Church guide

Higher Things 2020 conference theme. A foretaste of next year.

Text: Colossians 1:21-29 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Epistle which was read earlier. “You, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him….” That’s what Paul says to the Colossians. [ 1,300 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4209

Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 Preached at St. John Lutheran Church, Seward, NE on June 27, 2019 for the Higher Things Concordia Conference In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. You’re all looking rather dirty this morning, dare I even say it, disgusting, at least, that’s how we look to one another on account of our sinful nature. [ 1,108 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4204

Text: Colossians 1:1-14 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Epistle, which was read earlier. It is always a good thing to hear that you are being prayed for, in good times and in bad, when you have plenty or when you are in need. [ 1,398 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4202

Text: Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Epistle, which was read earlier. When we last left the Galatians, Paul has left and the Judaizers have assumed the role of preacher in the Galatian church. We saw how they had forsaken Jesus in order to become slaves to the law of man. [ 1,249 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4200

Text: Galatians 3:23-4:7 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Epistle, which was read earlier. Being a slave is not a choice that we would make if we had the option. You have no rights, no freedom, you belong to someone or something else. [ 1,320 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4198

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. Today is the day, the one day in the Church Year where we blow off the dust and confess the Athanasian Creed. It’s a long creed, to be sure. It says a lot about the Trinity, but we need to ask the question, why do we need this creed? [ 1,225 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4195

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Trinity Sunday

Text: Acts 2:1-21 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is from Acts, which was read earlier. “Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord, / With all Your graces now outpoured, / On each believer’s mind and heart; / Your fervent love to them impart.” Those are words which we just sung, words that describe just what is taking place on this rather unusual, but important day. [ 1,107 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4172

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Text: Revelation 22:1-6, 12-20 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for our sermon this morning comes from the Epistle which was read earlier. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” These are familiar words to us all. At the conclusion of every day, we hear these words: “And God saw that it was good.” Adam and Eve came into the scene and all was good until the serpent came into the picture. [ 1,268 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4165

New hymn for us. Sing loud, sing proud, sing Lutheran

Texts: Acts 1:1-11; Luke 24:44-53 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. When we confess, “He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty,” what exactly do we mean? The Ascension of Jesus is just as important as every other act of Jesus: His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection. [ 1,121 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4159

Text: John 16:23-33 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Gospel, which was read earlier. If you heard Jesus’ words from last week’s Gospel reading, then you’re all set for part two of Jesus’ diatribe. If you missed the first part of Jesus’ diatribe or if you’ve forgotten, Jesus is speaking of His impending departure, but before that happens, He needs to share more with them. [ 1,231 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4153

Text: John 16:12-22 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Gospel, which was read earlier. If there’s one problem the people of Jesus’ day had, it was listening. People had their thoughts and opinions of Jesus and there wasn’t anything that Jesus could do to change that thought or opinion. [ 1,255 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4143

Our hymn of the day. Join us for the Divine Service at 9:00 am.

Text: John 10:22-30 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. The text for the sermon is the Gospel, which was read earlier. On this Fourth Sunday of Easter, we aren’t looking at post-resurrection Jesus accounts, but we see a pre-crucified Jesus account. In fact, this account takes place just a few months before Christ’s death and resurrection. [ 1,510 more word ] http://revtucher.com/?p=4137

Knocker ball. Our Savior, Torrington (Pr. Firminhac) vs Trinity, Gillette (Pr. Tucher)

VBS fun

Doing the Carlton