St. Peter's Helenville

This sermon was preached by Pastor Titus Buelow at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Helenville, Wisconsin, on October 10th, 2024. The Sermon Text: Hebrews 4:12-13 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  13  Nothing in all creation is hidden from...

This sermon was preached at Randy & Sharon Reuhl's wedding on September 7, 2024 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Helenville, WI.

In this episode, Pastor Titus & Pastor Gunnar delve into the complicated verses about Baptism connected with the account of the flood. How does the flood account bring comfort for baptized Christians? How can we relate to Noah? How does Jesus' suffering give comfort to us in our suffering? What does our salvation and our Savior inspire in us through the power of the Spirit? These are powerful...

This sermon was preached on October 6, 2024 by Pastor Titus Buelow in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Helenville, WI. The Sermon Text: Mark 10:2-16 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3  “What did Moses command you?” he replied. 4  They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” 5  “It was because your hea...

In this episode, Pastor Gunnar Ledermann and Pastor Titus Buelow talk about the challenge of enduring suffering and persecution BECAUSE of faith in Jesus and standing on the truth. This can make believing in God seem counter-intuitive to getting ahead and having a better future. This section helps us remember the eternal scope of our faith. Temporary suffering does not compare to eternal glory to...

This sermon was preached on September 29, 2024 by Rev. Titus Buelow at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Helenville, WI. May the Word of God spoken through his called servant be a blessing to you. Sermon Text - Revelation 12:7-12: Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their...

"God Is My Refuge!" Devotion Text: Psalm 71:1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;     let me never be put to shame. This children's devotion comes from Friday Chapel, September 27, 2024, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, up the hill from St. Peter's Lutheran School in Helenville, WI. 2k-8th grade students were present with their teachers and some parents. To God be the glory!

In this episode, Pastor Gunnar Ledermann and Pastor Titus Buelow speak about the biblical model of marriage and the complimentary relationship of male and female in God's design. This concept can be contentious when talked about in our society but when we analyze and dive into God's Word itself, we discover the beauty God has in store for us all. A lot of intense things to discuss. Join us! Follow...

This sermon was delivered on September 21, 2024, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Helenville, WI by Pastor Titus Buelow. The Sermon Text - Mark 9:30-37 They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were,  31  because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, an...

Included in this episode are two sermons. First is a children's sermon about having armor to protect you from the big things! Then, Pastor Titus Buelow digs deeper into Ephesians 6:10-18 and how the armor given us by God protects us not only from the challenges we can see, but also from the unseen enemies of the spiritual realm. We can have full confidence and stand firm when we are standing in Hi...

In this episode, Pastor Gunnar Ledermann and Pastor Titus Buelow discuss what Peter has to say to slaves about remaining slaves - Yes, you heard that correctly - and serve with willingness their masters, whether good or evil ones. How can this be? Is God PRO slavery? A lot of intense things to discuss. Join us! Leave a comment. Pastor Gunnar Ledermann & Pastor Titus Buelow continue their journ...

Mark 7:31-37 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.  32  There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. 33  After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongu...

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus  2  and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.  3  (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.  4  When they come from the marketplace th...

2 Corinthians 4:5-6 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 8:30am, August 20, 2024.

In this episode, Pastor Gunnar Ledermann and Pastor Titus Buelow wrestle with what it means to have our identity first and foremost in being a citizen of heaven, a chosen people by God, and a royal priesthood, not being a citizen of this world and merely being about this life. Having a deeper and more substantial identity that goes beyond sexuality, a movement, an action or a cause means that you...

Sermon Text: John 6:51-69 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you h...

Sermon Text: John 6:35-51 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of h...

Sermon Text: John 6:24-35 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves...

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. At my fi...

In this episode, Pastor G + T explore the beautiful picture language of this section, "living stones." First Jesus is described as the living stone that his church is built on and then we also are described as living stones placed together to become something beautiful through him. "Living" and "Stone" don't normally go together, but then again, Jesus puts a lot o...

Pastor Rueben Schmitz shares God's Word at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Helenville, WI, on July 28, 2024. God gives us what we need, not always what we want. Yet, even in our most challenging and our most blessed times, he is working to bring us closer to him and our salvation through Jesus. Tune in for more!

Pastor Titus is working on a secret project... okay, it's not actually meant to be secret, but it is supposed to be exciting and a little dastardly. The project is called Underground and is meant to embody that same spirit that inspired Christians to go underground and meet in the catacombs of Rome if they had to in order to worship the One True God. At that time, you could be put to death for...

In this episode, Pastor G + T tackle a "new" thing, AI. While the complexity and power of AI has grown, the idea that man can create its own "god", or create its own "life", or have all the answers with enough information and time, that idea is as old as time itself. Specifically, it echoes the very machinations of the people building the tower of Babel, a tower reach...

This sermon was delivered by Rev. Reuben Schmitz at St. Peter's Lutheran Church on July 21, 2024. The sermon text from Mark 6:30-34. Mark 6:30–34 (NIV) The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet plac...

There are a strange number of parallels between the lore of warriors and superheroes, comic books and the reality of God's story in the Bible. Our superheroes often imitate and resemble what Jesus is for us, a Savior, who somehow conquers the darkness and even death to save the people who cannot save themselves. In the same way, the comic book sets up a world that is dark and full of sinister...