What difference does it make to believe in a God who is motivated by love? That’s the question for this sermon on March 14, 2021, the 4th Sunday in Lent. Today’s message is on God’s gift of grace and love
March 14, 2021 Sermon: Motivated by Love
March 7, 2021 Sermon: Holy Anger
“Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle.” (John 2:15) In today’s sermon for the third Sunday in Lent, I look at what made Jesus so angry in
March 2021 Newsletter Column: Lenten Practices
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for March, 2021. Lenten Practices “But as for you, return to your God, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” – Hosea 12:6 In the
February 28, 2021 Sermon: Take Up Your Cross
In today’s Gospel lesson from Mark 8:27-38, Jesus warns his disciples that there is a cost to following him. What does it mean to take up your cross and follow? And what kind of a Messiah is this Jesus, anyway?
February 21, 2021 Sermon: Wilderness Temptation
For 40 days in the wilderness, Jesus resisted temptation on the strength of his baptism. Where do you find the strength to persevere in the wilderness? Here’s my sermon for the first Sunday in Lent on Mark 1:9-15 looking at baptismal