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Latest Sermons
The Calm Amidst the StormAugust 9, 2026 - 12:07 pm
The Kingdom ComesAugust 2, 2026 - 10:54 am
What a Mess!July 19, 2026 - 11:30 am
From Hard-Scrabble HeartsJuly 12, 2026 - 11:18 am
Embraced by GraceJuly 5, 2026 - 12:25 pm
The Calm Amidst the Storm
SermonProper 14A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago After feeding the 5000 Jesus ordered the disciples into a boat. He dismissed the crowds and sent the disciples to the other side of the […]
The Kingdom Comes
SermonProper 13A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus said, “you give them something to eat” (Matthew 14:16). The disciples were willing to disrupt their families and uproot their lives to follow Jesus—but […]
What a Mess!
SermonProper 11A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Last week Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a Sower scattering seed with reckless abundance. This week the image shifts from the generosity of […]
From Hard-Scrabble Hearts
SermonProper 10A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago For three Sundays, we are camped out here in Matthew 13 which contains seven parables about the kingdom of heaven or “realm of God.” Each […]
Embraced by Grace
SermonProper 9A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago To what should I compare this generation? They are like toddlers crying all the louder when they hear other children crying. Nothing satisfies them. “Yet […]
The Sword of Truth
SermonProper 7A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34-37). […]
Make God Real
SermonProper 6A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36). Jesus had […]