All Souls Presbyterian Church

In this sermon on Colossians 2:6–15, Pastor Luke Herche teaches us how to avoid a Christ-less philosophy of life, exhorting us to walk in Christ with three points: don’t get taken in, remember Christ, and build your life upon him. Sunday Morning Worship // June 22, 2025 ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions: How do P...

Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Colossians 1:24–2:5, showing us that Christ is the heart of the Christian message, Christ is the heart of Christian maturity, Christ is the heart of the Christian manner, so therefore, don’t let anyone lead you from Christ. Sunday Morning Worship // June 15, 2025 ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the follo...

Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Psalm 44, helping us to answer the questions: What is shame? What is the experience of shame? How do we respond to shame? And where do we go with our shame? From Sunday Evening Worship, June 8, 2025. allsoulspca.org All Souls (Urbana, IL) is a part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a Christian, Reformed denomination with historic and theological roots i...

Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Colossians 1:21–23, showing us that the hope of the gospel enables us to persevere in faith because it changes our identity, not just the rules; it gives us confidence in Christ, not our circumstances; and it calls us to holiness, not complacency. Sunday Morning Worship // June 8, 2025 ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on...

Many people have a small view of Christ. Some are skeptical of his existence, while others believe he was merely a good person, a religious leader, or a prophet. Even some Christians who believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord, but go no deeper, have a conception of Jesus that is too small. In Colossians 1:15–20 the apostle Paul calls us to meditate on the deep things of God, on the deep structure of...

Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Colossians 1:9–14, addressing three questions: How can you walk in a manner worthy of the Lord? What does it mean to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord? And who can walk in a manner worthy of the Lord? Sunday Morning Worship, May 25, 2025 ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions: How i...

In the spring, it is amazing to see the world teeming with new life. There is something about fruitfulness and beauty and growth that draws out a human heart. Paul has this focus in the book of Colossians. In his introductory verses, Paul overflows with thanksgiving and prayer. We see his joy at the fruit of the gospel evident in the lives of the Colossians—the fruit of faith in Christ Jesus and o...

Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Psalm 32, teaching us that forgiveness brings joy, silence brings misery, honesty brings forgiveness, and that now is the time for honesty. From Sunday Evening Worship, May 11, 2025. allsoulspca.org All Souls (Urbana, IL) is a part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a Christian, Reformed denomination with historic and theological roots in the Protestant Ref...

Pastor Luke Herche gives an introduction to the book of Colossians, focusing on Colossians 1:24–28, 2:2–3, 6 and addressing three questions: What is spiritual maturity? How do we (wrongly) pursue it? And where is it found? Sunday Morning Worship, May 11, 2025 ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions: Read through the bo...

What is the relationship between your faith and your imagination? In this sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:35–58, Pastor Luke Herche encourages us to strengthen our faith by feeding our imagination. Listen as Pastor Luke helps us to consider the future that God has in mind for us--and to see how that helps us to live in the present--via three points: the body will be raised, death will be defeated, and...

Sometimes we want what God does not give. Often we desire, and sometimes demand, an exhaustive, experiential understanding of our own lives and everybody else’s. But there is a humility in accepting what God has given, in accepting what he has said––which means we first accept God as God. Following Jesus means not demanding what God has not given, but humbly receiving what he has. Listen as Pastor...

In this Easter Sunday sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:12–23, Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the implications of the resurrection in three points: If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not raised. If there is no resurrection of Christ, then Christianity is empty. But in fact Christ has been raised, so we will rise with him. From Sunday Worship, April 20, 2025. -------------------------...

By the end of John chapter 19, Jesus has been falsely accused, wrongly condemned, beaten, mocked, and nailed to a tree. After hours of suffering he finally cried out “It is finished,” bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. This was no cry of resignation, but rather a cry of victory. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this final proclamation of Jesus on the cross, asking three questions: Wha...

Preaching on Psalm 88, a weighty psalm that famously ends with the words “darkness is my closest friend,” Pastor Luke Herche teaches us to be honest, feel the tension, and cry out for help. Part of a series, Praying through the Psalms. From Sunday Evening Worship, April 13, 2025. allsoulspca.org All Souls (Urbana, IL) is a part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a Christian, Reformed den...

In this sermon on John 21:1–19, in which Jesus meets his disciples on the shore following his resurrection, Pastor Josué Pernillo shows us that Jesus meets the disciples where they are and he confronts and restores them directly. Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, April 13, 2025. ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon wi...

Do you struggle to believe? Whether big or small, everyone has doubts. But what do you do with them? Where do you go with them? And when you get to the bottom, on what is your faith grounded? In John 20:24–31 we read the account of the apostle often dubbed “doubting Thomas” first disbelieving the resurrection and then personally encountering the risen Christ. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches...

Think of a person who seems least likely to come to faith in Jesus—perhaps someone from another faith, or someone habitually lukewarm toward God—and then think of what it would look like for God’s grace to break into their story. In Acts chapter 9 we see God’s grace breaking in to the life of a man who is a religious terrorist. Saul of Tarsus used his power and influence to enact violence against...

Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 20:19–23, John's account of the resurrection of Jesus, showing that fear keeps us locked up and hidden away...but, Christ is risen from the dead. Because of this we can know his peace, receive his power, and proclaim forgiveness in his name. Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, March 23, 2025. ------------------------------- Want to go de...

Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the death and resurrection of Jesus from John 19:38–20:18, focusing on three perspectives: The Perspective of Death: Resignation The Perspective from the Empty Tomb: Confusion The Perspective of Resurrection Life: Hope Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, March 16, 2025. ------------------------------- Want to go deeper? Take some time to refl...

People are often shocked by the raw honesty of the psalms. The psalmists regularly give voice to their emotions: fear, sadness, anger, joy, hope, guilt, shame, doubt, gratitude—the Bible doesn’t hold back, but encourages a faith-full honesty. The psalms show us that such emotion, in itself, is not sin. Psalm 137, a psalm dealing with the deep pain of loss, often poses a challenge to interpreters,...

Springtime in the midwest often brings with it storms. If you miss the storm and just see the aftermath, the downed trees, the risen water, you might find yourself wondering, “What happened here?” Reading the accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus might cause you to ask something similar: What happened here? What’s going on? What do we see? In John’s account we discover many details not found in the...

The Bible is full of irony: the appearance of a thing is often contradictory to the reality. In this sermon on John 18:28–19:16, in which we find Jesus on trial before Pontius Pilate, Pastor Luke Herche brings out three broad ironies found within the passage: the irony of unbelief, the irony of gospel, and the ironies of faith. Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, March 2,...

The principle of worldly power is, “Destroy your enemies to gain life.” Everyone has their own vision for what “the good life” is and are often willing to fight over it. But this is because we do not understand God’s Kingdom. In this sermon on John 18:12–27, wherein Jesus is brought to trial before Annas and Caiaphas, the high priest, Pastor Luke Herche shows that Jesus came not to destroy his ene...

When you face difficult things, how do you respond? Sometimes we run, sometimes we blame others, sometimes we fight, sometimes we look for distractions. We do these things because we are afraid—afraid of what is to come, of dealing with our guilt, of facing God’s call, of life not working out. In this sermon on John 18:1–11, in which Jesus is betrayed and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, Past...

Fear is one of the most primal emotions known to man. Emotions, in general, can be perplexing, and we sometimes don’t know what to do with them. Do we seek to master them or to bow down to them? Or is there another option? And so we turn to Scripture to help us understand our very hearts. In this sermon on Psalm 56, written by David as he fled from Saul who was pursuing him to kill him, Pastor Jos...