Sermons from May 2021
A New Church – Acts 2:1-11
A New Church – Acts 2:1-11 Today, on Pentecost Sunday, we witness how Jesus’ disciples burst out of the house in which they were staying, filled with the Holy Spirit, and reach out to the diverse crowd in the streets of Jerusalem, suddenly able to speak in all their languages. And these powerful encounters culminate in Peter preaching; 3000 people being baptized; and the believers remaining together, praying and eating together, and sharing everything. – A new church, a new…
Continue the Mission – Luke 24:44-53
Continue the Mission – Luke 24:44-53 Repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47) In Jesus’ name, repentance and forgiveness are to be proclaimed to all nations. All nations mean everybody. Not just Jews. Start in Jerusalem, but then continue with everybody who is left. Proclaiming God’s grace to everybody created the church. Jesus gave us a gift. He reconciled us with God. And he gave us a…
Images of God -John 15:9-17
Images of God -John 15:9-17 Don Corson, a recent graduate of our Synod’s program for lay ministry PSALM, will reflect on the names and images we have of God and how they shape our sense of not only who God is but who we are too. Please check out our video ministry 1517 Grace Guerrilla https://www.youtube.com/c/1517GraceGuerrilla
Walking Alongside Each Other – Acts 8:26-40
Walking Alongside Each Other – Acts 8:26-40 The book of Acts has this international feel to it. After the gospels have described the ministry of Jesus in Galilee and Judea, locally bound within a stretch of about 130 miles, now, in the book of Acts, the Christian movement just explodes. Already at the moment of Pentecost which we can read about in Acts, chapter 2, Peter addresses a crowd of people from Asia, Africa and Europe. And then Peter and…