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200607 Trinity Drive in Service AudioTrinity Order of ServiceSermon manuscript:A creed is a statement of belief. The Christian Church has three creeds—the Apostle’s Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. All three of these creeds describe what Christians believe. All three of them describe the God in whom Christians believe. The shortest and simplest and oldest creed that we have as Christians is the Apostles’ Creed. This is the creed that we have been speaking on non-communion Sundays. It is also the creed that is in our Catechism. The other creed that we are quite familiar with is the Nicene Creed. We speak this creed on Communion Sundays. It is quite similar to the Apostles’ creed, but it goes into more detail about who Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is. One of the earliest controversies that arose after the death of the Apostles is how Jesus Christ is to be seen. There were some who thought that he wasn’t as fully God as God the Father. Some said that he was created and not eternal. The Nicene Creed is responding to these errors when it says of Jesus: “God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made.” Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary in time, according to his human nature. He is eternally begotten, and true God, according to his divine nature. This takes us to the third creed which we will speak later today. It is the longest and least familiar to us. From the way that the creed speaks, being so emphatic, you can tell that two mysteries are firmly laid out for us to believe in. There continues to be the concern that we’ve already mentioned—that Jesus Christ is true man, born of the Virgin Mary, and also true God, begotten of the Father from eternity. This is taken up in the second part of creed. The other mystery is in the first part of the creed. It has to do with the Triune nature of God. The words “Triune” and “Trinity” are not in the Bible. They were words that were made up by Christians to describe two facts that are clearly taught in the Bible. The first part of the word is “tri” as in “triangle.” A triangle has three angles or sides. The word “tri” means “three.” The Bible speaks clearly of there being three: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The second part of “Triune” or “Trinity” is “une,” as in “uno” or one. The Bible speaks of God as singular and as the only God—not three gods but one God. God says, “Behold, the Lord your God is one.” Therefore the words “Triune” or “Trinity” are like shorthand for what the Bible says. The Bible speaks of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Bible speaks of there being only one God, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. We naturally have difficulty with these mysteries because one of the ways that our brain is especially fond of operating is by relating whatever it is that we are talking about to something else that is already known. We like to put stuff into categories and compare and contrast them. Unfortunately this is something that we cannot do either with God or with Jesus Christ being true God and true man at the same time. The reason why we can’t categorize and compare and contrast with God or Jesus very well is because God and Jesus are absolutely unique. The word “unique” has that word “uno” in it, to which we have already referred. “Unique” means that there is only one of them. Since there is nothing like the Trinity where God is both three persons, but only one God, at the same time, and since there is nothing like Jesus Christ being true God and true man at the same time, our intellect has a hard time with this. It wants to be able to categorize and understand. And so it has been the case that there have been a great many people who have tried to figure out these mysteries over the history of the Christian Church. The reason why we have the careful, clarifying language that we do in both the Nicene and Athanasian creeds is so that only what the Bible has to say is what is believed—not adding to what the Bible has said, nor taking away from it either. As the Athanasian creed says, the catholic faith (which is another way of saying Christian faith) is to worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance. That is to say that we believe that God is one. At the same time we believe what the Bible reveals about this one God, that he is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.   It would be wrong to say, though, that the main thing about God is that we have to accept this puzzle of him being three in one and one in three. The reason why we affirm this is not because we like puzzles—either having puzzles or solving puzzles. We say what we do about God because it is how he has revealed himself to be. But you won’t find anywhere in the Scriptures where the concept of the Trinity is dwelt upon in and of itself so as to make sure that everybody has it straight—as though that were the main thing. What the Bible reveals about our God with much more emphasis is the way that he has made himself known to us in time. God making himself known to us creatures by his words and deeds is the real substance of our faith. It’s what the Bible talks about. God made himself known to the Israelites in the Old Testament. There is a great deal that we could say about that—after all, the whole Old Testament is about that. However, it was a foreshadowing and a prophecy of what was to come. God ultimately reveals himself and his intentions in his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. This is why the creeds spend more time on the second article than they do on the first and the third. For us and for our salvation, God sent his Son to be born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered and died under Pontius Pilate. On the third day he rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven. On the last day he will come again to judge the living and the dead. The fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in the Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus’s words and actions you know God’s will toward this world that is otherwise damned for death and hell because of their sins. In our Gospel reading today we have such a clear statement to that effect, that it is known as the most important verse in the Bible: For God loved the world in this way, that he sent his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. In Jesus, who suffers and dies, you are shown God’s heart—his will—his desire for every man, woman, and child. His desire is that we should be set free from the devil, that we should be born again as his children through baptism, and live together with him in righteousness, innocence, and blessedness. God sends the Holy Spirit, together with the Gospel, so that when and where it pleases the Holy Spirit those who hear the Gospel may believe in Jesus, and not perish, but have eternal life. Amazingly, God has bound himself up together with us for our salvation. It is amazing that God should do this, for who or what are we? We, seemingly, are very insignificant. But evidently we are not. For God has loved us and saved us. This is the God in whom we believe. This is the God whom we confess in our three ecumenical creeds. I’m going to let this suffice for our teaching on the Trinity today. I’d like to take a moment now for us to reflect on the Sacrament of the Altar. For some of you it has been a long time since you have received the sacrament, and so it is good for us to consider what is taking place. The Lord’s Supper was instituted by Christ himself. He said that the bread is his body and the wine is his blood. Therefore, this is indeed the case. His true body and true blood are under the bread and wine for his Christians to eat and to drink. Jesus tells us why we do this as well in his words of institution. He says that his body and blood are given and shed for us for the forgiveness of our sins. We are poor, helpless, miserable sinners who can do nothing of ourselves. But Jesus offered his body and his blood as the great atoning sacrifice for all sinners on the cross. All sins are atoned for. All sins are forgiven in Jesus’s cross. Jesus gives you this body and blood to eat and to drink in the Sacrament so that you may know this, and believe this, and through faith in him be saved. In summary, I’d like to refer to the Christian Questions and Answers that are a part of our Catechism. St. Paul says in 1 Corinthians that as often as we eat the bread and drink the cup we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes again. The question is asked: Why should we remember and proclaim Jesus’s death? Answer: First, so that we may learn to believe that no creature could make satisfaction for our sins. Only Christ, true God and man, could do that. Second, we should remember and proclaim Jesus’s death in the Sacrament so that we may learn to be horrified by our sins and to regard them as very serious. Third, we remember and proclaim his death so that we may find joy and comfort in Christ alone, and through faith in Him be saved. God bless your reception of the Lord’s Supper today.

200524 Easter 7 Drive in Service Audio200524 Easter 7 Order of ServiceSermon manuscript:The people of Israel were specifically chosen by God to be his own. They were the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They were led out of Egypt by God’s powerful hand. They cleansed the polluted land of Canaan, putting its idolatrous inhabitants to death, in order that they may live there eating milk and honey. Everyone had his own vine and his own fig tree. But what was more important than any earthly treasures (which were never as great could be found in other lands) was the fact that they knew the Lord God. They had the Word of God that went all the way back to creation. They were given judges and prophets and kings to make known the will of God so that they would fear, love, and trust in him, calling upon him in every trouble, praying, praising, and giving thanks.There was no other nation like Israel on the earth. No other nation named their children with such faithful and pious names. Samuel, Daniel, Michael, Ezekiel—the “el” at the end of these names is Hebrew for “God.” They all say something about God. The same is true for those names that have a “Jah” or “Yah” in them. That’s another way to say God’s name. John, Jonathan, Joshua, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hezekiah, Zechariah—all these names are saying something about the Lord. They are saying that he is gracious or that he remembers, and so on.And so there was a tremendous relationship in Israel. God loved this people. This people loved God. It did not last, though. God did not change, but this people did. Their love grew cold for God. Their love for other things grew hot. And so they somewhat left behind the Lord God for other gods. They did not leave the Lord God behind entirely. In fact, they continued to name their kids with these very pious names. But they came to believe that the way you get ahead in life is by copying what the more powerful people around you do. And that is just what they did. The began to believe that the ways of the Canaanites or the Egyptians or the Phoenicians or the Assyrians were better than the life that God had given to them. They had milk and honey, but now they wanted gold and a life of convenience and leisure.God, again, for his part, continued to be faithful. The prophets he sent to his people were no joke. They denounced and warned and threatened so that the people didn’t take God’s grace for granted. Those who heard and were frightened, they also comforted: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.” God was patient and sent prophets for centuries—amazing, wonderful men like Elijah and Isaiah, but the people resented having their sins pointed out to them. They wanted to do what they wanted to do, and they weren’t going to let some preacher get in the way of their plans. If those prophets stuck to their posts and stuck to their guns, then they would have to be forcibly removed.  And so it came to pass that God’s people ended up killing God’s prophets.What can God do with a people who will no longer listen to the ones whom he sends to preach his Word? God, in his anger, took up blunter instruments and punished his people with them. Whenever trouble befalls us we do well to ignore what the world and our own flesh say about it. The world and our flesh are comforted with the thought that it is just happenstance and fate that brings tragedy, not the heavy hand of the Lord. But we do well to fear God when we are judged by him, so that we repent and do not plunge headlong into eternal disaster. When God finally smashed the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel with blood and violence and pandemics and the death of loved ones, I guarantee you (knowing human nature) that most of them said that this was just a stretch of bad luck, but don’t worry, the sun will come out tomorrow. Therefore, God did not relent and spare them. He pushed harder, but they would not repent. Finally, they were scattered to the wind—sent away from their homeland. No more milk, and no more honey; but what’s vastly more important is no more instruction in God’s Word, no more prophets. They became strangers and aliens to God. They melted into the unbelieving population, just thinking like everybody around them thinks. This is the worst thing that can ever happen to a believer. When hearts are hardened against the Word of God being spoken, God will finally take that Word away altogether.  Then there is no hope of salvation.This introduction that I’ve given helps set the scene for our Old Testament reading this morning from the prophet Ezekiel. After humbling his people with an incredible amount of violence and heartache, God had mercy on those who would listen by raising up Ezekiel and sending him to speak. Ezekiel is one of the last prophets. He lived during the time that the Jews were conquered by the Babylonians and had to live in exile in Babylon. He spoke to a people who used to be great, but now had been brought low. They didn’t even have a temple to worship in anymore. The Babylonians had leveled it to the ground and taken all their money away. All the hankering after gold and success was impossible with this basically enslaved people. They didn’t have anything left.But they did have God. It is better to have everything taken away from you, and to still have God, than to be on top of the world without him. The bitter experience that the people of God had just been through taught at least some of them this hard lesson. It is to these humbled and frightened people that God speaks through the prophet Ezekiel.We heard in our reading: “Therefore, say this to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says. I’m about to act, O house of Israel, not for your sake, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.’”There are two things I’d like to point out here. First, how good it had to have sounded to these God-forsaken people to hear God say, “I am about to act.” That had to have been music to their ears. But then, notice, secondly, that God also says, “I’m not doing it because you have earned it.” In fact, the people hadn’t learned their lesson. As they were driven out they became worse not worse. God said that they had profaned the name of God among those people to whom they were driven. The Bible, and the Bible alone, teaches us what people really are like. The world gets fooled into thinking that we are pretty good people after all. We’re able to learn our lesson. No. Not even with the best teacher of what’s right and wrong—namely, God—we still can’t become a lick better by our own reason or strength.So God says that he is going to act because his name is holy—not because the people have kept his name holy. Then he says, “I will take you from among the nations. I will gather you from all the lands, and I will bring you to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your filthy idols.” God does not flatter these people. He does not tell them that they are good little boys and girls. Because he won’t like this with flattery, it can make him seem harsh. That is totally wrong. He speaks truth. The truth is that he is gracious. He couldn’t have said anything kinder to these people who were so miserable. He tells them that he will gather them to himself and be their God. He will bless them and protect them. He will sprinkle them with clean water so that they don’t stink anymore with the filth they rolled themselves in while worshipping the devil.This speaks to what we are about in the new Israel—the Christian Church. When God is gracious, when he raises up Christians to speak, what these Christians have to say is the same as what God says through Ezekiel here. We say to those who are lost in perversions, in excesses, in hatred of themselves, “Come, be sprinkled with clean water. Be baptized. Be set free from the devil’s bondage that you are otherwise under.” This speaking, done by Christians, is God’s way of gathering together the people whom he has chosen. Or another word you could use is “congregation.” God congregates people into congregations. There God himself cares for them by feeding their souls with his Word, washing them with baptism, feeding them with Holy Communion. In this way those who formerly did not know God, come to know him—that he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.But this is not the end of the story. God has more gracious words to speak to us through the prophet Ezekiel today. He says, “Then I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you and lead you so that you will walk in my statutes, and you will be careful to observe my judgments. Then you will live in the land I gave your forefathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.”Here God speaks about what is known in the Church’s vocabulary as “sanctification.” To sanctify means “to make holy.” And so sanctification is the process of being made holy. As it seems to be with all the parts of our Christian faith, the devil loves to confuse what’s true. He does it with sanctification too. All too often sanctification is seen as the part that we now need to play in order to pay God back for saving us from hell. Jesus did his part. He died on the cross. Now we need to do our part of being good boys and girls.Theoretically this seems like it should work out fine—I think that’s why our reason likes this notion. But anybody with any experience at all of trying to be a Christian knows that theories are one thing, real life is another. Anybody who tries to live a holy life will soon bitterly learn what Paul says in Romans chapter 7: “The good that I want to do, I don’t do, and that which I don’t want to do is the very thing that I end up doing! Who will deliver me from this body of death!?” Theoretically it would be nice if we could give God tit for tat. We’d feel a whole lot better about ourselves if we could do our part and pay back God. But then we would come to love and believe in ourselves more than we ought. God, therefore, may very well allow us to fall into sin so that we learn the bitter lesson that we aren’t as good and faithful as we hoped we were. Then we are turned away from ourselves as the source of blessing (which will totally disappoint us) and turned toward God as the fount of every blessing. (He will not disappoint).And so instead of seeing sanctification as payback, as an obligation, as a debt we have to pay, we should see it as a gift on top of a gift. It is a continuation of what God does when he sprinkles us with that clean water, washing away all the filth. The new heart of flesh (that is to say, the heart that loves) is better than the old heart of stone. The heart that follows after the will of God is joyful. The one who follows after the will of the devil is filled with self-loathing. God works on the hearts of his people, sanctifying them by his Word and Holy Spirit. As he does this, day in, day out, we are fed and built up. It is just like sheep who are brought into good pasture. They are nourished and grow and become healthy and strong. It is a good thing that God does in his Christians. He reworks us, conforming us to the image of his Son. This is something wonderful that God does already in this life, in part. He will finish this work with the death of our old sinful flesh, and our resurrection with purified, that is, sanctified bodies.God speaks to us today through the prophet Ezekiel. Our times and circumstances are different than those of his time, but not nearly as much as you might think. The story of our existence has been basically the same from the beginning. The devil’s on one side. God is on the other. The devil wants us to never think of God at all, to be filthy, to hate ourselves. God wants us to believe and trust in him, to be clean, and to live together with him. Therefore, hear what God is saying to you today and rejoice in it.God is gather you to himself, even though you have been and are a sinner. He who has begun a good work in you will bring it to completion in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who has called you is faithful. He will surely do it.

200521 Ascension Drive in Service Audio200521 Ascension of our Lord Order of ServiceSermon manuscript:I didn’t grow up going to Ascension services. You probably didn’t either. They weren’t offered in the church where I grew up. The first time I ever went to an Ascension service was when I was in seminary. Up to that point I hadn’t really thought much about Christ’s ascension into heaven. It was just a line in the creed: “He ascended into heaven.” It was kind of a raw historical fact, but I was at a bit of a loss as to the significance of it.This goes to show something about our regular church services. We easily take them for granted. With the repetition every year of the same Sundays, the same festivals, it can seem like just a matter of course. Long time Christians probably aren’t blown away by all kinds of new information when they come to a church service. Maybe there is only one or two things at most that they might learn from a service. But those things add up over the years. Christians slowly but thoroughly learn the meaning of the Christian festivals over the years. This was at least part of why I didn’t know what to make of Christ’s ascending into heaven.In fact, to be honest, I think I secretly thought the ascension wasn’t too good of an idea. It seemed to me that we Christians would be better off if Jesus had stuck around. It seemed to me that it would be easier for people to believe in him if they could see him. So the ascension almost seemed to be something that should be mourned rather than celebrated. But this is thinking in a rather earthly way. This is thinking about the successfulness of one’s congregation or church body. This is the hankering after earthly power and success—wanting the excitement that comes with being with a large crowd of people. Jesus was not interested in this kind of thing. If he were interested in making a big and powerful movement, then he would have done a lot of things differently than he did.True success for the Christian church is not a matter of accumulating big followings, big offerings, putting yourself on the map. The Christian church is not a building or an organization. The Christian church is solely made up of people. The Christian church is the communion of saints.  The Christian Church consists of people who follow the voice of the Good Shepherd. They are born again by the water and the Holy Spirit in baptism. Their old evil heart is being sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit so that they no longer cling to evil lusts, but rather to love God and one’s neighbor. As holy people, as saints, they are on their way to the promised land to live together with God. There will be no Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in heaven. There will be no bureaucracies or church officials. There will be no pastors in heaven. There will only be one Pastor, or Shepherd, and that is Jesus. He will lead us, his sheep. He will shelter us with his presence so that we will hunger no more, neither thirst anymore, the sun shall not strike us nor any scorching heat, for the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be our Shepherd. He will lead us to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from our eyes.So if you think of the successfulness of the Christian Church as getting bigger and bigger, as getting more and more powerful, more and more persuasive, then Jesus’s ascension isn’t good news. The Christian Church’s message would be more acceptable to our reason if Jesus had stuck around.  But this is not what the true Christian Church is. The true Christian Church is made up of believers, not visible, powerful, earthly institutions. And if you believe in Jesus, then the Ascension is, indeed, something to celebrate. This is, first of all, something to celebrate as far as Jesus is concerned. Then, secondly, it is something that we celebrate as his disciples. It is something to celebrate as far as Jesus is concerned because he has finished his course on earth. The Son came down from the Father, was born of the Virgin Mary, and accomplished the redemption of sinners with his holy, precious blood and his innocent suffering and death. He rose triumphant over death on Easter morning. Death is something that would otherwise hold us in its eternal grip if Jesus had not defeated it for us. Having done all things well, now the Lord Jesus Christ is going back to the Father from whom he came. During this Easter season we sing, “This is the feast of victory for our God.” In a way this is more appropriate for Jesus’s ascension than it is even for Easter. The reason why he ascends is because his work of salvation is complete. His course on earth is done. Now he reigns and rules over his spiritual kingdom at the right hand of God. He reigns and rules by the Word and Sacraments through which people believe in him by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the feast of victory for Jesus.Realize, though, that with every victory there is a judgment that is rendered. There are winners, and there are losers. The winners are vindicated. The losers are revealed for what they really are. So it is also when we speak of Jesus’s victory. Jesus is vindicated. There were some people who thought that he was a blasphemer. Some people thought that he was a fraud. Some people thought that he was destructive to the Church and the Jewish cause. Folks at the cross wagged their head at him and said, “If you really are the Christ, then come down from that cross. Then we’ll believe you.” When Jesus didn’t do this they scorned him as a miserable fool. But he was not a fool. He rose from the dead. He ascended into heaven. He will come again, in even more power and glory, to bring to light how things really are.The ascension is Jesus’s victory. It is a victory for us as his disciples too. This is a bit of a strange way of speaking for us—that it is our victory—because we don’t seem to be involved in Jesus’s ascension. But Christians do not make their own way. They follow after their master. That is what it means to be a disciple. Jesus’s victories become our victories as we follow after him. Therefore, Jesus’s victory over death is ours. Jesus’s resurrection is ours. Jesus’s ascension and life together with almighty God is ours. Christians are also vindicated in their way of life. Just as Jesus was judged as being deluded by thinking he was Son of God while he was dying on the cross, so also people think it is foolish to work at being a Christian. There is no shortage of people who think that it is a waste of time to hear God’s Word or receive his Sacraments. They know of many diversions that they could do that offer more pleasure. They also regard it as foolish to pursue the sacrificial and humble life that is ours as Christians when we love God and our neighbor. They say that if you want to get ahead in this life, then you have to look out for yourself. Nobody gives it to you, you have to take it. Fight for every dollar and cent, every trophy and reward, and make yourself glorious. If you don’t do this, then you are some kind of loser.Working your tail off for your own glory actually works pretty well for this earthly life. If that common saying is true—that you only have one life to live—then why would you deprive yourself of anything, why should you suffer, why should you love anybody but yourself? But the ascension vindicates a different way of life. What is life all about? It is all about our Creator who has loved us, and therefore sent his Son to redeem us. He also sanctifies us, so that we begin to love God and our neighbor instead of only loving ourselves. The one who is truly glorious is not someone rich and the famous, but the one who loves, sacrifices, and suffers. These are folks that are like Jesus. They are a spitting image of their master.This will all become clear when Jesus returns on the clouds to judge the living and the dead. People whom the world has no time for—humble people, people who just do their job quietly, who work at loving and serving—these people will have more glory than the rich and the famous for they have lived better lives. They have lived better lives because the best life that anybody can lead is the one that is shown to us by Jesus—the life of love.Jesus’s ascension, therefore, is important and relevant for us. It shows us the way to go. We do not live like the world, which does not know what the good life is. We follow after Jesus, preaching repentance and the forgiveness of sins in his name. Jesus is victorious and glorious as he ascends, and we will be too if we do not give up. We continue on our pilgrim way, misunderstood by the world, but known by our Savior. But while we make our pilgrim way, Jesus has not left us as orphans. He has sent his Holy Spirit. He gives us many gifts. For example, tonight he offers us Christ’s body to eat and his blood to drink. We have not been able to receive this gift very easily lately. It is food for the journey to heaven. The world cannot understand how it helps in the least, but Jesus tells us that it works. It increases our faith in him and helps us to fervently love one another. This is exactly what we, in the Christian Church, need more than anything.It is good to rejoice tonight. This is the feast of victory for our God. It is the feast of victory also for you. Jesus is drawing you to himself in heaven. Follow after him.

Speaker:  Ann Ratcliff Original Broadcast Date:  February 18, 2012. Rebroadcasted: May 2, 2020 Service Audio | Bulletin

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5th Sunday after Epiphany - February 9th, 2020Files are online at:Sermon Audiohttp://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/02-09-20_sermon.mp3Sermon Videohttp://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/02-09-20_sermon.movService Audiohttp://stjohnmedia.org/Services/02-09-20_service.mp3Bible Classhttp://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_02-09-20.mp3

The Presentation of Our Lord - February 2nd, 2020 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/02-02-20_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/02-02-20_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/02-02-20_service.mp3 Bible Class http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/BibleClass_02-02-20.mp3 * note that there is a different URL for Bible Class today, it is correct.

3rd Sunday after Epiphany - Jan. 26th, 2020 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/01-26-20_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/01-26-20_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/01-26-20_service.mp3 Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_01-26-20.mp3

2nd Sunday after Epiphany - Jan. 19th, 2020 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/01-19-20_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/01-19-20_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/01-19-20_service.mp3 Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_01-19-20.mp3

Baptism of Our Lord - Jan. 12th, 2020 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/01-12-20_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/01-12-20_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/01-12-20_service.mp3 Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_01-12-20.mp3

Epiphany Obs - Jan. 5th, 2020 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound20/01-05-20_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie20/01-05-20_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/01-05-20_service.mp3 Pastor Caithamer's Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_01-05-20.mp3

Christmas 1- December 29th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/12-29-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/12-29-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/12-29-19_service.mp3 Pastor Caithamer's Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_12-29-19.mp3

Advent 4- December 22nd, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/12-22-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/12-22-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/12-22-19_service.mp3 Pastor Caithamer's Bible Class http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_12-22-19.mp3

Advent 3 - December 15th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/12-15-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/12-15-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/12-15-19_service.mp3 Sunday School Christmas Program http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_12-15-19.mp3

Advent 1 - December 1st, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/12-01-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/12-01-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/12-01-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_12-01-19.mp3

Last Sunday in the Church Year - November 24th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/11-24-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/11-24-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/11-24-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_11-24-19.mp3

Pentecost 23 - November 17th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/11-17-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/11-17-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/11-17-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_11-17-19.mp3

Pentecost 22 - November 10th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/11-10-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/11-10-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/11-10-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_11-10-19.mp3

All Saints Day Observed - November 3rd, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/11-03-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/11-03-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/11-03-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_11-03-19.mp3

Reformation– October 27th, 2019Files are online at:Sermon Audiohttp://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/10-27-19_sermon.mp3Sermon Videohttp://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/10-27-19_sermon.movService Audiohttp://stjohnmedia.org/Services/10-27-19_service.mp3Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamerhttp://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_10-27-19.mp3

Pentecost 18 – October 13th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/10-13-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/10-13-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/10-13-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_10-13-19.mp3

Pentecost 17 – October 6th, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/10-06-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/10-06-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/10-06-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_10-06-19.mp3

Michael and All Angels –September 29nd, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/09-29-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/09-29-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/09-29-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_09-29-19.mp3

Pentecost 15 –September 22nd, 2019 Files are online at: Sermon Audio http://stjohnsermons2.org/Sound19/09-22-19_sermon.mp3 Sermon Video http://stjohnsermons2.org/Movie19/09-22-19_sermon.mov Service Audio http://stjohnmedia.org/Services/09-22-19_service.mp3 Bible Class – /Rev. Jeff Caithamer http://stjohnbibleclass.org/mp3/BibleClass_09-22-19.mp3

The Third Sunday after Holy Trinity. Service Audio and Printed Sermon by Our Savior Lutheran Church in Muscatine, IA. We are a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The sermon is by Pastor Jeff Pautz. You are invited to Like and Follow us on Facebook Page here. You may also to our sermons on Apple Podcast (formerly I-Tunes)

The Secon Sunday after Holy Trinity. Service Audio and Printed Sermon by Our Savior Lutheran Church in Muscatine, IA. We are a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The sermon is by Pastor Jeff Pautz. You are invited to Like and Follow us on Facebook Page here. You are also invited to Like and Follow us on YouTube here.

A Commemoration of the Augsburg Confession. Service Audio and Printed Outline & Links to the Augsburg Confession at www.bookofconcord.com. This service was conducted on June 26, 2019 at our normal 9:00am Wednesday morning Matins Service at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Muscatine, IA. We are a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The service is conducted by Pastor Jeff Pautz. You are also invited to Like and Follow us on our Facebook Page which you can find here.

The First Sunday after Holy Trinity. Service Audio and Printed Sermon by Our Savior Lutheran Church in Muscatine, IA. We are a member congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The sermon is by Pastor Jeff Pautz. You are invited to Like and Follow us on Facebook Page here.

Hurricane Service 10 - 9-16 Service Audio by Gateway Church GA

Living a Life of Service - AUDIO message for Sunday, August 30, 2009