Episodes

Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas EveBible Readings Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38, Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Luke 1:26-38 The Angel Gabriel Appears to the Virgin Mary 26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. Bless...

Third Sunday in AdventBible Readings Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 John 1:6-8, 19-28, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 16 Rejoice always. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not extinguish the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt. 21 But test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Keep away from every kind of evil. 23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you...

Second Sunday in AdventBible Readings Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 2 peter 3:8-14 8 My friends, here is one thing that you must remember. In the Lord God’s mind, one day and 1,000 years are the same. For him, 1,000 years is like a single day. 9 The Lord is not being slow to do what he has promised to do. Some people may think that he is being slow to do it. But he is being patient with you. He does not want to destroy anyone. He wants all people t...

Advent Thursday ServiceBible Readings Psalm 89, Luke 11:37-52Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Revelation 3:7, Isaiah 22:22 Revelation 3:7 Letter to the Church in Philadelphia 7 To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: The Holy One, the one who is true, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says this: Isaiah 22:22 22 I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder. Whatever he opens, no o...

First Sunday in AdventBible Readings Isaiah 35:4-7 Mark 11:1-11Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ. I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus; that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of ...

Advent Thursday ServiceBible Readings Luke 11:14-28, Isaiah 55:1-3Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Isaiah 55:1-3 Come to the Water Hey, all of you who are thirsty, come to the water, even if you have no money! Come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why do you spend money on something that is not bread? Why do you waste your labor on something that does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good. Satisfy your appetite with rich fo...

Last Sunday of the Church YearBible Readings Daniel 7:9-13, Psalm 47, Matthew 25:31-46Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Instruction Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead at Christ’s Second Coming 13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve in the same way as the others, who have no hope. 14 Indeed, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then in the same way we also believe that ...

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after PetencostBible Readings Luke 10:25-37Worship Folder Pastor Jame MattekSermon text: Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan 25 Just then, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “What do you read there?” 27 He replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and, love your neighbor as yourself....

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Psalm 139, John 15:9-17, Ephesians 6:10-17Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Ephesians 6:10-17 The Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can stand against the schemes of the Devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces...

ReformationBible Readings Daniel 6:10-12, 16-23, Romans 3:19-28, Matthew 10:16-23Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Psalm 46 The King’s Reign HeadingFor the choir director. By the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song. The Earth Shaken 1 God is our refuge and strength, a helper who can always be found in times of trouble. 2 That is why we will not fear when the earth dissolves and when the mountains tumble into the heart of the sea. 3 Its waters roar and foam. The mountain...

Twenty-Second Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Genesis 4:1-16, 2 John 1:1-6, Matthew 22:34-46Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Genesis 4:1-16 The First Children: Cain and Abel 4 The man was intimate with Eve, his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten a man with the Lord.” 2 She also gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel tended sheep, but Cain worked the ground. 3 As time passed, one day Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the s...

Twenty-First Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Daniel 1:3-21, Romans 13:1-7,Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 22:15-22 Paying Taxes to Caesar 15 Then the Pharisees went out and plotted together how to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in accord with the truth. You are not concerned about gaining anyone’s approval because you are not swayed ...

Twentieth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Isaiah 25:6-9, Matthew 22:1-14Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes—to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed by faith, for faith, just as it is written, “The righteous will live by faith.” The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartbur...

Nineteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Isaiah 5:1-7, Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 3:12-21Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it out to some tenant farmers and went away on a journey. 34 When the time approached to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenan...

Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Matthew 21:23-32Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 21:23-32 Jesus’ Authority Questioned 23 When Jesus went into the temple courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things?” and “Who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer it, I...

Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Jonah 3:10–4:11, Matthew 20:1–16, Romans 9:6–16Worship Folder Pastor John MelkeSermon text: Jonah 3:10-4:11 10 When God saw their actions, that they had turned from their evil way, God relented from the disaster which he said he would bring on them, and he did not carry it out. The Lord Teaches Jonah a Lesson About Grace 4 But to Jonah all this seemed very bad, and he became very angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Lord, wasn’t this exactly what I ...

Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Genesis 50:15–21, Matthew 18:21-35, Ephesians 4:29-5:2Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 18:21-35 An Unforgiving Servant 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, when my brother sins against me, how many times must I forgive him? Should I forgive him as many as 7 times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him more than 7 times. You must forgive him even if he does wrong to you 70 times 7. 23 “The kingdom...

Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Ezekiel 33:7-11, Galations 2:14-16Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 18:15-20 When Someone Hurts You 15 “If your brother or sister in God’s family does something wrong, go and tell them what they did wrong. Do this when you are alone with them. If they listen to you, then you have helped them to be your brother or sister again. 16 But if they refuse to listen, go to them again and take one or two people with you. Then there ...

Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Psalm 33Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 16:21-28 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised again. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “May you receive mercy, Lord! This will never happen to you...

Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostBible Reading Exodus 34:5-10Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus Is the Christ 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the liv...

Twelfth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Matthew 15:21-28Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Matthew 15:21-28 The Faith of a Canaanite Woman 21 Jesus left that place and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 There a Canaanite woman from that territory came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! A demon is severely tormenting my daughter!” 23 But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and pleaded, “Send her away, because she keeps cryi...

Eleventh Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Isaiah 55:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:35-39Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Romans 8:35-39 35 What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 Just as it is written: For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us...

Tenth Sunday after PentecostBible Readings Psalm 136:7-9, Nehemiah 9:6 ,Romans 1:18-20, Acts 4:23-32Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. TullbergSermon text: Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and see who created these things. See who brings out their army in great number and calls them all by name. Because of his great strength and mighty power, not one of them is missing. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Take a Mome...

Ninth Sunday after PentecostWorship Folder Pastor John Melke Take a Moment to recall something from today’s message. Ask Jesus to create for you opportunities to use your words, activities and thoughts to glorify Him this week. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!