The Lord of Life Lutheran Church Sermon Podcast
Pastor Paul Amlin
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Weekly recordings of sermons and messages during worship at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, ELCA in Dubuque, Iowa. Pastor Paul Amlin, Lead Pastor.
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Jun 12, 2022
The Mystery of The Trinity
Holy Trinity Sunday, for all that we know this is still a mystery for us. How do we lean into the mystery of faith and understanding of who God is? Pastor Paul suggests that we double down on discipleship by practicing our faith.
Our sermon Podcast will be on summer break while Pastor Paul is on sabbatical. We'll be back in late August. Thanks for listening!
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Jun 5, 2022
It’s the Day of Pentecost (Now what?)
It’s the Day of Pentecost. Now what?
The Holy Spirit is at work in and through our lives if we will but take time to notice, to pay attention. Pastor Paul talks about the Spirit’s movement throughout scripture and in our lives today.
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May 29, 2022
Love and Care
It’s been a tough week for many of us in the wake of the shootings in Uvalde. How can we respond as followers of Christ? Pastor Paul invites you to think about care and love as your first response.
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May 22, 2022
Catch the Vision
Are visions only for the Bible, or should we be on the lookout for them today? Paul takes the ministry to northern Greece in response to a vision and amazing things happen. Pastor Paul reminds us that visions are not just historical events.
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May 16, 2022
Moving the Fence
It’s hard to think that God could be at work in and through those we judge as unworthy. But God is up to something and we can join the work if we pay attention.
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May 11, 2022
God is Still Speaking
God is still speaking. Guest preacher, The Rev. Dr. Troy Troftgruben offers this message on how we hear Jesus speaking and the power of these words for our lives. You are loved. Your are forgiven. You are safe. You are mine.
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May 10, 2022
Jesus Meets Us Where We Are
We welcome guest preacher The Rev. Dr. Nate Frambach to the pulpit. This message was recorded on Sunday, May 1, 2022.
We retreat to the things we know when we are uncertain or when things turn upside down. In the reading from John’s Gospel, Peter and the disciples went fishing because that’s what they knew. Jesus meets them where they are and Jesus forgives Peter and gives the disciples what they need to go out into the world to share God’s love.
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Apr 24, 2022
Relationship Matters
Later that day… Jesus shows up because relationships matter to God. Jesus’ visit to the apostles behind locked doors brings a gift of peace and the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ encounters post-resurrection are personal, intimate events where Jesus offers peace, the Holy Spirit, and a charge to spread the good news to others. We, too, are invited to be a part of this relationship with Jesus.
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Apr 17, 2022
Remember! (and why it matters every day)
Remember! Memory plays a key part in the gospel reading for Easter. Pastor Paul talks about remembering and about pancakes.
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Apr 11, 2022
We’re at the Middle of the Beginning of a New Thing
Guest preacher, Pastor Liz Albertson, assistant to the Bishop for the Northeastern Iowa Synod, ELCA, shares a message about being at the middle of the beginning of something BIG! How does Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday meet with us where we are today?
*We apologize for the sound quality issue in this live recording that may be a distraction.
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Apr 4, 2022
Praying for a Change Part V: Praying in Gratitude
Praying for a change looks like this, that we pray in gratitude for all of our lives, even those parts that we’d rather forget. God welcomes our prayers offered in gratitude.
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Mar 30, 2022
No Place Left to Turn - Praying for a Change Part IV
Where do you turn when you have no place else to turn? In this week’s installment of our “Praying for a Change” sermon series, Pastor Paul talks about turning to God, even when we might be too stubborn to do so. God welcomes our prayers.
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Mar 20, 2022
Praying for a Change Sermon Series Week Three: Prayer Changes Us
Praying for a change is our theme for Lent in 2022. The double meaning points us to changing things around us but it also points to how we are changed in our praying. In today’s message, Pastor Paul speaks to why we need prayer to be changed.
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Mar 13, 2022
God Can Relate to That
Praying for a change means being open to God’s embrace, to listening, to leaning into God’s love for us and bringing all that we are to God in prayer. God welcomes our prayers.
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Mar 7, 2022
Temptation, Prayer, and Coffee Cake | Sermon for Sunday, March 6, 2022
Temptation and prayer and a coffee cake. Find out what these things have in common in this week’s message as we kick off our Praying for a Change series for Lent. #prayingforachange
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Mar 2, 2022
Ashes to Ashes | Message for Ash Wednesday
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We know these words because they speak to the finality of life. On this Ash Wednesday these are words of hope because the mark of the cross of Christ on our foreheads reminds us of the cross placed there in our baptism, which is God’s naming and claiming of us as God’s beloved.
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Feb 28, 2022
Being Transfigured | Message for Transfiguration Sunday 2022
What does it mean to be transfigured? In this week’s message on Transfiguration Sunday, Pastor Paul dives into the meaning of the word and how each of us are in the process of being transfigured as light for our world.
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Feb 21, 2022
Where do we go from here? | Sermon for Sunday, February 20, 2022
Where do we go from here? How do we receive what Jesus teaches to his Apostles in his sermon from Luke’s Gospel? Tough questions, Pastor Paul tackles them in this week’s sermon after sharing a quote from the Journey with Jesus blog.
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Feb 13, 2022
Living in the Tension | Message for Sunday, February 13, 2022
Do you hear the blessings or the woes in Jesus’ sermon on the plain from Luke? If you’re like most of us, you live in the tension between the two. In today’s message, Pastor Paul talks about what that tension looks and feels like for us.
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Feb 7, 2022
Let’s Go Fishing! | Message for Sunday, February 6, 2022
Let’s go fishing, but into the deeper waters! How does Jesus’ filling Simon’s boat with fish speak to how we lean into lives of discipleship more fully? Pastor Paul shares in this week’s message.
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Jan 31, 2022
Love for All Humanity | Sermon for Sunday, January 30, 2022
In today’s message, Pastor Paul takes a look at LOVE based on the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians. Faith, hope, and love. What does this love mean, look like, and why does it matter to the church, to us, today.
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Jan 18, 2022
We Bring an Empty Cup
What do full water jars, drunken wedding guests, and an empty cup have in common? Pastor Paul talks about the Wedding at Cana and how this sign points to grace for all.
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Jan 10, 2022
God Sweeps Us Clean
Guest preacher, Pastor Mark Oehlert, talks about baptism and about how it changes us. God “sweeps up” the messes of our lives and invites us to live into the promise of eternal life while we share God’s love in our world.
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Dec 26, 2021
Where Heaven Meets Earth | Christmas Eve Message
We’re here! Two amazing words that mean a lot in a journey. In this message for Christmas Eve, Pastor Paul talks about these wonderful words and about the ways that heaven meets with earth.
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Dec 19, 2021
Close to Home Finding Sanctuary Part IV
What is a place of sanctuary for you? Who is a place of sanctuary in your life? Intern Lucy shares her own experience of calling for help and finding sanctuary in one who loves her. How are we invited to find, to share sanctuary with others in our world?
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Dec 16, 2021
Joy to the World | Midweek Advent Message
God grace comes to us in joy and welcomes us home. God sings with joy at the redemption of God’s people. Joy to the world! A message for midweek from Seminarian Marie Martinez
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Dec 13, 2021
A Home for All (JOY) | Part 3 the Close to Home Sermon Series
JOY! JOY! JOY! This week’s installment in our sermon series has to do with making a home for all and finding joy in doing so. John the Baptist has some bold words for the crowd who gather to be baptized and in these words we find joy today because they point us to Jesus.
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Dec 9, 2021
”I was waiting for it to snow...” | Midweek Advent Sermon Series Message Part II
We are connected by God’s grace. We are loved and THAT is foundational to who we are as followers of Jesus. Our midweek Advent sermon series, Close to Home, continues with this message.
Join Seminarian Lyly Brondyke as she shares her experience of waiting for snow at Christmas while serving in Senigal (hint, it’s by the equator).
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Dec 7, 2021
Are You Enough? Part Two Close to Home Sermon Series
How do you know that you are enough?
This week Intern Lucy invites us to look at the foundation we all share in Jesus Christ as we ponder the words of thanksgiving and blessing Zechariah speaks at John’s birth.
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Nov 29, 2021
Look Up and Find Hope | Close to Home Sermon Series Week One
It’s the first Sunday in Advent. Now what? Our reading for today seems to be a real bummer, but when we look a bit more deeply, we find hope and good news in Luke’s writing. How do we respond to a world full of challenges? Keep our heads up, look up, trust in a God who loves us enough to send Jesus into our world.
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Nov 14, 2021
Life with Faith in the Center | Message for Sunday, November 13, 2021
It’s easy to get distracted by all of the things that demand our attention. The disciples were no different from us in this regard. Jesus teaches the disciples about where they need to give their attention. What can we learn about Jesus’ teaching today?
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Nov 8, 2021
It‘s Okay to Cry | Sermon for All Saints Sunday 2021
All Saints Sunday is a difficult day for many of us who have lost someone over the last year or so. Intern Lucy talks about why Jesus wept and why that means it’s okay for us to cry during the hard parts of life, too.
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Nov 1, 2021
What is true? | Message for Reformation Day 2021
Reformation Day and confirmation for our 9th graders meet with Jesus’ words to his followers about truth and being made free. Pastor Paul speaks about what is true in our world today.
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Oct 24, 2021
Living Reclessly
Have you ever done something reckless? Perhaps you did something reckless today! In this weeks message Intern Lucy talks about the kind of recklessness we experience as followers of Jesus through the story of a blind man who is healed.
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Oct 18, 2021
Growing in Understanding | Discipleship Sermon Series Part V
As those who follow Jesus, we are connected with Christ in baptism, the centering point for our growing in understanding of God and a life of faith. In the conclusion of our 5 part sermon series on discipleship, Pastor Paul provides a review and a challenge to grow.
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Oct 13, 2021
Thoughtful Giving! | Discipleship Sermon Series
We don’t like to talk about money, right? Especially in church, but giving is a practice of discipleship and Jesus makes it clear that we have much to learn about our attitudes towards money and giving. Intern Pastor Lucy Hardie invites us to ponder generosity alongside the rich man who encounters Jesus.
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Oct 12, 2021
You‘re Invited! | Discipleship Sermon Series
You're invited! We love to hear those words when we are on the receiving end, right? Intern Pastor Lucy helps us think about what it means to be invited, included, and what it looks like to embrace inviting others as a practice of discipleship.
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Oct 11, 2021
Why Worship? | Discipleship Sermon Series
Why worship? In this week’s message Pastor Paul continues our sermon series on practicing discipleship by looking at why we worship and where we worship. You might be surprised by the where!
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Sep 19, 2021
Service Matters! Week Two of Our Discipleship Sermon Series
What does it mean to serve the other? Why does it matter that we adopt service as one of the key components to our faith life? Jesus tells his disciples that if you want to be great, serve others. In this message, Intern Lucy tells a story about service she witnessed as a child and how it has influenced her to this day.
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Sep 13, 2021
Discipleship and Healing
Who is Jesus to us? That’s the big question Jesus asks of his followers, and that includes you and me. In today’s message Pastor Paul talks about discipleship as practice and as source of healing for the trauma we’ve experienced during the pandemic. We hope you will join us in praying a prayer for courage for faith in daily life each day this Fall.
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Sep 5, 2021
Accepting the Other | Message for Sunday, September 5, 2021
Jesus encounters a woman who changes the course of his ministry. The tenacity of this woman of greek origin leads to healing and welcoming for those outside the Jewish tradition. How can we learn from Jesus’ lesson of acceptance in a world of division?
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Aug 29, 2021
Rituals and Intentions
Rituals and intentions. Sometimes they are opposed to each other. Jesus tries to point out this exact issue for the religious leaders who confront him. Do we ever get lost in going through the motions? Do rituals become more important that the things that God calls us to do? Pastor Paul talks about this and more in this week’s message.
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Aug 23, 2021
To Whom Shall We Go? | Guest Preacher The Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud
What do we say to Jesus upon receiving so great a gift? In today’s message, guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud invites us to use the same words the disciples used.
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Aug 15, 2021
What are we hungry for? | Message for Sunday, August 15, 2021
For what do we hunger? We are easily drawn to food (whether we know it or not) but the food Jesus offers us is the bread of life. Pastor Paul offers a fun challenge to start today’s message, then reminds us to hunger for the things God desires in order to be filled.
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Aug 8, 2021
Where are you from? (and why it matters)
Where are you from? Why does it matter? In today’s reading from John’s Gospel we here something about where Jesus if from and why it matters. Could it be that Mary and Joseph’s boy is the answer to our deepest longing for saving?
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Aug 1, 2021
Give Us a Sign! |Sermon for Sunday, August 1, 2021
We love bread. Bread holds memories for Pastor Paul, who talks about bread and being called to the feast. Jesus says, “I am the Bread of Life” and from there we welcome this gift from God that gives life to the world.
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Jul 25, 2021
Are You Enough? | Sermon for Sunday, July 25, 2021
Are we enough? Sometimes we wonder and it can hold us back from being who we are called to be in this life. Pastor Paul shares his own flaws and talks about how God can meet us in our willingness to step out in faith.
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Jul 18, 2021
Unified in Christ | Sermon for Sunday, July 18, 2021
The church is made up of a diverse collection of people with all kinds of backgrounds, beliefs, and personalities. There is one thing that unifies us in all of our diversity. Jesus Christ.
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Jul 11, 2021
What Is God's Plan? | Message for Sunday, July 11, 2021
What is God's plan? We tend to use it as a fallback position when things don't go our way, but what if we look at what scripture has to say about it by reading Paul's letter to the Ephesians? God's plan is laid out for those who follow Jesus.
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Jul 4, 2021
What We Should Get | Sermon for Sunday, July 4, 2021
We don't like it when others "should" on us, right? You should do this or you shouldn't do that. Jesus experiences some "shoulding" in today's gospel reading. Pastor Paul looks at how Jesus responds and how Jesus sends his disciples out to encounter the world. What should they do? What should we do?
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Jun 27, 2021
Impossible Choices | Message for Sunday, June 27, 2021
Jesus seems to be stuck in an impossible position. Through a call to faith, both an unclean woman and a dying child will find resurrection in Jesus' healing. What can we learn about Jesus' call to faith and about our own busy lives?
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Jun 20, 2021
Crying Out in the Unknown
We all do it. We all have moments of fear when we'd hope we would respond in faith. We can feel better about it because the very ones Jesus teaches and empowers to be his apostles do the same thing in a storm at sea. What can we learn from our fear response and how might we make a difference today by responding in faith?
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Jun 13, 2021
All from a Tiny Seed
How can it be? How can so much come from such a tiny seed? Pastor Paul talks about Jesus' parable and invites us to think about the ways in which faith grows in us because of what Jesus does in our lives.
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May 23, 2021
Can We Skip Pentecost?
In this week's message, Pastor Paul invites you to think about which church event you would skip if you could. Don't worry, we won't be skipping any of them, but there is a point to be made about why the Day of Pentecost is so important to us as people who follow Jesus. See if you agree by the time he finishes.
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May 16, 2021
Dancing with Joy! Share Our Abundance Sermon Series Week Six
In today’s message, Pastor Mark Anderson visits Lord of Life and wraps up our six week sermon series, “Share Our Abundance” with a powerful message of hope and generosity. We want to thank Pastor Mark for his message and for our partners in ministry in the Northeastern Iowa Synod, ELCA.
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May 2, 2021
Share Our Abundance Week Four: We are Enough
When do we know we have enough? In week four of our sermon series, "Share Our Abundance", Pastor Paul talks about claiming abundance over scarcity because in Jesus we are enough.
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Apr 25, 2021
Share Our Abundance Part III | Placing God First
How are we called to place God first in our lives? What does that look like? In part three of the sermon series called Share Our Abundance, Pastor Paul addresses this subject by telling us about radical acts of service and compassion.
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Apr 18, 2021
God Abundantly Welcomes OurPrayers [Week 2 in our Sermon Series]
In week two of our series, "Share Our Abundance" Pastor Paul talks about the power of prayer and how God abundantly welcomes our prayers. Prayers change us and our world!
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Apr 11, 2021
Share Our Abundance Week One: God is, most of all, a giver
Pastor Paul begins a 6 week series called Share Our Abundance with the story of Jesus visiting his disciples post-resurrection. Thomas struggles to believe, but Jesus shows up and God is, most of all, a giver. How might we learn from God’s example?
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Apr 4, 2021
Christ is Risen!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
In the Easter message for 2021, Pastor Paul talks about our need for a Savior, about the faithfulness of a disciple named Mary, and about the opportunity we have to lean into the story of the Resurrected One of Easter, Jesus Christ. We are called to be Christ's hands and feet, to sow hope and love into our world. What better time than now?
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Apr 2, 2021
To Give and To Receive | Sermon from Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday - Mandatum, mandate, love one another. In the readings for this first day of the Triduum, the Three Days which lead to Easter and the resurrection, Pastor Paul challenges us to lean into receiving the gifts of the day (even though it’s easier to give than to receive).
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Mar 28, 2021
HOSANNA! Jesus Enters as Savior |.Sermon from Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021
HOSANNA! The people shout, because they know they are receiving the Savior. We, too, need our Savior as we join our voices with theirs and shout HOSANNA!
Seminarian John Baynton preaches for Palm Sunday.
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Mar 21, 2021
Renewed to Sow Hope and Love
What does it mean to hate our lives? What does Jesus mean? In our Lenten series, “RENEW” Pastor Paul addresses this and much more.
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Mar 18, 2021
God's Steadfast Love Endures Forever | Midweek Lenten Sermon
God’s steadfast love endures forever. No matter what else happens, what else goes on, even a pandemic, God’s love endures and we are right to place our trust in God. Thank you to Seminarian John Baynton for this message during our Lenten midweek service.
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Mar 14, 2021
We Need to Remember
This week’s readings point us to the covenant God makes with God’s people in baptism. The Israelites forget how God has lived into their covenant and are issued a reminder. Jesus cites this reminder and places himself on the cross as the sign that all can remember, especially when we turn away from God and realize we need a savior.
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Mar 11, 2021
Looking to the Author of Our Existence
Psalm 19 is the basis for our midweek meditation, offered by Seminarian John Evans. We are invited to live out our faith as we are shown the way to help rescue the lost in our world.
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Mar 7, 2021
Renewed for Relationship
If anyone ever asks you what Jesus would do, making a whip and turning over tables has to be a part of the answer. But why? Well, in today's message, Pastor Paul explains what's really behind Jesus' outburst and it may surprise to learn that it's about love and relationship.
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Mar 3, 2021
We are Renewed and Invited to Serve
Seminarian Anthony Windau explores the Psalm as a way of understanding how being renewed in baptism calls us into lives of serving others.
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Feb 27, 2021
Taking Up Our Crosses is a Good Thing
The reading for today seems off-putting and a little ominous, but when we dig into what Jesus is saying when he teaches his followers and those whom would be his followers, we learn that taking up our cross is a good thing. Pastor Paul discusses how that is so and why it matters for our lives today.
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Feb 24, 2021
Prayer and the Psalm | Midweek Lenten Service
Seminarian Nichole D’Onofrio invites us to think about our prayer lives in response to the Psalmist David’s prayer.
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Feb 21, 2021
A Test and a Testimony | Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
Without a test there can be no testimony. What a crazy year it has been, right? But in the test of the past year character has been revealed and our own testimony has been strengthened. Pastor Paul invites us to think about how our own testimony, our witness to faith, might have evolved.
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Feb 18, 2021
Embracing Mystery - Finding Renewal | Sermon for Ash Wednesday 2021
It's Ash Wednesday again and the beginning of Lent, again. How are we invited to respond in this season? What if we embrace the mystery of the great love of God for the people of God and lean into our baptisms? Pastor Paul invites you to consider this and more in this special message.
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Feb 14, 2021
Cannot Help Being Changed | Message for Sunday, February 14, 2021
In the story of the transfiguration we meet Jesus and the disciples on the mountain and Jesus' identity is secured for the disciples as God speaks and Moses and Elijah appear with Jesus. What does this have to do with us and how we live our lives each day? How are we changed by the light shown forth in Christ? Pastor Paul talks about this and more in today's sermon.
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Feb 7, 2021
70 Million Reasons to Pray
Jesus takes time to pray, but how do the 70mil search results about when to pray have to say about what and when we pray? Seminarian Nichole addresses the readings in a thoughtful way in today's message.
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Jan 31, 2021
Who is Jesus to you?
Who is Jesus to you? The scriptures are filled with names for Jesus and Pastor Paul suggests that these different names have different meanings to us, depending on where we are in our life's journey. Listen in and give it some thought. Who IS Jesus to you?
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Jan 24, 2021
This is the Time | Message for Sunday, January 24, 2021
How do we know when we are experiencing God's timing and not just our own? Jesus calls His disciples to come and follow and they realize that the time is right, critical, and that this is their opportune moment.
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Jan 17, 2021
Knowing Yourself
Our nation is experiencing an identity crisis, so where do we look for an identity that can unify us? How might we, by knowing more about our core identity, make a difference? This and more in this week's sermon podcast from Lord of Life.
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Jan 10, 2021
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here? This past week was a difficult one. In the midst of a global pandemic, crowds of rioters invaded the capitol building in Washington D.C. setting off a surreal set of events. How might the Gospel speak into the events of this week and into our lives?
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Jan 3, 2021
Shine a Light in the Darkness
It's still Christmas, well, the Season of Christmas, and the importance of remembering the Christ Child of Christmas continues to inform our readings and how Pastor Paul shares his message. How the Grinch Stole Christmas and shining a light into the world? Yup.
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Dec 24, 2020
This is Very Good News!
This is very good news! We need this news, don't we? It's Christmas Eve and we are reminded, once again, of the love of God for the people of God in the birth of a child who is the Messiah. Do not be afraid! Pastor Paul offers a Christmas Eve message for our worship services on December 24, 2020.
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Dec 20, 2020
What Does Love Like? Sermon Series Part 4 "The Glory of Christmas"
What does LOVE look like? Pastor Paul talks about that as we wrap up our sermon series for Advent. LOVE is central to who we are and how God relates to God's people. Peace, Hope, Joy, and Love prepare us to receive the Christ Child on Christmas.
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Dec 13, 2020
The Glory of Christmas Advent Sermon Series Week Three: JOY
John’s Gospel describes Jesus as the “Light of the world” and it is in this Jesus that the Apostle Paul encourages the people to live lives of thanksgiving and prayer and joy. In week three of our sermon series, The Glory of Christmas, Pastor Paul talks about JOY experienced inwardly and outwardly, and how an attitude of JOY can help us to cope with all manner of life experiences, good and bad.
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Dec 6, 2020
The Glory of Christmas Sermon Series for Advent: Week Two PEACE
What are we saying when we wish each other God’s peace? How can we realize peace more fully when we lean into God’s direction for our lives? All this and more in week two of our sermon series, “The Glory of Christmas.”
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Nov 30, 2020
The Glory of Christmas Sermon Series Week One: HOPE
In the first of our five part series for Advent, Seminarian Nichole D’Onofrio shares a message about Hope. The Glory of Christmas, our sermon series, is joined to a series of videos that follow a church group’s efforts to pull together a performance for Christmas Eve. Join us each week as we explore key themes.
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Nov 16, 2020
Ready and Waiting
Jesus uses a story to make a point. Don't just sit there, do something. For Matthew's audience, this was a message to spur action and to be reminded that in the meantime, between Jesus ascension and coming again, we are to live out our faith actively, sharing God's love with all the world. How might we respond today?
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Nov 8, 2020
Fixing the Problem not the Blame
What does the church have to say to our culture moving forward? How can we embrace confession, unity, and sharing hope? All of this and Pastor Paul's terrible Sean Connery impersonation in today's sermon.
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Nov 1, 2020
Blessed for the Difficult Times
The sermon for All Saints Sunday comes from Northeastern Iowa Synod Interim Bishop The Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl. The bishop reminds us that the blessings of God go with us in the midst of the challenges we face and the losses we experience.
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Oct 26, 2020
Between Two Trees | Sermon for Reformation Sunday
Martin Luther's revelation of the grace of God freely given, but now without cost, leads Pastor Paul to think about how we respond to the gift of grace given to us, and what it means to live out our lives between two trees.
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Oct 19, 2020
Two Kingdoms, Two Allegiances
What does it mean to have dual allegiances? Is that what Jesus is talking about when he holds the coin with the emperor’s image and says to pay taxes? Pastor Paul talks about these allegiances we share with the people of that day and what it means when we are pulled in opposition to our beliefs.
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Oct 5, 2020
We Just Work Here | Sermon from Sunday, October 4, 2020
In today's reading, Jesus tells another parable, the third time he uses a vineyard to make a point about welcoming the Son of God. Pastor Paul invites us to contemplate this parable for today, and points out that we need to acknowledge that the vineyard is God's. We just work here.
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Sep 27, 2020
Lord, It's Hard to Be Humble
Philippians 2:1-13 is often referred to as the Christ Hymn. In it, the Apostle Paul notes Jesus’ own humility as something to be imitated. How might humility be important for us today and how might we learn more about Jesus through being humble? Join Pastor Paul as he preaches on the Christ Hymn this week.
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Sep 20, 2020
What Gets in the Way? | Sermon for Sunday, September 20, 2020
This week Jesus tells a parable that can really make us scratch our heads in wonder. Is it about paying people what’s fair? Is it about God’s grace dispensed radically? Is it about what keeps us from accepting God’s love as gift and not something we earn? Pastor Paul talks about all of that and more in this week’s sermon.
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Sep 13, 2020
How to be Faithful Today | Sermon for Sunday, September 13, 2020
The Apostle Paul writes the fledgling church at Rome and in his instructions, provides some important information about what it means to be a Christ follower in the early church. Paul’s words resonate with us, today, as we ask what it means to live out lives of faith.
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Sep 6, 2020
Less Us and Them and More Christ with Us
Jesus knew there would be conflict because Jesus followers are human. In today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus offers a way through conflict. Have you ever been a part of a Matthew 18 conversation? Pastor Paul shares his own experiences and discusses an important reminder that Christ is with us through it all.
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Aug 30, 2020
Denying Ourselves
What does it mean to deny ourselves and take up our cross? Pastor Derek asks this question and the answer may surprise you.
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Aug 22, 2020
The Rock from which We are Hewn
Our first parking lot service since the beginning of the pandemic. What a joy to be together to hear the Word!
Pastor Paul talks about the stone from which we were hewn and why it matters that we remember our connectedness to our faith during these turbulent times.
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Aug 16, 2020
God's Love is for Everyone. Everyone.
The story of the Canaanite Woman gives us hope that God’s love is for everyone. No matter the hurts or pains we encounter, we can place hope in Christ. To learn more about Lord of Life, please visit our website today.
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Aug 9, 2020
Come to Jesus Moments | Sermon from Worship on Sunday, August 9, 2020
Jesus calls Peter to come to Him on the stormy sea. Peter is obedient and he is changed by the experience. So, what do Lt. Dan, Forest Gump, and Peter have in common? Pastor Paul explores this idea and what it means for our lives and the life of the church in the days to come.
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Aug 2, 2020
Christ with us wherever we may be, even during a pandemic
It’s easy to think we are alone, especially when we experience isolation and sheltering in place during a pandemic. Pastor Derek reminds us that wherever we are, Christ is with us. That’s a wonderful assurance for our lives.
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Jul 26, 2020
More than Conquerors Because of Christ
Through all this, we are more than conquerors, because of Jesus. Pastor Kristen offers helpful reminders about Jesus' presence for us, and about faith and mustard seeds in this week's message from worship. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com
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