Keep the Main Thing
Keep the Main Thing Podcast is a collection of sermons and messages from Pastor Lee Evenson. Leland Evenson was an Ordained Lutheran Minister. It is estimated that over his 60+ years in active ministry, Pastor Lee as he was referred to, delivered over 500
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75. High Visibility
A message is from July 1st, 1990, titled “High Visibility.” Pastor Lee uses his days on the farm, explaining that when the crop was ready, getting the harvest completed was paramount. Jesus used harvest imagery repeatedly in his parables and teachings as well. Pastor Lee exhorts us not to lose our visibility—not so we can be seen, but so we can truly see. To see those around us who are in need.
74. What Am I Going to Do with You?
It’s June 17th, 1990—Father’s Day. The title of Pastor Lee’s sermon carries a question we’ve all heard, and probably all said: “What am I going to do with you?” As Pastor Lee points out, this familiar line usually comes from a place of frustration, exhausted patience, or even anger. But he asks us to hear it differently—to consider it as something deeper, more hopeful, and genuinely thought-provoking. This is an emotional message. Pastor Lee draws from his own experience with his father, his role model for laying the right foundation. And he asks all of us a penetrating question: Are we living out the kind of faith our children could bank their lives on? The kind of faith they could build upon, trust in, and pass down?
73. Fire Alert
Pastor Lee delivers his sermon for Pentecost Sunday 1990. Titled “Fire Alert.” Pastor Lee suggests we need fire alarms in our lives that detect not when we have a fire, but when our fire is going out. He, of course, is talking about our spiritual fire. Pastor Lee reminds us of something vital: while God is always moving toward us, we can’t simply wait passively. We need to actively move toward Him. It’s in that mutual movement, that partnership between our effort and God’s grace, where the fire truly ignites.
72. Heading for Home
It’s Mother’s Day 1990. Pastor Lee preaches a message called “Heading for Home.” But this isn’t just a Mother’s Day sermon. It’s a challenge to every adult who cares about the generation growing up behind them. He calls us to help young people understand their true destiny—that this world isn’t their final home, heaven is. To give them direction for living well now. And to instill in them a desire for heaven that produces real joy, peace, and purpose.
71. Is Your Heart In It?
In this message from April 29, 1990, Pastor Leland Evenson explores the many conditions of the human heart—both physical and spiritual. Drawing from Luke 24 and the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Pastor Lee reminds us that we seldom do anything well if our hearts aren't in it. He speaks to those who are downhearted, slow of heart to believe, or struggling with doubt. Pastor Lee encourages us not to lose heart, but to experience the burning heart that comes from encountering the risen Christ and the glad heart that flows from feeling God's unfailing love. A timely message for anyone whose heart needs encouragement today.
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