Weekly sermons from the campus ministry of Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel in Madison, Wisconsin (USA)
How would our application for heaven stand up? On our own, we would be rejected. We have the perfect résumé through Jesus our Savior.
We live in an angry world. Road rage, social media comments, and unprovoked attacks are evidence that anger causes trouble. What about our anger? Can we let it go? Do we have good reason to live differently? YES!
Despite Jacob's sins, Jesus reminds us that God used Jacob for the purpose of delivering all people from sin.
Jacob settled in the promised Land, assured again of God's promises. Jesus has prepared a place for us in the promised land of heaven.
Jacob and Esau put their problems behind them. Because we are forgiven in Christ, we can make peace in our conflicts.
As he prepared to meet Esau, Jacob wrestled with God. He knew only God could bless him. We hold on to God's promises to us.
Jacob worked 20 years for Laban. God blessed Laban greatly through Jacob. Yet, Laban became the greatest obstacle Jacob could not escape. But God did not forget his promise to bless Jacob.
Troubles arose when Rebekah and Leah used their children as tokens in the game to gain Jacob's affection. But God reminds us that children are precious gifts from him.
Hoping to get another 7 years of work from Jacob, Laban deceived him. God kept his promises to Jacob, just as he protects us from the deceiver in keeping with his promises.
God's promises overwhelmed Jacob. He promises his devotion to God because of those promises. We live our lives for the one who loved us first.
Forced to leave home, Jacob needed encouragement. God gave him a dream to assure him of his presence. We know God is with us, too.
Jacob and Rebekah took matters into their hands when Isaac tried to bless Esau. We trust that God's timing is always correct.
In a state of hunger, Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup. As children of God, faith in Christ gives us the most valuable possession we have—eternal life.
God graciously gave twin sons to Isaac and Rebekah. God prophesied that the older (Esau) would serve the younger.
The work of the Holy Spirit is connected to words, specifically to God's Word. God's Spirit comes to us when we are in the word.
What does Jesus do as our ascended Lord? He rules over everything for the benefit of all believers, his Church.
Sin, death and shame went to the cross and into Jesus' tomb. Forgiveness, life and joy came to us when Jesus rose again.
Jesus doesn't just ask us to love others; he empowers us to do so. We love others because he first loved us.
Our Good Shepherd promises that we are his sheep and that nothing can take us out of his hand. We can trust his promises.
Without Jesus, we are spiritually blind. Jesus' resurrection replaces our blindness with sight.
Jesus' resurrection gives us reason to testify to what we believe is true. Jesus is the way to eternal life for every person.
Death carries hurt—it has a sting. But Jesus has defeated death. While death may cause tears, it does not cause dread because Jesus lives!
The Crucial Hours: The Hour of Communion
Before the suffering of Holy Week, Jesus is hailed as the King who came to defeat our enemies.
The Crucial Hours: The Hour of Grieving
What many consider trash, we cherish as treasures because we have been given faith to see the eternal value.
The Crucial Hours: The Hour of Punishment
God responds to those who object to his grace and those who are enraged by his grace with more grace.
The Crucial Hours: The Hour of Binding
God shows extreme patience with us. Jesus reminds us that the time to repent is now.
Our path to heaven will never be an easy one. God keeps us on the path to a life with him in eternity.
The Crucial Hours: The Hour of Remembrance
Jesus took on our enemies without our help. He fought for us both vicariously and victoriously.
We focus on Jesus' words to Peter and the other disciples, “Satan has asked to sift you all as wheat.”
At Jesus' transfiguration, the disciples saw him in all his glory. Jesus established a new covenant, a covenant of grace for all people.
In love, God has forgiven all our sins. His love for us leads us to be loving and forgiving to others, letting love cover a multitude of sins.
“Love your enemies.” We don't find that easy to do, do we? Jesus' love for us is unconditional, and his love moves us to show love to others.
Who doesn't have troubles in life? God promises that even in those difficulties his grace and blessings abound.
God's love doesn't wait for us to meet him halfway. His love, demonstrated in his sacrifice of his own Son, has no strings attached.
Who did Jesus choose for his disciples? Not the best and the brightest, but simple men whom he prepared to proclaim the gospel.
Isn't heaven going to be boring? Not when we are in the presence of the God who loves us so much that he died to get us home to him.
The more people like us, the more successful we must be, right? Not necessarily. We preach the forgiveness of sins in Jesus and let God's Word do its work.
Descriptions of heaven most often include what isn't in heaven more than what heaven will be like. We look forward to a place that is free from the troubles of this world.
God's Word cuts straight to the heart. Some reject, while others are led to faith. Only the gospel has the power to heal and save.
We want to be in heaven forever. Jesus reminds his disciples and us how he has prepared our place with him in heaven.
Jesus did something amazing at the wedding in Cana. He miraculously provided the choicest wine and revealed his glory.
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