Helps For This Sunday

Old Testament

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
17 mins read | 07/19/26

Old Testament: Isaiah 44:6-8 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

Jesus can ferret out the difference between the darnel/weeds and the wheat. It is on the threshing floor of Calvary where...

Epistle

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
15 mins read | 07/19/26

Epistle: Romans 8:18-27 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

Whether sigh or groan, weeping or loud cry, Christ does not stand aloof from the world’s groaning. He, in fact, enters it.

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
10 mins read | 07/19/26

Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

Though we live in the assurance that the reign of God is happening now, much in our lives causes a longing for what has not...

Videos For This Sunday

Old Testament

Epistle

Dan Chrismer Dan Chrismer
1 min read | 07/19/26

Hope!

Romans: 8:18-27 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
1 min read | 07/19/26

Wheat and Weeds!

Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

Helps For Next Sunday

Old Testament

Old Testament: Deuteronomy 7:6-9 (Pentecost 9: Series A)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
18 mins read | 07/26/26
The mystery of grace, though, is that He chose such a thing and then, in His naming, His declaring, His taking these wretches...

Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-5 (Pentecost 10: Series A)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
16 mins read | 08/02/26
This feast in Isaiah is the victory feast of God!

Epistle

Epistle: Romans 8:28-39 (Pentecost 9: Series A)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
19 mins read | 07/26/26
Paul fills the courtroom with questions, but the Christian ultimately answers none of them. God answers them all.

Epistle: Romans 9:1-5 (6-13) (Pentecost 10: Series A)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
18 mins read | 08/02/26
Before he teaches, Paul grieves. Before he argues, he weeps. Before he explains God’s mysterious purposes, he opens his own...

Gospel

Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52 (Pentecost 9: Series A)

Paul Koch Paul Koch
10 mins read | 07/26/26
The powerful images presented easily capture your hearers’ imaginations, who may or may not already have assumptions about...

Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 (Pentecost 10: Series A)

Bob Hiller Bob Hiller
12 mins read | 08/02/26
Whatever it is He has, be it bread, compassion, mercy, or forgiveness, He will always be sure there is someone there to...

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