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Sermon Text: Luke 9:18 – 24 Pastor Daniel Schmidt “Who is Jesus?” Has anyone ever asked you that question? If so, how did you answer? Some answer that question by saying that Jesus was simply a great teacher. Others will say that he was a good man, who said some good things, whose good example more…
Sermon Text: Mark 4:35-41 Rev. Charles W. Papenfuss We get some pretty severe storms here in Wisconsin, don’t we? In the summer it’s thunderstorms, with lightning and thunder and high winds and buckets of rain pouring from the sky. In the winter it’s snowstorms with all kinds of the white fluffy stuff piling up in more…
Sermon Text: Romans 13:1-7 Pastor Daniel Schmidt This past Tuesday, the Watertown Daily Times ran an article on the front page of the newspaper that began: “With Americans preparing to show their national pride this Fourth of July, the personal finance website WalletHubtoday released its report on 2019’s Most Patriotic States more…
Sermon Text: Galatians 1:1 – 10 Pastor Daniel Schmidt Whom do you trust? Maybe you think of a family member, a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker, a teacher, or a classmate. In his Word today, the Lord comes to you and me and asks, “Do you trust me?” So I ask you to answer this more…
Sermon Text: Luke 15:1-10 Seminarian Jacob Schlomer How many Christians do you think there are in the world? It is estimated that there are 2.3 billion Christians living in the world. That seems like a pretty huge number. But there are 7.3 billion people living on earth. That means that there are 5 billion more…
Sermon Text: John 15:26-27 Pastor Daniel Schmidt Let’s begin this morning with a quiz… First question: Who was the 21stPresident of the United States? I didn’t know the answer off the top of my head, so I needed to do a little research. It was Chester Arthur who served from 1881 to 1885. Second question: Who more…
Sermon Text: Romans 15:20 Pastor Daniel Schmidt Last week we spent some time talking about the fact that we have an awesome God. You may remember that we defined awesome as someone “having the power to inspire respect and wonder.” This week we would like to focus on our response to the fact that our more…
Sermon Text: Psalm 65:1 – 5 Pastor Daniel Schmidt If you were to look up the word “awe” in the dictionary, you would find a definition such as, “an emotion mixed with respect and wonder.” If someone or something is “awesome” the dictionary tells us that it has “the power to inspire respect and wonder”. We more…
Sermon Text: John 13:31-35 Pastor Steven Pagels In the name of Christ Jesus, dear friends: When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with more…
Sermon Text: Psalm 23:6 Pastor Daniel Schmidt A young child is walking across the yard toward a very busy road. Suddenly, you see her mom chasing after her, to stop her from going out on to the very busy street. Why would a mother do that? The answer is obvious. The mother loves her child more…
Sermon Text: Revelation 5:11–13 Pastor Daniel Schmidt 11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and more…
Sermon Text: Luke 16:19-31 Seminarian Barty Cox “Salvation lies within.” Maybe you remember this quote from the movie Shawshank Redemption. Convicted felon Andy Dufresne finds himself facing a surprise cell inspection from the prison guards and warden. As the warden leaves the cell, he gives Andy his Bible back and offers him this memorable quote. more…
Sermon Text 2 Timothy 2:8 Pastor Steven Pagels In the name of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, dear friends: For many of us, the Easter story is a familiar story. And if you didn’t know it before, you just heard it more…
Sermon Text: Matthew 26:26-28 Pastor Steven Pagels In the name of Christ Jesus, dear friends: While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Thent he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them saying, “Drink more…
Sermon Text: Luke 19:28 – 40 Pastor Daniel Schmidt Imagine that you are there standing among the crowd that first Palm Sunday? What do you see? What do you hear? Maybe you see Roman soldiers keeping an eye on the crowd. You see Jesus, riding on a young donkey. You see some people spreading their more…