St. Paul Lutheran Church, Matteson, Illinois & Pastor Troester

The hardness of the human heart, rejecting the life that God has offered to us and welcomes us with open arms to come to Him.

God is the potter and we are His creation, and in His love for us He made a way for us to be forgiven and saved through His one and only Son.

The heart of our Christian teaching is that God in love sent us His only Son, Jesus, who died in our place and by faith we have the benefits of forgiveness and life and life eternal.

The law of God is a good gift showing us how to live in love with God and with others, but the problem for us is that we can't keep it. The good news is that Jesus kept the law for us, and by faith we have forgiveness and His power to battle our sinful ways and do good to others.

The free gift of forgiveness which was bought for us by Jesus life, death and resurrection is not something that we would abuse and sin more since we are forgiven. We are set free from sin and death to be slave to our new Lord, Jesus Christ, and live to His glory.

The great teaching of the Bible--we have hope because God in His love sent His Son, Jesus, to die and rise for us and win forgiveness of all our sins, for which we are most greatful and live to His glory.

The letter of Paul to the Christians in Rome, as Paul greets them, tells of his desire to visit them and the heart of the Good News we have in Jesus, and the bad news of our sin, which makes the message of Jesus so good for us.

Paul goes to Rome and there he preaches about Jesus Christ.

Paul & Luke go on a prisoner ship to Rome, where God brings them through a storm, safely there.

Paul witnesses to the Governer about faith in Jesus Christ and salvation through His resurrection.

God brings Paul to witness to the upper rulers of Rome, even Ceasar himself, about faith inJesus Christ.

Paul speaks of his one true hope, that is our resurrection to eternal life through Jesus Christ and Him alone.

The Holy Spirit gives Paul the boldness and the words to say as he is questioned about faith in Jesus Christ.

Paul tells how God converted him on the road to Damacus and about his ministry to the Gentiles.

Amidst opposition and rumors, the church continues to grow and the message of salvation through Jesus Christ spreads to more and more people.

Encouragement from God's Word to the people of the churches where Paul has been, and the journey to continue to reach more people with the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.

Paul and the others continue to preach and teach the truth about Jesus Christ, that He is risen and that only by faith in Him can we be saved. Even amidst persecution the Word of God continues to increase and prevail mightily (Acts 19:20).

The end of Paul's second missionary journey and the beginning of his third, preaching, reasoning and teaching about salvation through Jesus Christ, and many others joining with him in this ministry.

Paul & Silas go out and make a second visit to churches that Paul had established earlier and guided by the Holy Spirit, Paul travels to new towns, runs into opposition, is thrown in prison, but delivered to keep on traveling and preaching Jesus Christ.

There are disagreements among the believers, but they appeal to Scripture and the Holy Spirit and it is resolved and the Church moves forward in the ministry of Jesus Christ.

Despite opposition and persecution, Paul and the others continue to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Church is growing with people from many areas, and it's growing, through opposition, by the power of the Holy Spirit working through people.

There continues to be perecution of the Christians and some are martyred, but the Church grows and the Christians are faithful to God.

The Church working together and proclaiming Christ.