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Sermons from Immanuel Lutheran Chicago
Sermons from Immanuel Lutheran Chicago
Immanuel is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) This is Christ’s church. There is a place for you here. We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person–questions, complexities and all. Join us as we do God’s work in Christ’s name for the life of the world.
Address
1500 W Elmdale Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60660
Phone/Fax
773-743-1820
773-743-1849
Email/Web
churchonelmdale@gmail.com
www.immanuellutheranchicago.org
The Arc of Justice
SermonTrinity Sunday C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Does not wisdom call and understanding raise her voice? (Proverbs 8:1) Wisdom is depicted as a women sitting on a mountain, at the crossroads, […]
Boldness to Live without Fear
SermonPentecost Sunday C25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Today, on this the Feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the ingathering of the church and the disciple’s great […]
I Am Because We Are
SermonEaster 7C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus is in his final hours. The disciples asked, and Jesus has taught them, the Lords’ Prayer. Now, like children listening in while the grown-ups […]
No Need for Tribalism
SermonEaster 6C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The words we read today are among the last spoken by Jesus to the disciples. He is preparing them to carry on without him. Life […]
Love is Your Birthright
SermonEaster 5C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Live every day as if it may be your last, because someday, it will be true.” (The gospel according to Steve Jobs.) In his final […]
Fierce and Motherly Love
SermonEaster 4C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). Cattle must be driven, but sheep can be led. They hear […]
Pass the Peace
SermonEaster 2C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago What do you do after the worst has happened? After hope is lost? The disciples are having a really bad no good day. They are […]