Sermons from Messiah Lutheran Church in Joliet, Illinois, featuring Pastors David Nygard, Kurt Hoover and David Stier.
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Little" to study from Luke 17! What do you think of when you hear the word "Little"?
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Sin" to study from Luke 17! One of the main words and topics discussed in the Bible! I was shocked at how much it is talked about....
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Rise" to study from Luke 7! Can you believe there isn't a single mention of video-games in this one! I was shocked...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Chasm" to study from Luke 17! This is the only time in the Bible this word is used! In the ESV translation.
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Flame" to study from Luke 17! We didn't talk about video-games in this one....or did we? Listen to find out!
Pastor Kurt give us the word "Mercy" to study from Luke 17! This one goes out to my support mains out there...HEROS NEVER DIE!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Hades" to study from Luke 17! There might be a couple video game spoilers in here so here's your warning!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Abomination" to study from Luke 16! We talk a little more about this one so sit tight and Happy Friday!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Faithful" to study from Luke 16! We've already talked about this word...but there's always something new to learn...and FYI we do not believe any manger at any Chili's is shrewd...
Pastor Kurt gives us the phrase "Eternal Dwelling" to study from Luke 16! I think I'm starting to understand this parable...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Shrewd" to study from Luke 16! Anyone else think of a little rodent?
Pasto Kurt Hoover guíes us the word "Receive" to study from Luke 16! I talk about sports this time! No nerd stuff!
Pastor Kurt gives us the phrase "Judge Between" to study from Ezekiel 34! Do we ever stop talking about sheep...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Repent" to study from Luke 15! We have a surprise guest at the end....Outlook Notifications!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Rejoice" to study from Luke 15! Anyone else on a classical kick lately?
Pastor Kurt gives us the phrase "Lost Sheep" to study from Luke 15! You know this study is called "word"play right? why do we keep phrases...jk
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Sinner" to study from Luke 15!
Pastor Kurt gives us a phrase to study today from Luke 14, "Has Ears"! We also talk about salt...probably a little too much...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Everything" to study from Luke 14! Anybody gonna bring bagels on Sunday?
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Cost" to study from Luke 14! The story where we find it is fairly amusing to me
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Cross" to study from the Bible. What does cross stitching have to do with Jesus?
pastor Kurt gives us a word that makes most of us uncomfortable..."Hate". It's used more than you think and we talk a little longer about this word than expected
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Resurrection" to study from Luke 14! The main concept of our Christian faith, which really only appears in the New Testament. Interesting.
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Exalt" to study from Luke 14...did he say "skibbidi"?
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Honor" to study from Luke chapter 14!
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Sabbath" to Study from Luke 14. Doesn't happen as often as you think...
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Lawful" to study from Luke chapter 14. I talk about DnD some more...sorry
Pastor Kurt gives us the word "Recline" or the phrase "Recline at Table" to study from Luke 13, our reading for this coming Sunday! Anyone down for a trip to AMC?
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us another phrase to study from the reading for this Sunday! "Gnashing of Teeth" which still makes me think of Elites from the Halo franchise...I'm a nerd.
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us more than one word to study today! We have the phrase "Narrow Door" to take a closer look at in our reading.
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us our word to study which is "Strive".
Pastor Kurt Hoover gives us our word to study which is "Saved"! A common theme in our Christian vocabulary...or is it?
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Faithfully" to study from Jeremiah 23.
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Word" to study from Jeremiah 23. Funny right?
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Stubbornly" to study from Jeremiah 23.
Pastor Bill gives us the word "Hypocrites" to study from Luke 12.
Pastor Bill picks our words for this week and has chosen the word "Division" for our first discussion!
We sit down with Herb Alexander who has been our Choir Director here for some time! In this interview we learn how he came to be at Messiah and his goals for the future of our church!
Our Children's Choir Director gives us an insight into her plans for the future of the ministries she is leading. She also really likes walking!
Our Children's Ministry Director, Leslie, gives us some insight into how she came to be at Messiah and what she likes to do to relax!
Mike Brown gives us his testimony and some advice on how saying "No" may be helpful!
Pastor Kurt Hoover sits down and tells us his vision for Messiah as well as his story of how he got here! Fun Fact: The Host and Kurt like DnD!
Our Bookkeeper Sherri gives us a run down on all she does for our ministry here at Messiah!
In this episode we interview our Office Administrator, Vicki Dallman, and hear how she came to be at Messiah! It truly feels like a "God Thing"!
Kate gives us an interview on what her role at Messiah is and how our Building Liason impacts the use of our church!
Hello! Welcome to the first ever episode of Fireside Chats! Our first season is focused on meeting the staff here at Messiah Lutheran Church and helping people see all the things that are done around the church day to day! Our first episode is a conversation between Justin Brown (Worship Coordinator) and Nikolai Stier (Tech Director/Host) discussing what our normal week looks like at Messiah and our goals for the year!
Pastor Kurt Hoover introduces his newest sermon series on how to build and maintain self-confidence!
Pastor Emeritus Dave Nygard explains how the devil attacks us in our lives!
Another sermon in Pastor Kurt's Sermon series called "Six places Jesus promised to be"
Pastor Kurt Hoover brings us another place where we can find Jesus according to His promises!
Brought to you by Pastor Kurt Hoover. Yes. It's about a table. And Jesus.