September 13: New Birth Through Forgiveness
Summary: Today’s texts are about a God that is merciful and forgives. Through the bible stories of Jonah and Joseph, Pastor Dan teaches that if we wish to become instruments of God’s word to the...
September 6: God’s Justice and God’s Mercy
Summary: This week’s Sermon is based on a reading from the Old Testament book of Ezekiel which discusses God’s justice and mercy. How do you reconcile these concepts? The old idea that suffering is a...
August 30th The Road to Self Discovery
Summary: What does it mean to take up our cross and follow Jesus? In today’s gospel lesson from Matthew, Jesus is talking about a process by which we can be reconciled to God. God does...
August 23rd: No One Can Do it For You
Summary: The gospel text for this week’s sermon is from Matthew Chapter 16, in which Jesus asks the disciples who they think he is. Pastor Dan relates this to our worries about the future, and...
August 16th: The Heart of the Matter is Faith
Summary: Pastor Dan discusses how the gospel of Matthew illustrates how Jesus taught his disciples that a clean heart should be their goal. This is more important than specific religious observances and traditions. Martin Luther...
August 9: Overcoming Fear With Faith
Summary: Pastor Dan discusses the story of Jesus walking on water. He relates this to the fears in our lives, and how our faith in Christ will allow us to overcome these fears. Sunday August...
August 2: A Means of Divine Grace
Pastor Dan discusses the story of the feeding of the five thousand by Jesus with five loaves of bread and two fish. He relates this to our practice of communion in the contemporary Christian Church....
July 26th Predestined to Become Christ-like
Sunday July 26, 2020 – The 8th Sunday after Pentecost Summary: Pastor Dan discusses the concept of predestination, as described by the Apostle Paul in the book of Romans. We are all predetermined to belong...
July 19: Preserved in Hope
Pastor Dan discusses Jesus’s parable about the coexistence of good and evil in the world, or “good seeds” and “weeds” as described in Matthew, chapter 13. As Christians we should not despair, but live in...
July 12: Faith in a Secular Age
Pastor Dan discusses how people are in search of meaning in their lives, but many do not understand the meaning of Christianity and how it relates to their lives in this secular age.