I think it is good for Christians to state their faith. As a Lutheran, I state, or confess, my faith freely and publicly. I say what I bel...

Pride - Ash Wednesday Envy - (I was out of town, Pastor Poppe preached this one, sorry I don't have the text) Lust - Midweek 3 Anger ...

Remember your Baptism! “It will therefore be no small gain to a penitent to remember above all his baptism, and, confidently calling to mind...

Matthew 28:1-10 Easter April 24th, 2011 “Here's What Victory Looks Like” October 23rd, 2001. Monday Night Football. The New York Jets ...

John 13:1-17; 31b-35 Maundy Thursday April 21st , 2011 “Sloth” Pride, Coveting, Lust, Anger, Gluttony and Greed. So now we come to the fina...

Luke 16:19-31 Lent Midweek 6 April 13th, 2011 “Greed” Pride, Coveting, Lust, Anger and Gluttony. We're almost to the end of our excursi...

Philippians 3:17-21 Lent Midweek 5 April 6th, 2011 “Gluttony” Pride, Coveting, Lust and Anger. We've been examining these deadly sins i...

Today's OT reading from the Treasury of Daily Prayer...you know the passage where Joseph frames his brothers as they are leaving Egypt f...

Matthew 5:21-26 Lent Midweek 4 March 30th, 2011 “Anger” So far we've touched on the deadly sins of Pride, Covetousness, and Lust. And w...

Luke 11:14-26 Lent 3 March 27th, 2011 “Stronger than the Strong Man” Jesus' miracles were acts of compassion for those in need, sick, af...

Matthew 5:27-30 Lent Midweek 3 March 23rd, 2011 “Lust” One of the benefits of this sermon series on seven deadly sins is we get to talk abou...

Proverbs 16:18 Ash Wednesday March 9th, 2011 “Pride” Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Prov. 16:18 (ESV) A...

Matthew 17:1-9 The Transfiguration of our Lord March 6th, 2011 “Just a Peek” Transfiguration. Now there's some churchly insider lingo f...

Matthew 6:24-34 Epiphany 8 February 27th, 2011 “What are You Worried About?” I asked around this week what worries people the most. I suppo...

Grace Lutheran Church, Racine, WI 2011 Lenten Series 7 Deadly Sins – 1 Loving Savior Theologians in times past developed a list of “7 deadly...

Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6 February 13th, 2011 “Raising the Bar” Have you ever murdered someone? No? Have you ever cheated on your spouse?...

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Epiphany 4 January 30th, 2011 “Preaching Foolishness” “That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!” Anyone ever said...

John 1:29-42 Epiphany 2 January 16th, 2011 “Behold the Lamb” We're two Sundays in to the season of Epiphany. And as I say every year, t...