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Text: Luke 4:16 -30   One of the signs of the Messiah was that he would restore sight to the blind. This doesn’t just mean healing physical blindness, but more importantly healing spiritual blindness. In Luke 4 the people are spiritually blind. Am I spiritually blind? Jesus has come to heal the sight of the blind and He has!   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: John 2:1-11   At a wedding in Cana Jesus, the Son of God, turns water into wine. A famous, but if you think about it, odd miracle. What can we learn about who Jesus is and what He has come to do from this wedding feast wine-making miracle? Jesus is here to meet our needs large and small and He has come to make us pure and clean.   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Matthew 2:1-20   Does Herod and the evil and violence he brings, belong in the manger?  He does!  Herod reminds us that Jesus came into the world, our world, one that is filled with violence and terror as it was in Herod's day.  Into the darkness of our world and into the darkness of our own hearts, Christ came with the light of hope, love, joy and peace that the darkness...

Text: Luke 2:41 -52   Using the Gospel message from Luke 2, we look at Jesus as a twelve-year-old boy in the temple.  However, we focus on the humanity side of Jesus Christ and see just how Jesus is fully human even though he is also fully God.   Elder Dave Dille, Ascension Lutheran Church

Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Luke 7:18 -28   Is Jesus the one we have been waiting for? John the Baptist sends his followers to ask Jesus this question. Then Jesus asks the crowds questions about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?” He asks them. We ought to consider these two questions as well, especially as we near Christmas. What am I waiting for? What am I looking for?   Pastor Adam Thom...

Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Elder Bob Booth, Ascension Lutheran Church

Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: Revelation 7:9-17  On All Saints Day we remember those who have died in the faith. Yet it isn’t about death. It is rather a celebration of abundant life that has swallowed up death in victory! In Revelation 7 we are presented with the image of where our loved ones and all the saints who have died in the faith now live. They live among a multitude of people no one can number from every t...

Text: Romans 3:19 -28 and John 8:31 -36  In celebration of the Protestant Reformation, we are reminded of Martin Luther’s great rediscovery of the freedom found in God’s Word. Salvation isn’t something we earn or accomplish nor is God’s love. Each are a gift of grace through the works of Jesus Christ. Jesus satisfied the Law and on the cross exchanged our sin stained lives with His perfect ri...

Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verse: John 15:12   Jesus’ final instructions to His disciples before His passion begins is “Love one another as I have loved you.” What does this have to do with Stewardship? Love is the centering principle that drives the spirit of Christian Stewardship. God’s love for you and the command He places on us, His disciples, to reflect that love to others. That includes our use of His blessi...

Key Verse: Luke 17:15 -16   In our second sermon of our Stewardship Series, we focus on thanksgiving. A steward is called not to simply be thankful, but to give thanks for what God has done. Jesus teaches this in Luke 17 when one Samaritan returns to give thanks to God when Jesus heals 10 men with leprosy.   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verses: Luke 15: 12-13   So often we don’t see the many blessings God has given us. Like the prodigal son, we think these blessings belong to us and that we are free to use them however we wish. But what is the real situation regarding the blessings we receive from God?   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verses: Mark 9:42 -48   Jesus uses some really strong language here to describe how serious a problem sin really is. Jesus really means what He says here and makes a demand we cannot hope to meet, but the news is not hopeless. Christ meets this demand in our place and frees us from this harsh penalty of sin.   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verse: Mark 9:34 -35   Description: Our fallen human temptation is to elevate those who do amazing and fantastic deeds to greatness. Extraordinary athletes, scientists, leaders, etc. are all elevated to greatness because they do more things or better things than others. In Mark 9, Jesus redefines greatness for His disciples. Jesus turns our understanding of the term upside down.   Pa...

Key Verse: Matthew 28:19-20   Description: Our Lord Jesus has commanded us to make disciples. There is often a lot of focus on going and baptizing, but less on teaching. God has given us the gift of His Word so that we might know Him. He has also given us two institutions which teach us "to observe all that I have commanded you” and that is the family and the Church.   Pastor Adam Thomps...

Key Verse: Mark 7:34   Summary: God’s Word does what it says. Yet, like the witnesses in Mark 7, we sometimes think we know better. Sometimes we disobey direct commands from God to do things in ways that we think are better, yet God’s Word works! We should obey God’s word.   Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verse: Ephesians 6:12 -13  Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verses: Mark 7:6-7  Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verses: John 6:60, 67-69  Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Text: John 6:35 -51  Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church

Key Verse: John 6:33  Pastor Adam Thompson, Ascension Lutheran Church