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Matthew 16:13-26 Pastor Drew Williams

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Matthew 25:34-40 Pastor Drew Williams

You’re Never Alone - Luke 1:26-38 Light in the Shadows | Message #5 | December 2024 New Life Lutheran Church, 12-24-24 Pastor Drew Williams

Following the Light Matthew 2:1-12 Pastor Drew Williams Now, before we get started, I have a confession to make: I don’t really like the whole process of giving gifts. Don’t get me wrong, I love giving to PEOPLE. I love showing them love with a thoughtful or special gift. I just get really stressed out about picking out the RIGHT gift. What if they don’t like it? What if they already have it? And...

Be A Light Bearer Luke 4:18-19 Pastor Bill Sullivan As you find your seats, it's my pleasure to welcome up and introduce maybe for the first time for some of you, Pastor Bill Sullivan. Pastor Bill was the first senior pastor that New Life Lutheran called when New Life first started as a church. You are our first full-time pastor that we called as a church. And Pastor Bill has graciously come back...

For Those Walking In Darkness Genesis 1:1-5 & John 1:1-14  Pastor Drew Williams A few weeks ago, Megan and I got to go on vacation with no kids. My mom gifted us three nights away for our anniversary (thanks mom), and so Megan and I went to a little cabin on a little lake. [SLIDE 2] lower third blank And the biggest pull for us with this cabin was that it didn’t have wi-fi, and the cell servic...

Mattew 6:25 -33 Pastor Drew Williams   Have you ever stopped to watch the birds? Maybe you've gone for a walk in the park, taken a stroll along a tree-lined street, or just sat in your backyard and noticed them flitting through the air or chirping in the branches?   [SLIDE 2] lower third blank This fall, I was loving all the different birds that were coming through our yard, and...

The Great Exchange Nick Breach   Well, good morning. (...) All right, in my church, everyone says good morning back. So good morning. Good morning. All right, I'm originally from Australia, so in Australia at my church, we say g'day, right? So g'day. G'day. G'day. It's even better. You should try that every week now. (...) Fast improvement. Well, again, my name's Nick. I serve with a mini...

Matthew 6:22-23 Pastor Drew Williams One thing that I have loved since moving here a few years ago is how dark it gets at night, especially earlier this time of year, and you can see all the stars. We live right outside of town, kind of out in the country, and just all the stars just fill the sky.(...) And even though it's so dark outside, once your eyes kind of adjust to the darkness, you start t...

I can’t tell you how many stories I watched and listened to about families who have been affected by Hurricane Helene, but they aren’t easy to watch. People’s whole lives, all their mementos, all their family heirlooms, ruined and gone in an instant.   [SLIDE 2] lower third blank Where I used to live in California, we would have wildfires every year that would cause people to evacuate and...

The Abundant Life Ephesians 3:14-21 Pastor Erik Anderson I wanna invite you to grab the seatback Bible in front of you, underneath your seat there's like a little compartment that has a black Bible. You can grab that black Bible, or if you have your own, you can open it up. We're gonna be in Ephesians chapter three. If you are using the seatback Bible, it is page 149 in the New Testament. So towar...

Colossians 2:6-14 Pastor Erik Anderson Well, I'm gonna invite you to open up your scriptures and if you need, you can use the black seat back Bible in the seat in front of you. Reach underneath, there's a little compartment down there and it's the black Bible. You can grab that or if you have it on your phone or if you brought your own Bible, that is fine too. We're gonna be in the book of Colossi...

This morning we are going to be in 1st Timothy chapter 4. So I want you to grab the See-Back Bible in front of you or if you you have it on your phone or brought your own Bible that's right. We're gonna be in the New Testament in a book called 1st Timothy. It's right toward gonna be almost to the end of the Bible. I don't know what page it is on in the See-Back Bible. If somebody has it, yell it o...

Matt 7:3-5; Philippians 2:1-8 Pastor Drew WIlliams One of the worst feelings in the world is when you accidentally walk into a spider web. Am I right? Is that the worst feeling in the world? Because one minute you're walking along and everything is fine. And the next minute you want the world to stop because you know there's a creature on you. You're jumping around, you do a little dance, you try...

Romans 12:9-18 Pastor Drew Williams   I was talking with a good friend this week about a conflict they were having with a family member, and then they said it, “It’s hard to be a Christian sometimes.”   They said that, because the conflict was making them WANT to act very NOT Christian-like. And I’m sure all of you have felt that before, right?   [SLIDE 2] lower third bl...

Mark 2:1-17 Pastor Drew Williams One of my favorite days that I can remember was when I was running late to get home. My wife, Megan, and I were going to be getting dinner with another couple, and my friend, Steven, and I had run to the store and were late getting back. [SLIDE 2] lower third blank For some reason, Steven had decided that it was a good time to “enjoy our time out” and “chat about w...

There’s a quote I’ve heard a lot, but I don’t know where it originally came from, “Variety is the spice of life.”   It means that just like adding spices to the ingredients of your meal can completely change the meal and make what used to be bland into an exciting dish, the variety of choices in life is what keeps it from being bland or boring.   [SLIDE 2] lower third blank And I...

Ephesians 3:14-4:16 Pastor Drew Williams   When I was growing up, my family was not really big sports fans. My grandparents were from the Chicago area, so I was born into some Chicago fandom, with the Bulls, and the Bears, and the Sox. But I didn’t grow up watching every game or following stats from players.   [SLIDE 2] lower third blank So I was never at the level of “fanatic” t...

Ephesians 2:1-10 Pastor Drew Williams It’s been said that there are two types of people you will encounter in life. The dreamers and the realists. Both types of people have strong convictions and beliefs, and both types of people generally are trying to make the most of what life has to offer them.   [SLIDE 2] lower third blank I wonder which you would consider yourself? You don’t have to...

Acts 6:8 - 7:60 Pastor Drew Williams One of my favorite book series is the Chronicles of Narnia, and if you haven’t read it or seen any of the movies, it’s a fantasy story about ordinary children who stumble into a magical world with talking animals, mythical creatures, and epic battles between good and evil. [SLIDE 2] lower third blank And in the first entry in the series, the children experience...

Danny Moore well good morning. As I said, my name is Danny Moore and I am not one of the pastors here. You've heard twice about our two pastors. I am not one of the pastors here, but I am a part of the staff and I have the special privilege of bringing the word to you today. This is gonna be fun.(...) All right, so we've actually developed a new motto here at the church among the staff. We didn't...

Acts 4:32 - 5:11 Morgan Folgers my name is Morgan Folgers, and I am on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.(...) InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a ministry that is bringing the gospel to college campuses. My full-time job is helping students say yes to Jesus with their whole lives, and helping students who don't know Jesus seek Jesus out for the first time. And it is a joy to be in G...

Acts 4:23-31 Pastor Erik Anderson We're continuing our series, "Actions Speak Louder than Words." We're walking through Acts, the book of Acts, this summer, seeing how the Holy Spirit was at work. Last week, Pastor Drew preached about Peter and John in front of the Sanhedrin, and we're picking up where that story left off. Beginning in verse 23, this is what we read.(...) "After they were released...