Festival Field Trip: The Feast of St. Luke

This doctor makes house calls. He enters our condition. He takes up our flesh. He bears our infirmities.

CJ Armstrong

Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

God reveals Himself as a tender-hearted, deeply caring parent—even to the point of deeply grieving over us when we stop listening to Him. But in Job, and sometimes in our daily experience, He reveals Himself as a whole lot more.

Robert Kolb

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Helps For This Sunday

Old Testament

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
24 mins read | 10/18/26

Old Testament: Isaiah 45:1-7 (Pentecost 21: Series A)

Better than Cyrus, Jesus has come to set the captives free indeed!

Epistle

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
20 mins read | 10/18/26

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (Pentecost 21: Series A)

We are waiting for a person, for His Son from Heaven. We are waiting for the Jesus who came once in humility to come again in...

Gospel

David Schmitt David Schmitt
13 mins read | 10/18/26

Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22 (Pentecost 21: Series A)

The religious leaders thought Jesus was threatening to tear down the Temple. Instead, He was expanding it, so it encompassed...

Videos For This Sunday

Old Testament

Adam Stetson Adam Stetson
1 min read | 10/18/26

I Am the Lord!

Old Testament: Isaiah 45:1-7 (Pentecost 21: Series A)

Epistle

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
1 min read | 10/18/26

God and Caesar!

Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21 (Pentecost 21: Series A)

Helps For Next Sunday

Old Testament

Old Testament: Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 (Pentecost 22: Series A)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
15 mins read | 10/25/26
The whole Old Testament points to the promise of the Messiah Jesus. Even seemingly unclear passages are promises about Him.

Epistle

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13 (Pentecost 22: Series A)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
22 mins read | 10/25/26
It is the Word that makes Christians, sustains Christians, and sends Christians back into the world to love their neighbors.

Gospel

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-46 (Pentecost 22: Series A)

David Schmitt David Schmitt
14 mins read | 10/25/26
Since we are accustomed to approaching these words of God with the certainty of sin in our minds, I would like to try...

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