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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
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
SermonLent 4A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The disciples ask Jesus, ‘who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ (John 9:2). The answer, of course, is neither. The […]
I See You
SermonLent 3A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Our preacher today is Adriana Rivera, Minister of Youth and Household. Greetings, friends, and may the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be […]
Putting It All Back Together
SermonLent 2A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago I’ll tell you something you already know. We are shaped by what we can perceive. Beyond what we can imagine is the great unknown unknown. […]
Fight With the Devil
SermonLent 1A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago After his baptism, there was no celebration, no cake, no candles. Instead, ‘Jesus, was led by the Spirit into a place of isolation and death […]
Faith Becomes Food
SermonTransfiguration A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago 500 years before Christ, Rabbis called Mount Tabor “the navel of the world.” The peak rises abruptly, yet gently, from the plain like the belly […]
Good News?
SermonEpiphany 6A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Sometimes announcing, “the gospel of the Lord” feels like it should be followed by a question mark. I know Christians have hurled these words of […]
Taste and See
SermonEpiphany 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? You are the light […]