University Lutheran Chapel

Mortification. It's a fun word with a serious meaning. Mortification is about killing sin in our lives. In this sermon, Pastor Gabe shares that we kill sin because of who we are in Christ and the invitation we have to live fully into that identity.

When Jesus meets with Nicodemus he tells him that in order to enter the kingdom of heaven he must be born again. He must be given new life. As we continue our sermon series Salvation, Pastor Gabe teaches on how that new life is given to us by the power of the Spirit.

Pastor Gabe Kasper continues our sermon series “Salvation.” with a message on “Election”. Pastor Gabe breaks down three questions: What is election? Why does election matter? How do I know if I'm elect?

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series with a message on "Theosis". What is theosis? It is not becoming less human and more spiritual. Rather, theosis is the discovery of the fullness of our humanity participation in and communion with the divine life of God by being joined to Jesus. Pastor Marcus teaches us that theosis is from God, is for your neighbor, and brings newness.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series "Salvation." with a message on "Justification". Pastor Marcus reminds us that justification is not a matter of our own efforts, and what we can do to make ourselves worthy before God, but rather justification is simply a gift, and the gift was costly, so be humble.

The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is true and because of that that our we are redeemed from sin, death, and the devil. His redemption won for us in the empty tomb is for everyone and forever, that's worth celebrating!

For our Good Friday gathering, Pastor Gabe and Pastor Marcus, along with STEPS student James Wilson, reflect on Jesus' final words on the cross.

Pastor Marcus Lane wrapped up our series on the "Seven Deadly Sins" with a Maundy Thursday message on "Pride". Pastor Marcus highlighted the humility of Jesus and how humility suffers, gives, and serves.

Envy is discontentment with what one has and wanting what someone else has. Envy is enslaving and it disintegrates relationships. But the good news of Palm Sunday is our liberating King Jesus came to set us free from envy's grasp.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our series on the "Seven Deadly Sins" with a message on "Sloth". Pastor Marcus points us to three things for how we might understand and avoid sloth: watch yourself, stay awake, and hear Jesus. 

All of life is meant to be lived before God. We are called to follow Jesus in every facet of our lives, this includes our relationship to food and drink. As we continue our series on the Seven Deadly Sins, Pastor Gabe teaches on how we can resist the vice of gluttony, as we look to the God who feeds us in Christ.

Pastor Marcus continues our sermon series "Seven Deadly Sins" with a message on "Lust". In his sermon, Pastor Marcus talks about the beginning of lust, the end of lust, and the solution to lust. 

As we continue our series on the Seven Deadly Sins, today Pastor Gabe teaches on greed. Greed is one of the most talked about vices in the bible, it can cause havoc in our lives, but the good news of the gospel is we can be set free from greed as we trust in the God who provides all things for us in Jesus Christ.

Pastor Marcus continues our sermon series on the "Seven Deadly Sins" focusing on wrath. In this sermon, Pastor Marcus has us consider the distortion and problem of wrath, and then the solution to wrath. 

As we begin our Lenten journey through the 7 Deadly Sins, Pastor Gabe kicks us off this Ash Wednesday by reflecting on Romans 6, where we see that sin is slavery, sin is death, but the great hope we have is the grace given to us by our Savior Jesus Christ.

As we close out our series on 1 Corinthians, Pastor Gabe preaches on 1 Corinthians 15 and the great hope we have in Christ's resurrection.

Pastor Marcus continues or sermon series on 1 Corinthians with a message titled 'Love over Everything'. In this sermon, Pastor Marcus points out how Paul highlights the power, the burden, and the perfection of love. 

As Paul continues his letter to the Corinthians, he teaches them about the power of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit speaks faith into us, gives us gifts, and empowers us to serve. The work of the Spirit is never about status, it is always about service.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series "The Cross over Compromise" with a message titled "Worship over Idolatry". Pastor Marcus outlines how Paul tells us that we need to remember what we've encountered, remember what we've received, and remember what we've loved. 

Pastor Gabe continues our series on the book of 1 Corinthians by looking at 1 Corinthians 6 and pursuing chastity over promiscuity. Following Jesus with our sexuality is a challenge in this cultural moment, but because of his love poured out for us on the cross we can find our longings fulfilled in him.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series "The Cross over Compromise" with a message titles "Humility over Pride". Pastor Marcus outlines how we are called to be humble in judgement, humble in the Word, and humble in suffering. 

Pastor Gabe continues our series on the book of 1 Corinthians. In this text, St. Paul calls us to not be divided by spiritual immaturity or social status, but instead be united by the sure foundation of Jesus Christ.

Pastor Marcus Lane kicks off our new sermon series "The Cross over Compromise: A Series on 1 Corinthians" with a message titled "The Cross over Wisdom". In this message, Pastor Marcus highlights how the cross is foolish, the cross is humbling, and the cross is wisdom. 

For the first Sunday of Christmas Pastor Gabe takes us through the announcement of the birth of Christ to the shepherds and reminds us that the gospel is still good news for all people, today, as we look to the sign of the cross.

Pastor Marcus Lane concludes our sermon series Kairos: Christmas According to Luke with a message titled “Peace Foretold”. In this message, Pastor Marcus walks us through the stories of Jesus and Mary, Simeon, and Anna. 

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series Kairos: Christmas According to Luke with a Christmas Eve message titled “Presence Foretold”. In this message, Pastor Marcus posits that the story is unexpected, but what if it's true?

The circumcision of John the Baptist is probably not the first story that comes to mind when people think of Christmas. And yet, through this story we are invited to see the continued relevance of the gospel in our lives.

Pastor Gabe leads us through the visitation of Mary and Elizabeth and the Magnificat. In this story and song we are invited to live lives of humble gratitude for the mercy of God in our lives.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series Kairos: Christmas According to Luke with a message titled “Salvation Foretold”. In this message, Pastor Marcus reminds us what matters as we encounter the annunciation of God's birth: God's Grace, God's Spirit, and God's Servant.

As Pastor Gabe kicks off our Advent and Christmas sermon series, Kairos: Christmas According to Luke we look at the story of the foretelling of the birth of John the Baptist. In this story we see that God uses our unfulfilled longings to draw us closer to him and the promises he has given us in Christ.

Pastor Marcus Lane concludes our sermon series BeLove(d): A Series on 1 John with a message titled “Overcome the World”. In this message, Pastor Marcus reminds us that God calls us to be joined to Jesus, believe the testimony, and believe in Jesus.

In this sermon we look at what the apostle John means when he tells us to “test the spirits.” Pastor Gabe unpacks the nature of spiritual reality and how in the cross of Christ we have overcome any lies the enemy might throw at us.

As Pastor Gabe continues our sermon series on 1 John, 1 John 3:11-24 commands us to love one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. This is not easy. People are messy. Community is hard. But when we hear the word of Love that God has spoken over our lives in Christ, it frees us to live lives of love towards each other.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series BeLove(d): A Series on 1 John with a message titled Children of God. This message reminds us that "you are God's children, so reject sin and live from your source".

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series BeLove(d): A Series on 1 John with a message titled Walk in the Light. This message outlines how we should cling to Jesus, imitate Jesus, and love like Jesus. 

Pastor Gabe kicks of our new sermon series on the book of 1 John. As John starts his letter he presents us with the incredible scandal that God has come to us in Jesus and we are invited to find our identity as his beloved as we live in fellowship with him.

Pastor Marcus Lane wraps up our sermon series Intentional: Pursuing What Matters with a message on Holistic. This message covers how we should carry your cross, die to yourself, and cling to Jesus. 

As we look at the final piece of our Venn Diagram of an intentional life, Pastor Gabe invites us to pursue a life of integrity. Integrity matters. But, integrity is a struggle. In the gospel we're set free to own our struggles with integrity and as we look to the One who had perfect integrity on our behalf, we are motivated to be people of integrity.

Pastor Marcus continues the Intentional series with his message Friend. We are sent into the world to extend love and kindness, because love and kindness is what transformed us when we received the Gospel! This kind of loving-kindness is what actually has the power to transform lives. Isn't it exactly what transformed ours?

Pastor Gabe continues in our series, Intentional by looking at how a life of mission and relationship necessitates a calling to be a peacemaker in our world. Peacemaking is not easy, nearly impossible, but as we look to Christ crucified we find the true wisdom to be sent into the world as peacemakers.

Pastor Marcus Lane continues our sermon series Intentional: Pursuing What Matters with a message on Relationship. This message covers the gift, the source, and the purpose of relationships.

As Pastor Gabe continues our series Intentional: Pursuing What Matters we look into pursuing a life of character. So often we can slip into thinking our moral choices don't matter or into a legalism that looks to our works to save us. Instead, a life in pursuit of character recognizes that because we are already saved on account of God's grace in Christ we are now empowered to seek to live with Christ-like character by the power of his Spirit at work inside us.

Pastor Marcus continues our Intentional sermon series, where life is lived at the intersection of mission, character, and relationships. This sermon focuses on Mission: Care for the world for the sake of the Gospel in pursuit of God's kingdom.

This week Pastor Gabe kicks of a new sermon series called Intentional: Pursuing What Matters. In this sermon we explore what it means to live a life intentionally pursuing the things of God. And as we do that we discover the joy and lightness of a life rooted in the grace of God given to us in Christ. 

Pastor Marcus Lane concludes the Do Less. Be More. Together. sermon series with his message on Together. Christ has come and given his life to destroy everything that separates you from God and one another. You have been united to one another and to God by Jesus, who shed his blood for you! When you live together as one, you reveal Christ to the world.

Pastor Marcus continues the Do Less. Be More. Together. sermon series with his message Be More. If we want to be more, we need to remember our purpose. When we forget our purpose, we wander off and settle for distractions. We were made for love that flows from a pure heart & sincere faith! Our purpose is to reflect Jesus and his love to the world.

As we start our new sermon series, Do Less. Be More. Together., Pastor Gabe looks at Jesus practice going off in solitude to spend time in prayer. Jesus invites us to do the same, this will involve “doing less” in the eyes of achievement society, but in doing so we find rest for our souls in the One who achieved everything for us. 

As we conclude our Summer Psalms series, we see that the Psalms end with a great climax of praise to God for his greatness. We recognize how His greatness is passed on from generation to generation as we hear from our friend Musa Jospeh of Christ's Hope International. But, above all we see that God in his greatness chooses to pour out his grace for us in Jesus that we might extend that grace to others.

Pastor Marcus continues the Summer Psalms series with a message on Psalm 130 The Love of the Lord. God loves you. He forgives you. He is patient with you. Share this gift with the world.

Pastor Marcus continues the Summer Psalms series  with a message on The Vegeance of the Lord. God's judgment is against the proud, to bring discipline, for the sake of the humble.

In this sermon, Pastor Gabe walks us through Psalm 42 where we learn how to navigate times of spiritual dryness by pouring out our souls, talking to ourselves, reordering our hopes, but above all looking to Christ crucified for us.