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His Final Steps Led to a Donkey

This is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. It is the most intense week of our Christian Year. “Hosanna!” is the shout of praise so familiar to Palm Sunday worshipers. It literally means “Save us, we pray!” — and 2000 years ago, Jesus was riding into Jerusalem to do just that.

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The Service: Narrated

This is the fifth Sunday in Lent. In today’s service, we are using a narrated order of worship. Our purpose is to help everyone understand more completely what we do and why we do it when we come together for worship. We have made a PDF of the service folder available in case you’d like […]

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Entry into God’s Kingdom

Today we focus on God’s Word from John 3:3-8 and learn about entry into God’s Kingdom. In these verses, Nicodemus shows that he cannot comprehend the Holy Spirit’s miraculous work of new birth through Baptism. Human reason, darkened by sin, cannot accept that God can grant spiritual rebirth through ordinary water used with His Word. […]

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See Yourself in David

Today we heard from 2 Samuel 11:1-17 and 26-27. The sermon theme was “See Yourself in David: Accept God’s Chastisement and Believe You are Forgiven.” David’s sin of the eye becomes a sin of lust and of deed. He commits adultery — and then murder to keep the sin a secret. When you try to […]

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Boast in Christ Alone

This weekend we focus on 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. We should avoid pride and boasting about anything we do for God or others. We bring nothing but sin into our relationship with God, but we receive all good things from Him. Hear more about this in the sermon Boast in Christ Alone.

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God Reveals His Epiphany Plan

The season of Epiphany (the Greek word for “appearance”) recalls how Jesus proved Himself to be the Son of God and the Savior of all people. In the Bible readings for this weekend (the Festival of the Epiphany of Our Lord), God makes it abundantly clear that His salvation is not only for His chosen […]

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