St. Luke Lutheran Church January 20, 2024 Enews The Power of God’s Choice I’m writing this article on Wednesday, the day that we completed our reading of the book of Genesis if you have been reading through the Bible with me.  In chapter 49 of Genesis, Israel blesses his sons.  The twelve sons of Israel…

St. Luke Lutheran Church January 13, 2024 Enews Through the Bible – Jacob’s All Nighter- Genesis 32:22-32 If you are reading through the Bible with the rest of us, we will have gone from creation to Jacob’s wrestling match with God by the end of the two weeks of readings.  The Bible contains many strange…

St. Luke Lutheran Church January 7, 2024 Enews Merry Xmas: God Revealed in Forgiveness This is our last sermon in the short series in which we have examined Greek words that begin with the letter Chi (X).  We end the series looking at God revealed to us in forgiveness.  From this side of Christ’s resurrection, it is…

St. Luke Lutheran Church December 31, 2023 Enews Merry Xmas:  Revealing God I am willing to bet that all of us have had the feeling, you are really hungry, but you have a craving for something.  You can put your finger on what you want, but you feel like you desperately need the thing you…

St. Luke Lutheran Church December 24, 2023 Enews Merry Xmas: Christ In Us A friend of mine in college had an interesting poster above his bed in the dorm.  At the center of the poster was a small knight in armor.  The knight had a sword raise in one hand and a shield in blocking…

St. Luke Lutheran Church December 16, 2023 Enews God Revealed: The Lord of Time We begin our short journey through the Chi’s (pronounced kai’s) of the New Testament.  Chi looks like an “X.”  In the Greek language it is the first letter in the title, Christ.  We are using the letter X to remind us…

St. Luke Lutheran Church December 9, 2023 Enews Fellowship – 2 Corinthians 9:13  This Sunday we wrap-up our Better Together sermon series.  I hope and pray that our community of faith would be a place of shelter, hope, and encouragement for all who gather.  A final building block for a strong community is generosity.  The…

St. Luke Lutheran Church December 3, 2023 Enews Your Value – Ephesians 4:16 This past week I heard a devotion in which the author shared that her grandfather and uncle once had a scheme that they believed would certainly make them millions.  Their idea was to gather dirt from historical sites and sell small capuls of…

St. Luke Lutheran Church November 26, 2023 Enews Be United with One Another – 1 Thessalonians 5:11-13 Lately, we’ve been discussing what it means for the church to be a community, and how we can build and maintain a sense of community in our congregation. This is an important topic because the social bonds that…