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Sermon Podcast (Audio) On Journey with Jesus

For a Church With an Unknown Future . . .

8/29/2018

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Preached at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Arlington Heights, IL.  The week before this sermon there was a congregational meeting for the church to explore their future options.  It was hard on many people, and this sermon is an attempt to find Jesus and hope in the midst of pain and the unknown.  Listen and share with those you think need to hear this message. Text was John 6:56-69, where some disciples leave because they can't believe what Jesus is doing. 

TANGIBLE Hope

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All Kinds of Bread, All Kinds of Life

8/19/2018

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Will Jesus EVER stop talking about Bread?  Not sure, but John 10 is full of lots of different ways to think about bread and communion.  This week I talk about eternal life, and how communion allows me to have spiritual healing with my life of chronic illness and disability. 
Sermon based onJohn 10:51-58, Preached at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Arlington Heights on August 19, 2018.
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Bread, Rice, Tortillas, and HOPE

8/18/2018

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HOw do you have hope when you can't eat bread?

Preached at Glen Elyn, IL at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on August 12, 2018. 
You can click on these passages to read them.  John 31, 41-51 and 1 Kings 19: 4-8.
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Bread and Trust

8/5/2018

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Sermon on John 6:24-35, Preached at St. Luke in Glen Elyn on August 5, 2018.  
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