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  • Faith And Doubt In Between

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Apr 29, 2014
     | 5,043 views

    During our life, from baptism and going home to the Lord, we live "in between" faith and doubt. But not all doubt is bad, and it can be used to draw us closer to God.

    What is our motto? “A believing church in a doubting world.” St. Thomas the Disciple is a church that believes in the Lord Jesus Christ. What does that—believing in Jesus Christ—mean? Isn’t that the real question? Lots of churches, real and so-called, profess some ...read more

  • The God Of Peace

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Mar 5, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,617 views

    These words carried the weight of the world and brought the savior of mankind. You cannot love the baby Jesus and not accept the risen savior. You cannot have one without the other. You cannot have peace, true peace without Jesus.

    The God of Peace Isaiah 9:6-9:7 Introduction- Isaiah 9:6-9:7 As you are turning there, I want you to know the story of Christmas never gets old. In fact we should be spreading the message of Christmas all year long. Each year I try to look at Christmas with fresh eyes, but I should not have ...read more

  • Fulfilling The Law Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 3, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,990 views

    Paul gives 6 characteristics of successful churches. We should not keep our burdens to ourselves. We are part of a caring community of faith, and we’re to help when people are hurting, we respond.

    Introduction: People dislike accountability. They prefer to go their own way without answering to others. Among Christians, this attitude breeds self-reliant “Lone Ranger” believers and independent churches. Yet life works better when there is a “chain-of-command”, when ...read more

  • If I Could Change One Thing Series

    Contributed by Michael Monica on May 29, 2015
     | 5,618 views

    All My Life. All For Him.

    If I could change one thing Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I remember a while back, I was on ...read more

  • In The Aftermath Of (Dis)grace Series

    Contributed by Michael Monica on May 30, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,381 views

    All My Life. All for Him.

    In the Aftermath of (Dis)grace Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. “Because of the finished ...read more

  • The Certainty Of God’s Grace (Father's Day) Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jun 22, 2015
     | 4,391 views

    If His grace means anything to us; can we really separate it and His promises? Therefore, why do we worry about the things God has already defined and promised? What is keeping you from experiencing more of His grace?

    The Certainty of God’s Grace (Father's Day) Grace Sermon Series, Part 4 Romans 8:31 Introduction - The word translated "grace" in the New Testament comes from the Greek: -- It is the word “charis”, which means “favor, blessing, or kindness” - When grace is used ...read more

  • The Cinch

    Contributed by Marcellus De Oliveira on Sep 27, 2012
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     | 6,974 views

    We always can trust in God no matter what happens in our lives. He is our Deliverer and Redeemer.

    Power and control are traces desired by man since the beginning of human history. Humans have always strived for power and how to control it. Actually the reason of all wars in human history, as bottom line, has been about power. During the time of Jesus first advent, the expectations of the ...read more

  • Wisdom Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jun 12, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,739 views

    Reliance on the Holy Spirit to lead and guide our lives.

    Wisdom from the Spirit 1Corinthians 2:6-2:16 Introduction- We are in 1 Corinthians 2 and Paul is speaking to the church that he does not come with eloquence of words or superior wisdom. He says that he comes to them with the fear of the Lord and with his weaknesses and that his messages and his ...read more

  • What's Ahead For The Christian

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 16, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,774 views

    A look at four of the great things we can anticipate being in our future.

    The Big Idea: For the Christian, what’s ahead is better than what’s behind. - The specific context here is that things are going to be better for Israel. - In Romans 11 (see vv. 11-12, 28-29), Paul makes it clear that God is not done with Israel. - Those passages speak of how the ...read more

  • Comfortable Or Conformable Series

    Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,325 views

    Should our Christian faith be comfortable or conformable? What are the conformable paradoxes?

    Comfortable or Conformable – 03.29.09 READ – John 12:20-32 Introduction – The Christian life is filled with uncomfortable paradoxes. Today I’d like to consider the fact that our lives as Christ followers are not necessarily to be comfortable, but to be conformable. This ...read more

  • How Compassion Is Built

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 27, 2023
     | 1,079 views

    A sermon for the first Suday in Lent, Year A

    February 26, 2023 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matthew 4:1-11; Hebrews 4:15-16 How Compassion Is Built Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. This first Sunday in Lent always begins with the same story: Jesus’ temptation ...read more

  • When What God Asks Seems To Be Too Much Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 22, 2024
     | 1,155 views

    This passage challenges the self-centered "gospel of self-fulfillment" that is too often proclaimed today. What does it mean that God wants us to focus on the "gospel of kingdom fulfillment"?

    A HARSH STORY: God gives Ezekiel a task that overwhelms him. - Ezekiel 3:14-15. - 2 Corinthians 1:8-11; 2 Corinthians 4:7-10, 16-18. - This is a tough story and it’s going to lead us in this sermon to some difficult points. - We’ve been talking for the first two sermons in this series about the ...read more

  • I In Them And You In Me

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jun 3, 2019
     | 3,832 views

    The unity of spirit between Jesus and God the Father knits the church into one

    June 2, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson John 17:20-26 I in Them and You in Me Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. The Lakota Sioux have a simple prayer: Mitakuye Oyasin. It means “all my relatives.” The prayer conveys ...read more

  • Freedom From Insanity

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 21, 2019
     | 4,907 views

    Can we be free from all the insanity and self-destruction in today’s world? Salvation is for every day and eternity. Let’s examine Jesus’ saving a gentile from his insanity in Luke 8:26-39.

    Can we be free from all the insanity and self-destruction in today’s world? Salvation is for every day and eternity. Let’s examine Jesus’ saving a gentile from his insanity in Luke 8:26-39. Captive to Insanity Luke 8:26 So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from ...read more

  • It Is Worth Fighting For Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jun 29, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,863 views

    This is the 23rd sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.

    Series: Accounting [#23] IT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR Ephesians 6:10-17 Introduction: On this Father’s Day, we are going to continue in our Ephesians series. You may be wondering how a sermon from the text about the Armor of God fits on Father’s Day; but it fits. The last 13 verses in Ephesians 5 ...read more