The Twin Steeples Podcast

This weekend is Palm Sunday, and marks the beginning of "Holy Week." These are the final days that lead to Jesus' death and resurrection for our salvation. Palm Sunday marks a significant change in the ministry of Jesus. Before this time He had told people not to tell others that He was the Messiah. But all that changes on Palm Sunday. The floodgates are released. Jesus allows and even encourages...

Devotion Romans 2:12-16   Announcements Music Call for 2026-2027 School Cook and Aide Bumper Magnets Time and Talents Basketball Award Night Midweek Lenten Service Ladies' Auxiliary Church Choir Men's Breakfast Arts Camp Ladies' Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Church and Churches Sunday School - Jesus’ Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection Patty Stelter Victory Service Holy Week Resurrec...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 22, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Numbers 21:4-9 (NKJV) Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And t...

Join us for a study of the Scottish hymn "Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ" (Hymn 380 in The Lutheran Hymnal) by Horatius Bonar. This is a beautiful hymn on the doctrine of Justification the the person and work of Jesus for sinners.  While this hymn is not strictly a "Lent" hymn, it fits nicely during the season of Lent. It points clearly to the suffering (verse 2) and death (verse 4) of Jesus at the...

Devotion Romans 2:1-11   Announcements Grade School Basketball Tournament Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Bumper Magnets Midweek Lenten Service Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies' Bible Study Hymnal Committee Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Word of the Lord Grows Sunday School - Rejected in Nazareth Time and Talent Name Tag Usher Meeting Tour Choir Board of Education Next...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 15, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 7:4-10 (NKJV) Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 5 F...

Join us for a study of "Jesus Refuge of the Weary" (Hymn 145 in The Lutheran Hymnal) by the Italian Reformer Girolamo Savonarola. You can also listen to a former hymn study on Hymn 149 (which we will also be singing this weekend) here: https://twinsteeples.podbean.com/?s=Hymn%20149 In this hymn, Savonarola points to who Jesus is (Refuge, Redeemer, Fountain, Savior) and what He has done (bore the p...

Devotion Romans 1:24-32   Announcements Hymnal Committee ERC Boy's Basketball Tournament Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Midweek Lenten Service Church Choir Men's Breakfast Red Cross Blood Drive Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Word of the Lord Grows Sunday School - Rejected in Nazareth Board of Deacons Board of Elders Women’s Study Guild Church Council Next Week's Midweek...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 8, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Luke 9:51-56 (NKJV) Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. An...

As we continue on in the Lenten season we are reminded that Jesus is the Lamb of God and that He resolutely and willingly went to suffer the pain and punishment of mankind's sin. The prophet Isaiah described what the Messiah came to accomplish in Isaiah 53:4-9 - "Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded...

Devotion Psalm 146   Announcements Outreach Committee Meeting Music Call for 2026-2027 Need for School Cook and Aide Midweek Lenten Service Boy's Basketball Tournament Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship - Communion Bible Class - The Holy Christian Church Sunday School - Jesus and Nicodemus Next Week's Midweek Lenten Service   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Ly...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 1, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: 1 John 2:12-17 (NKJV) I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the begi...

The focus of our worship on the Second Sunday in Lent is on the Victory that Jesus has earned for sinners and how He shares the spoils of that victory with those who believe. We live in a fallen world that reveals the impact the curse has had on our lives and on the world that we live in. The enemies of the believer are great: the devil, the world, and even our sinful flesh. As we live as God's ch...

Devotion Romans 1:18-23   Announcements Call News Music Call for 2026-2027 Midweek Lenten Service Girl's Basketball Tournament Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship - Communion Bible Class - The Holy Spirit Sunday School - Jesus Changes Water into Wine Board of Elders Next Week's Midweek Lenten Service   Prayer List  Pastor Tim Wheaton Jim Lien Lynette Roehl Becky Girl's...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 22, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Genesis 22:1-14 (NKJV) Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your...

This weekend enter the Lenten season. The Sundays in Lent are not actually a part of Lent, but are mini celebrations of the resurrection of Jesus DURING Lent. One of the main Biblical themes which we will consider this weekend in our worship is the theme of Grace.   That theme is beautifully described by Philip Doddridge in "Grace Has a Thrilling Sound" (TLH 374; WS 778). This hymn is based on Pau...

Devotion Romans 1:16-17   Announcements John Hein’s victory service Church Council Music Call for 2026-2027 Ash Wednesday Service Soup Supper Board of Elders Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - The Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Temptation of Jesus Sunday School Teacher's Meeting Board of Education   Prayer List  Lynette Roehl Pastor Tim Wheaton...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 15, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 11:47-57 (NKJV) Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48  “If we let Him alone like this, every...

This is the last weekend before we enter the seven weeks of Lent, during which we mediate on the suffering and death of Jesus and its meaning for sinners. Our theme this weekend leads us into that thoughtful meditation. Why was the cross necessary? What was accomplished through it? We will be singing "In the Cross of Christ I glory" by John Bowring this weekend. This hymn is more emotional and per...

Devotion Romans 1:8-15   Announcements ERC Meeting Early Out Today Youth Group Board of Education Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Death and Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Baptism of Jesus Board of Deacons Women's Study Guild Church Council Ash Wednesday - February 18 Lenten Soup Supper   Prayer List  Family of Pastor John Hein Lynette Roehl...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 8, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: John 11:20-27 (NKJV) Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been...

The hymn that we are studying in preparation for our worship this weekend is from the "Lord's Day" section. The Lord's Day is a term found in Revelation, which referred to Sunday. The early Christians called the first day of the week the Lord's Day, because it was on that day that the Lord had risen from the dead. He was the victor! It was now HIS day! This hymn by Julia Elliott does several creat...

Devotion Romans 1:5-7   Announcements Virtual Women's Retreat Watch Party Installation of Church Officers and Board Members Voters' Meeting Church Choir Men's Breakfast Ladies Bible Study Weekend Worship Bible Class - Death and Resurrection of Jesus Sunday School - The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus Immanuel Women who Hike ERC Meeting Board of Elders Board of Property Youth Group Board of Education Ash Wed...

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on February 1, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel .   Sermon Text: Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV) Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary,...

This weekend we take a break from the season of the church year to reflect on the rich instruction that we find on the doctrine of the Lord's Supper in one of our Communion hymns.  The doctrine of the Lord's Supper is a very important and serious doctrine. The proper understanding and use of it has great implications in a Christian's life. Paul says:  For I received from the Lord that which I also...