Sermons | Living Hope and Christ the King ELCA Lutheran Churches

Thank you to Rev. Jon Jacobs for leading worship and sharing an inspiring message on Jesus' "Parable of the Rich Fool" with us this morning while Pastor Daniel is at a Teens Encounter Christ retreat weekend. Today's Scripture readings are Psalm 49:1-12 and Luke 12:13-21. Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisco...

This Sunday we gathered at Kolbach Park in Port Washington for a community worship service with Christ the King, Living Hope, First Congregational Church, and Grand Avenue United Methodist Church. While we were able to record Pastor Jim Schleif's sermon on Luke 11:1-13, even after enhancing the audio, it's still not great quality. But we had a great time worshiping outdoors with our neighb...

Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the One who makes God known to us. God is not only the Creator of the cosmos; God is personal, knowable, and loving. Today's Scripture readings are Colossians 1:15-28 and the familiar story of Jesus' visit to Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42.  Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville,...

Thank you to Pastor Brian Halverson for leading worship and sharing a message on Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan while Pastor Daniel was in St. Louis on the Lighthouse Youth summer mission trip. Today's Scripture reading is Luke 10:25-37. Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Port Washington and Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin at  https://www.livinghopesaukv...

As followers of Jesus, we are people who are sent out into the world. In this Sunday's Gospel reading from Luke 10:1-11, Jesus instructs his disciples to travel light as they go from place to place proclaiming the good news of God's kingdom.  The mission is not easy–Jesus warns, "I'm sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves"–but the harvest is plentiful and the work...

Today in worship, we had the joy of celebrating a baptism at Christ the King! The sermon (recorded at Living Hope) reflect on the Holy Spirit's work of justification and sanctification, and talk about Paul's image of the Fruits of the Spirit and what a life rooted in baptism looks like, according to Galatians 5. The Apostle Paul reminds us that we are called to freedom in Christ, not for t...

After a week off from regular sermons due to our June 15 joint VBS carnival worship service, welcome back to our regular sermon podcast! Today's sermon from Pastor Daniel Flucke on the good news of the gospel is a little shorter than usual as today's worship services also feature a guest speaker sharing about  Breaking the Chains Church , an ELCA congregation inside the Milwaukee Felmers C...

Today is Pentecost, the festival on which we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the formation of the Church. In today's Scripture, we hear both Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit to be an Advocate for the disciples after he is no longer physically with them, and the fulfillment of that promise in Acts 2. Although we confess our belief in the Holy Spirit each time we say the Creeds to...

Today's message focuses on our call as Christians to care for those who are imprisoned and introduces our June monthly ministry partner, Breaking the Chains Church. Before ascending to heaven, Jesus called us to continue following his commands as witnesses to his love. When we love, serve, and care for the least among us, Jesus says, it’s as if we are doing it to him. We love God whom we canno...

As our congregations prepare for conversations about our mission and vision, today's message focuses on discerning God’s guidance for all of us together as a congregation and as individual followers of Jesus. Looking at three Scripture passages from Acts 16:6-15, Psalm 67, and John 5:1-9, we explore how God might be calling us into the future. The text of this sermon is available at   https://...

What are the rules for being Christian? Scripture gives us hundreds of laws to follow, most of which we completely ignore. Of course, as Christians, the foundation of our faith is forgiveness found in Jesus. By the grace of God, we are forgiven when we sin and break God's law.  But shouldn't we be at least trying to follow the rules God lays out in the Bible? We still value some Scriptural...

Today's message for the fourth Sunday in Easter focuses on the story of Tabitha from Acts 9:36-43 and the good life and legacy she lived - even before Peter raised her from the dead! Our Scripture readings are Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, and John 10:22-30. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/tabitha-sermon-2025/ . Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in Por...

On this third Sunday in Easter, the Scripture reading from John 21:1-19 invites us to both continue celebrating Jesus' resurrection and to recognize Jesus' presence among us in the midst of ordinary life. After the excitement of the resurrection, the disciples go fishing, then Jesus invites them to a picnic on the beach. Today's sermon explore Jesus' command to Peter and to us: &#3...

On this second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing offers a sermon in recognition of Earth Day, courtesy of Lutherans Restoring Creation , a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A notable scholar on the book of Revelation, her sermon connects the hope found in Revelation to our call to care for creation today. Today's Scripture r...

Happy Easter! Today, we celebrate the greatest news in history: Jesus is alive! The tomb is empty! Death is defeated! Today's sermon encourages us to look to both the cross and the empty tomb, reflecting on Easter's intersection of grief and hope.  The year's Scripture readings for Easter are Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1, 17-24; and Luke 24:1-12. The text of this sermon is available at...

Today's Palm Sunday sermon attempts to capture some of the emotional significance of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem as a humble king bringing peace, rejecting the violent ways of this world. Today's Scripture readings are Luke 19:29-40; Colossians 1:15-20; Psalm 118:1-2, 20-29; and Luke 21:37-22:2. The text of this sermon is available at  https://danielflucke.com/imagine-the-pal...

This week, we hear the story of Zacchaeus, a vertically-challenged tax collector whose life was changed by an encounter with Jesus, as well as the testimony of the apostle Paul's encounter with Jesus. These examples of Jesus seeing and changing the most unlikely of people invite us to consider, how has encountering Jesus changed your life? The Scripture readings for this service are 1 Timothy...

During our ecumenical midweek Lenten services this year, we're focusing on the theme of God being Enough. This week's service is hosted by Christ the King, and the sermon explores Psalm 23's promise that the Good Shepherd leads and provides for us. Following the Good Shepherd is enough. The Scripture readings for this service are Psalm 23 and John 10:7-16.  Learn more about Christ the...

Today's sermon continues our Lenten theme of Everything [in] Between by looking at what it means to be "Lost & Found." In particular, we hear Jesus describe God as a shepherd who goes out to search for a missing sheep. Jesus' promise is that no matter how far you run from God, no matter how many times you turn your back and wander away, no matter how lost you might feel, God ne...

In this third Sunday in Lent, we hear Jesus tell a parable about an impatient landowner and an unproductive fig tree. Is the fig tree a waste of space and soil? Or is it an illustration of the value of rest and the folly of impatience? And where is God in this story? Today's Scripture readings are Colossians 1:3-6, 9-14, Psalm 40:1-8, and Luke 13:6-9.  Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran...

On this second week in Lend, we continue  A Sanctified Art 's Lenten series  Everything [in] Between  from by looking at the favorite Lutheran topic of the tension between faith & works. In the story of Mary and Martha, Mary seems to exemplify faith by sitting and learning at Jesus' feet, while Martha spends her time engaging in good works of hospitality. Yet as followers of Jesus, we...

This week's midweek ecumenical Lent service is hosted by Living Hope. Tonight's sermon explore's Scripture’s promise that God is enough by focusing on the story of God providing manna for the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness.  The Scripture readings for this service are Psalm 145:14b-21 and Exodus 16:1-5, 11-21, 31, 35. Learn more about Christ the King Lutheran Church in P...

This year for Lent, Christ the King and Living Hope are using a theme from  A Sanctified Art  called  Everything [in] Between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes . Each Sunday's message will explore two seemingly opposed binaries, but as we look at stories from Luke's Gospel, we'll find that God is present in between, in the full spectrum of life, not merely the black and the white....

Tonight's Ash Wednesday worship introduces both our midweek ecumenical services, we're focusing on the theme  Enough and our Sunday theme  Everything [in] Between  from  A Sanctified Art . In our daily lives, we hear message after message of scarcity. We’re told all kinds of ways we are lacking. We’re short on time and resources; we don’t have the resources we need. Often, those messages a...

Today is Transfiguration Sunday, a turning point in the church year. Up on a mountain, Jesus' disciples begin to realize on a whole new level who it is they’re following. Jesus is not just a great teacher, not just another wise rabbi or holy faith healer; he is God with them. And his presence with them transforms their lives. May our lives similarly be transformed by the Holy Spirit’s presence...