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  • How Can We Stand In The Gap?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 27, 2023
     | 1,804 views

    What is it to stand in the gap for someone else? Is it to stand in the place for another?

    In Chapter 22, we learn why judgment would be placed on Jerusalem (22:2-16), how it would approach them (22:17-22), and who would be affected by it (22:23-31). The Jewish leaders were particularly liable for the ethical environment of the country since God had picked them to lead. Those actions and ...read more

  • Can These Dry Bones Live Again?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 1, 2024
     | 2,048 views

    How many dry bones can we find in our lives and in our churches?

    I have a bone to pick with you. In the valley of dry bones, we can learn something about ourselves and our local churches. Let us take a moment to find out what these dry bones can tell us. Some Bible scholars, theologians, teachers, or preachers may say that the translation of this chapter ...read more

  • A Roll Up Your Sleeves Kind Of Love.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 12, 2023
     | 1,357 views

    According to therapist, Dan Wile, “Marriage takes sacrifice, hard, work, and the ability to put up with disappointments and cope with frustration.”

    A Roll Up Your Sleeves Kind Of Love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-8aNLT A recent e-mail asked readers to reflect on the following questions: Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heinemann trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. Name ten ...read more

  • Our Change Of Masters

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Apr 15, 2023
     | 1,444 views

    Man was made to rule. When God created man, he gave him priority over all things. Yet it is equally true that man was made to serve.

    In the beginning, man was placed in the garden to keep it and to address it. He was to serve his maker. We find within man a war, two great forces seeking the mastery of his life. Galatians 5:17. Evil and good, sin and righteousness. If evil seeks to rule man, so also the good spirit. That spirit ...read more

  • Take An Easter Walk With Jesus

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Apr 24, 2023
     | 1,383 views

    What are some world-famous walks or hikes? The first one that probably comes to mind is the one that is in our neighborhood: a hike into the Grand Canyon.

    What are some world-famous walks or hikes? The first one that probably comes to mind is the one that is in our neighborhood: a hike into the Grand Canyon. Another famous walk is the Inca Trail in Peru to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Still another walk on many people’s bucket list is the trek to the ...read more

  • If This Is Not You Then I Have Good News For You Series

    Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on May 11, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,152 views

    Mom, the Good News is that God can Use You Just as You Are.

    First, let’s me personally wish every mom present today- Happy Mother’s Day. I started my search for the perfect Mother’s Day sermon by seeing if I could use a portion of Proverb 31 as my main Scriptural text. It has the subtitle and known as “The Virtuous Wife” and after reading it over several ...read more

  • In Search Of The Cross

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 16, 2024
     | 563 views

    A sermon for the season following Pentecost, Year B, lectionary 24

    September 15, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Mark 8:27-38 In Search of the Cross Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Yesterday, September 14, is recognized as Holy Cross Day. The festival commemorates when St. ...read more

  • The Last In Line

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 24, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,069 views

    A sermon about seeking to imitate the humility of Christ.

    The Last in Line Mark 9:30-37 Ever play “King of the Mountain” when you were a little kid? It doesn’t take any equipment. All you need is a pile of dirt or maybe a mound of snow. Then, several children run up the mound and try to push the others off on their way to the top. Whoever is ...read more

  • We Lift Our Hands Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Oct 7, 2024
     | 734 views

    The second sermon in a stewardship series. This week focuses on service and vocation.

    September 29, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Micah 6:6-8; Philippians 2:1-11; Mark 1:29-31 We Lift Our Hands Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We lift our hands. Hands are amazing things. There are 27 bones in a ...read more

  • Committing To Our Mission As The Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 143 views

    Jesus seeks the lost and sends us to join His mission, turning everyday places into opportunities to share His love, freedom, and abundant life.

    There’s a line that lingers in the soul like a song you can’t forget: Jesus came looking for people. Before we raised our hands, before we learned the words, before we found our seat on a Sunday—He was already searching. He crossed crowded roads, dusty villages, and social barriers, because that’s ...read more

  • Committing To Our Mission PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 14, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 155 views

    God calls us to see our everyday places and relationships as mission fields, inviting us to share His love and presence wherever we are.

    If we could sit across a kitchen table together this morning, coffee steaming, hearts open, I’d ask you a gentle question: Where did Jesus meet you this week? In a car line with cranky kiddos? In a conference call that felt like it would never end? At a mailbox where the bill looked bigger than the ...read more

  • Funerl Douglass Smith

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 20, 2025
     | 242 views

    Non church attender retired teacher, loved to travel, mentor students.

    Words of Grace & Greeting: Friends, we have gathered here to praise God and to witness to our faith as we celebrate the life of “Douglass Smith”. We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss. May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death ...read more

  • Roto Por La Humanidad Series

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Mar 28, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 606 views

    Es una reflexión del Jueves Santo sobre el liderazgo contemporáneo.

    Roto por la humanidad Escritura: Juan 13:1-17 Introducción: Es una reflexión del Jueves Santo sobre el liderazgo contemporáneo . Reflexión El Jueves Santo marca un evento importante en la tradición cristiana : la Última Cena, donde Jesús lavó los pies de ...read more

  • Serving Others Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Apr 3, 2024
     | 1,316 views

    Jesus cleaned the feet of those who would run from him.

    John 13 – Serving Others April 7, 2024 John 13:3-5 NIV Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured ...read more

  • What Is Your Life?

    Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Jun 5, 2023
     | 1,939 views

    Is your life devoted to acquiring things? Is it devoted to doing God's will? What are your priorities? What is your life?

    TEXT: JAMES 4:13-15 (NIV) Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ...read more