ
Many are fearful of death. We wonder if God will really forgive us and welcome us home. God sent Jesus to earth to reveal to us the reality of life after death and to secure for us a place in heaven. Learn more with today’s message
INTRODUCTION Author Joseph Bayly wrote about death from firsthand experience. He lost all three of his children: one at eighteen days, after surgery. Another died at age five with leukemia. His third child died at eighteen after a sledding accident complicated by hemophilia.As a ...read more
Scripture: Luke 23:32-43, Luke 23:43
Denomination: Baptist
Second sermon in a series dealing with the Tough Questions of Scripture. This message looks at forgiveness through the uniqueness of Christ on the cross, the provision provided through Christ, and the scope of that provision.
ANSWERING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS OF SCRIPTURE Can All the Things I’ve Done Really Be Forgiven? INTRODUCTION: Tough question! What we are really dealing with is two concepts – Guilt and Assurance. Two weeks ago we discovered that mankind is looking for a way to clear his conscience of guilt, because ...read more
Scripture: John 14:6
Grace so amazing that it offers second chances. Learn about the unfairness of God’s grace and get some relief!
Second Chances The Unfairness of Grace 12/03/03 I. Introduction In Medieval Persia, Earth’s mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass and a mysterious dagger. What the Prince ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:11-20
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Part of a series in Philippians, we’re encouraged to praise the Lord no matter what.
Praise the Lord Anyway! Phil. 4:4-7 Little Johnny and Susan proudly walked into the house with a new house plant they had bought for their mother. “We even used our own money,” Johnny said. But then, Susan, with a sad face replied, “There was a bouquet that we wanted to give you that was real ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7
Only by grace can we be saved.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “SAVED”? Amazing Grace What is “grace”? Grace It is UNDESERVED KINDNESS. Someone has said, “Grace is everything for nothing to those who don’t deserve anything.” An atheist once said, “If there really is a God, may He prove Himself by striking me dead right now.” ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9
God has not been stingy in sharing his love with us.
Did you take the time this year to return the envelope with Ed McMahon’s head on it? If you’re like me you did. I returned it not so much because I was confident that I would win, but thinking that if I didn’t return it that would be the time that my number would be drawn and because my entry was ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:12-19
Just as true faith is shown but good deeds, so to true wisdom is shown by good deeds and good character
James 3:13-18 February 16, 2003 True & False Wisdom James has been talking about what faith looks like – faith is shown by its good deeds, and its ability to control its tongue. From talking about the bad that come out of our mouths, he turns to the good that can come out of mouth – ...read more
Scripture: James 3:13-18
Denomination: *other
Despite our failure and compromise, God loves us and has done everything possible for us to be in his presence. But we must respond and receive that never-ending love.
They were good times! Israel had just rebuilt their temple from scratch after it had lay in ruins for 70 years. Their country had been over-run by the Babylonians who destroyed their cities and took most of the population captive in Babylon. But finally a new empire arose, the Persians, who freed ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 1:1-5
Is God caring? Is God fair? Not at all! God has a huge heart of love towards us shown by His forgiveness and redemption through the cross.
BELIEVING and not BELIEVING The Heart of God May 21, 2017 Sometimes it’s difficult to picture where God is in the midst of world events. This past week, there was a suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in England - 22 people were killed and many more injured. Thousands of lives were ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-12
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 1. Freedom from the SLAVERY OF SIN 2. Freedom from the PENALTY OF SIN 3. Freedom from the GUILT OF SIN 4. Freedom from the DEATH OF SIN
Spiritual Freedom We as Americans believe that Freedom is the birthright of every person. It makes no difference whether a person is born rich or poor. It makes no difference whether a person is red – yellow – black or white. It makes no difference what gender a person is. It makes no ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17
Message about God's grace from our Grace Living series through Ephesians. Illustrations gathered from various sources.
Amazing Grace Ephesians 2:4-10 His name was John. He had deserted the Royal British Navy and was caught, flogged and demoted. After that he made up disrespectful songs about his ship’s captain and was demoted again. Furthermore, he prided himself in creative profanity and sharp-witted attacks on ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10
In this sermon we look at God's amazing grace and how it upgrades our lives, along with the attitudes that such grace produces in our lives
God’s Amazing Grace There are a lot of words that are misunderstood in today’s culture. Take for instance the word “love.” A lot of people say, “I’m in love,” but in truth it’s more like, “I’m in lust.” But there is one word that we cannot afford to misunderstand, and that’s because it has ...read more
Denomination: Foursquare
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