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The End is Where We Start FromNovember 9, 2025 - 1:53 pm
Cosmic KinNovember 2, 2025 - 11:59 am
Human is Human is Human is HumanOctober 26, 2025 - 12:36 pm
Wrestling with GodOctober 19, 2025 - 1:04 pm
Making EucharistOctober 12, 2025 - 1:19 pm
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
SermonProper 14A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago August 13, 2023 Our story picks up where we left off last Sunday. 5,000 men plus women and children have just finished eating their fill […]
Come, Eat, be Filled, and Live
SermonProper 13A-23 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 for a front […]
Lead Me, Guide Me
SermonProper 9A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago There’s an old preacher’s story about a church youth group working on an elderly woman’s house helping to make necessary repairs. There was a child […]
Discipleship Rewards
SermonProper 8A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Did somebody say reward? Did Jesus promise compensation for the disciples? Jesus said, ‘prophets, the righteous—even those who do something as simple as give a […]
How We Live
SermonProper 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me. And Matthew got up and followed him. […]
True Colors
SermonTrinity A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago June 4, 2023 True Colors Last year, Brian Koch, Patrick Ormand, and Genevieve Hallas and I took turns holding up the Immanuel Lutheran sign while […]
Why Do Church?
SermonPentecost Sunday A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago I went into Ace Hardware yesterday mostly to put a stop to the dashboard light screaming, “Replace Remote Battery Now.” I’ve been there many […]