Sermons From St. Petri (elca)

God is not concerned with being protected. God is concerned with faith, and there is no faith without fear, without risk, without vulnerability.For more information on our ministry in the Story City area, please visit http://www.stpetrilutheran.weebly.comFor more information on ELCA ministries in your area, please visit http://www.elca.org

Jesus knows how temptation works. He's been there. It's not about wanting bad things - it's about wanting the good God has created in ways that aren't right. For more information about our ministry in the Story City area, please visit http://www.stpetrilutheran.weebly.comFor more information about ELCA ministries in your area, please visit http://www.elca.org

The first Lenten discipline is the one which renders all other disciplines moot. The ashes which mark us as those who will die are also a sign which says all of our hope for our own ability, righteousness, & moral fortitude lead us to only one place: death.

What does the transfiguration of Jesus mean for us today? 

This is not the Sermon on the Mount. It's more real - more honest. It's directed at everyone who listens. And all who hear it today as well. For more information about our ministry in the Story City area, please visit http://www.stpetrilutheran.weebly.comFor more information about ELCA ministries near you, please visit http://www.elca.org

It's one thing to fish with a lure, bait, or a hook. Peter, Andrew, James, & John were doing a different sort of fishing, one that paints us in a much less flattering light as their eventual "catch." All the same, it's better in this case to be in the boat.For more information about our ministry in the Story City area, please find us on Facebook or visit our website: http://stpetrilutheran.weebly.comFor more information about ELCA ministries in your area, please visit http://www.elca.org

Only one who is bold enough to BE the fulfillment on scripture could claim it is fulfilled today.For more information on our ministry in the Story City area, please visit http://www.stpetrilutheran.weebly.comFor more information on ELCA ministries in your area, please visit http://www.elca.org

Like the wine at the wedding in Cana, the abundance of God tends to get excessive when Jesus is on the case. You might even find your name getting changed.

The prophet Jeremiah calls God's people to see that even their holiest things can become idols if they approach them in the wrong way. "The temple of the LORD!" is a distraction which can become a deception if one trusts in the words but doesn't live the way God has commanded.