"Lutheran church" Tagged Sermons

What is really important in life?

What is really important in life? Recently a person I met said; we’re so bugged down by the stress of life that we should every once in a while slow down to figure out what’s really important. Maybe also pick a month and give up something. Take a step back from consumerism. I think that is a great idea. Christians do that for the last 2000 years. It’s called Lent, the 40 days before Easter. This Sunday is the first…

Sin of Ignorance vs. Wisdom

Ignorance vs. Wisdom Ignorance is the active process of avoiding wisdom. Ignorance is not the absence of knowledge. There are always things one doesn’t know, and given time and context one can’t know.  There can be many reasons to avoid and even fight wisdom. One is that we are comfortable with bow we see the world and we don’t like the changes that we assume will be the result of acquiring more wisdom. Another is that the fear that we…

Grace Alone

Grace Alone We are saved by God’s grace alone.  by doing good works, believing the right things of behaving in a certain way. Humans cannot save themselves. Indeed we are not even able to to participate in our salvation, because humans are and will always be sinful. Sinfulness is part of the human condition we cannot escape.  We completely rely on God in Christ to be graceful and save us even though we do not deserve it. God’s grace is a free…

Scripture Alone

Scripture Alone Lutherans follow a man, Jesus Christ, not a book. The Holy Scriptures testify to the Word Of God becoming flesh in Jesus Christ. The authority of the Lutheran church is rooted in the testimony of scripture. The Lutheran church reads that testimony through the eyes of the gospel, which is the good news of Jesus Christ who defeated death and bridged the gap between humans and God. Rev. Kristin Luana Baumann, sermon, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles…