Sermon: Romans 5:1-5 Pentecost 1 – Trinity – June 16, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Next Sunday I’m going to begin a new Sunday adult Bible class entitled “Why the Christian ‘church’ Is Dying in America . . . and the West . . . and What We Can
Continue readingSermon: Genesis 11:1-9 Pentecost – June 9, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel If you attended Sunday school or Lutheran elementary school when you were a child, you almost for sure learned this account of the tower of Babel. And of all the Bible stories we read or studied this
Continue readingSermon: Acts 14:8-18 Easter 6 – May 26, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Has anyone ever mistaken you for God? I would suppose not. I, however, can say that I have been mistaken for God, and for Jesus, sometimes. It’s not because I was glowing with light or looked
Continue readingSermon: Acts 13:44-52 Easter 5 – May 19, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel A number of years ago I traveled with a tour group to China. We visited a number of the major cities of that country including the capital Beijing. In each of the cities we had a
Continue readingSermon: John 10:22-30 Easter 4 – May 12, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel As I sat down to write this sermon the weather outside was rainy, cloudy, and rather cold. We’ve been having a lot of that kind of dreary weather this spring. But I mention the weather because
Continue readingSermon: Acts 9:1-19a Easter 3 – May 5, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel So if I ask you, “Are you converted?” what would you say? Some of you might ask, “What do you mean converted?” And I would answer, “Are you converted from an unbeliever to a believer in
Continue readingSermon: Luke 24:1-12 Easter 1 – April 21, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel In a former congregation I knew a couple who had been born and raised in Asia. They told me that when they were in former land they celebrated Easter by going to the cemetery to sing
Continue readingSermon: Zechariah 9:9, 10 Lent 6 – April 14, 2019 – Rev. Steven Radunzel If you had been in the crowd on the first Palm Sunday when Jesus entered Jerusalem you would have approached Jerusalem from the east. You would have walked through two little towns, Bethany and Bethphage, not
Continue readingSermon: Isaiah 43:16-21 Lent 5 – April 7, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Do you like new things? I think we all do. When we were children we loved new things, especially new toys. That’s why Christmas Eve or Christmas morning were such wonderful times for us. When we
Continue readingSermon: Isaiah 12:1-6 Lent 4 – March 31, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Have you ever had one of those times in your life when you say, “It doesn’t get any better than this”? Probably most of us have, or dreamed of one of those experiences, that’s just stress
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