Festival Field Trip: Reformation Sunday

The heart of Reformation Day is God’s great love for His Church, preserving it in spite of man’s sin and weakness, and transforming the world and the hearts and lives of sinners through the proclamation of the Gospel.

CJ Armstrong

Crisis

It is precisely from the cross that the glory of God shines most brightly into our lives, as dark and sinister as Golgotha appears from a sinful distance. Cross trumps crisis.

Robert Kolb

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Helps For This Sunday

Old Testament

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
13 mins read | 10/19/25

Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

We might not grapple with God physically but, for most people, prayer can feel like a wrestling match.

Epistle

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
18 mins read | 10/19/25

Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

Preach the Word. Preach and teach purely. Care for people, but be no “respecter of persons,” bowing to their appetites,...

Gospel

Peter Nafzger Peter Nafzger
12 mins read | 10/19/25

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

God has all authority. He is the Creator. He is in charge. We are completely at His mercy.

Videos For This Sunday

Old Testament

Adam Stetson Adam Stetson
1 min read | 10/19/25

Wrestling with God!

Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

Epistle

Dan Chrismer Dan Chrismer
1 min read | 10/19/25

Preach the Word!

Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
1 min read | 10/19/25

Do Not Lose Heart!

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

Helps For Next Sunday

Old Testament

Old Testament: Isaiah 1:10-18 (Pentecost 21: Series C)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
12 mins read | 11/02/25
The Lord removes the evil and does the good we cannot, and that transforms us into being people who do the same!

Old Testament: Genesis 4:1-15 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
19 mins read | 10/26/25
Jesus is the only "brothers’ keeper" we have, and He is the only one we need.

Epistle

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 (Pentecost 21: Series C)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
19 mins read | 11/02/25
The life of the Christian Church in the New Testament period, that is, the end times, the penultimate, is one of persecution.

Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
19 mins read | 10/26/25
Paul wants Timothy to share his faith and to deliver it. Paul wants you to share his faith and to deliver it, too.

Gospel

Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints Sunday: Series C)

David Schmitt David Schmitt
12 mins read | 11/02/25
Jesus' first words reveal that he has come to bring into our lives the blessing of his Father's love.

Gospel: Luke 18:9-17 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

Peter Nafzger Peter Nafzger
16 mins read | 10/26/25
Your job on this celebration of the Reformation is to proclaim the promise of God in Christ which justifies, and to help your...

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