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Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus' words that as the sons of the resurrection we will be equal to the angels and how the promise of the resurrection comforts us and gives us true hope. 22nd Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Job 19:23-27; II Thessalonians 2:13-3:5; Luke 20:27-38

Pastor Mike preaches on how salvation belongs to God, how we are sealed with the Spirit for the resurrection, and how we are blessed when we struggle for Christ. All Saints Year A: Revelation 7:9-17, Ephesians 1:11-23; Lukee 6:20-26

Pastor Mike preaches on the lessons learned from the story of Rutth and what inclusion into God's people looks like and what it asks us to give up. 18th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Ruth 1:1-19; II Timothy 2:1-15; Luke 17:11-19

17th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A; Habbabuk 1:1-13,2:1-4; II Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Pastor Mike preaches on living by faith and how faith is not mere belief but confidence and trust.

Pastor Mike preaches on the war in heaven in Revelation 12 as being descriptive of the triumph of Jesus Christ over satan and evil through his death and resurrection . Michael & All Angels, Year A: Genesis 28:10-17; Revelation 12:7-12; John 1:47-51

Pastor Mike preaches on the Christian duty to offer prayers on behalf of all people, from those seen as the bottom of the ladder to those who rule or exercise authority at the top, as God is seeking the salvation of all. 15th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Amos 8:4-12; I Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13

Pastor Mike preaches on how when Jesus is elevated on the cross he will draw all people to him and how that helps focus us and turn us from the aimlessness of sin. Holy Cross Year A: Isaiah 45:21-25; Philippians 2:5-11; John 12:31-36a

Pastor Mike preaches from the Epistle to Philemon focusing on Paul's description of himself as a prisoner of Christ, what that means for Philemon, and how that changes relationships in the church modeled on Chrosts own self giving. 13th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A:Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Philemon 1-25; Luke 14:25-33 Image by Raul Lucus from Pixabay

Pastor Mike preaches on how we are to live in the coming kingdom of God: Remembering to love one another, being content in Christ, and honoring our marriages. 12th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A: Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8; Luke 14:1,7-14

Pastor Mike preaches on the necessary role of guides and fathers in the Christian life. 11th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Deuteronomy 18:15-18; I Corinthians 4:9-16; Luke 22:24-30

Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus' words on how his casting fire on the earth brings division and what sets it apart from the way that we divide one another up along political, personal, and spititual lines 10th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Jeremiah 23:23-29; Hebrews 12:1-14; Luke 12:49-56

Pastor Mike preaches on the pattern of faith and faithfulness set by Abraham, and the heroes of the Old Testament, and how the promises they never saw fully realized are fulfilled in Christ. 9th Sunday of Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-16; Luke 12:32-40

Pastor Mike preaches on God's holiness, his actions, our response, and how the Transfiguration of Jesus shows us not only his divinity and humanity but also what he has promised us in the resurrection. Transfiguration, Year A: Psalm 99; Luke 9:28-36 Image by falco from Pixabay

Pastor Mike preaches on Abraham's intercession for Lot after God announced that Lot's city would be destroyed. Tied in with Jesus' instructions on prayer we learn that we can pray boldly, with specificity, and with expectation. 6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 18:20-33; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13

2nd Sunday After Pentecost: Zechariah 12:8-10, 13:1, Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 9:18-24 Pastor Mike preaches on how unhelpful theological trends has influenced how many Christians read and interpret the Old Testament, particularly prophetic passages relating to Israel, and how all of the Old Testament is summed up in Jesus Christ and the Church.

On Trinity Sunday Pastor Mike preaches on Isaiah and John's vision of the throne of God. Our encounter with his holiness makes us aware of our sinfulness, how Jesus has purified us, and how God is both utterly transcendent yet also knowable.

Pastor Mike preaches on how the unity of love that the Father and the Son (and the Spirit) share is given to us to unite us with God.

Pastor Mike preaches on Sts. Paul & Barnabas healing of the crippled man, the reaction of the people in Lystra to the healing, their response to the people's reaction, and how Jesus is the one whom their stories of divine visitation point towards. 6th Sunday in Easter, Year C: Acts 14:8-18; Revelation 21:1-4, 22-27, 22:1-5; John 14:21-29

Pastor Mike preaches on Saul's encounter with Jesus and the helaing of the eyes of his soul and how our vision of Jesus heals ours too. 3rd Sunday in Easter: Acts 9:1-19a, Revelation 5:6-14; John 21:1-14 Image by StockSnap from Pixabay

Pastor Mike preaches on being partners with one another in tribulation, the kingdom of God, and patient endurance as we await his appearing and our life in the age to come.