All Souls Presbyterian Church

What does Jesus want for his disciples? Nothing less than for us to share in the divine life of the Trinity: to know and experience the life and love that God has shared as Father, Son, and Spirit from all eternity, something we can experience if we are in him and he in us. Listen as RUF Campus Minister Ethan Brown preaches on John 17:20–26, showing us the union we can have with God, the communion...

“Finding your own place in the world” is something everyone pursues, consciously or unconsciously. But it is really knowing where you are and whose you are and why you are that gives you the freedom to be who you are in the world. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 17:6–19, helping us to better understand our place in the world by answering four questions: Where are we? In the world. Wh...

Do you know what glory tastes like? Everything has glory, and all the glory of created things is really a reflection of the glory of the Creator. Whatever is marvelous in the world comes from the hand of God. When we taste, see, smell, touch, hear something beautiful we taste glory. But what glory are you pursuing? And how is it shaping your life? Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 17:1–5, exhort...

In the midst of your trouble and confusion, you don’t have to hide. Jesus knows your questions. In the midst of your trouble and confusion, God is at work. Your sorrow will turn to joy. In the midst of your trouble and confusion, your Father hears your cries. You can go to him. In the midst of your trouble and confusion, don’t think you’ve got it all figured out. Rest in the victory of Jesus. Lear...

Why do we often feel distant from God? One big reason is that we don’t know how to draw near. So what does it look like to draw near and how do we do it? Pastor Luke Herche addresses these questions in a sermon on Psalm 1. Listen as he answers the “how”, “what”, and “why” of meditation, teaching us about the act of meditation, the object of meditation, and the blessing of meditation. Part of a ser...

Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on John 16:4b–15, showing that Jesus sent the Holy Spirit for our advantage because the Spirit takes what is of Christ and applies it to us to the glory of God. Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, January 12, 2025. allsoulspca.org

Why is there so much fighting in the world? Why so much animosity? And where did it come from? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches from John chapter 15, addressing two questions: First, must there be animosity? And second, what should be our response? Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, January 5, 2025. allsoulspca.org

Despite present darkness, God’s glory-presence will fill the earth. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Revelation 21:22–27, exhorting us to open our eyes, walk in the light of Christ, and rejoice in the hope of his coming. Part of an advent series, "Out of Darkness, Light." From Sunday Worship, December 29, 2024. allsoulspca.org/sermons

In this sermon on Matthew 2:1–12, Pastor Josué Pernillo shows that the Wise Men looked for Jesus because Jesus is the King in the midst of chaos who was promised and worthy of worship, for all people. Part of an Advent sermon series, "The Questions of Christmas." From Sunday Worship, December 21, 2025. ------------------------------- allsoulspca.org All Souls (Urbana, IL) is a part of the Presbyte...

Church elder Daniel Thies preaches on Ephesians 5:8–14, focusing on two points: You are light in Christ; so walk as children of the light. Part of an advent series, "Out of Darkness, Light." From Sunday Worship, December 22, 2024. allsoulspca.org/sermons

Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 2 Corinthians 4:1–7, teaching about the light of the gospel via four questions: How does it shine? Why do some not see it? Who is this light? And through whom does it come? Part of an advent series, "Out of Darkness, Light." From Sunday Worship, December 15, 2024. allsoulspca.org/sermons

You were made for God’s glory. You were made to know God’s glory, to taste God’s glory, to behold and be changed by God’s glory. In the New Testament, the Greek word used for glory, dóxa, connotes light that is shining, and in the context of John 1, it is clear that the light that is shining in darkness, the true light that is coming into the world, is not an abstract principle but a person: Jesus...

Something is wrong. And our culture has a hard time pinpointing what it is. Different people at different times have their own explanations and their own solutions, but none of them work. So what is the problem? Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo begins a new Advent sermon series aimed at helping us better understand what darkness is, what light is, how they interplay in Scripture, and how a people l...

Christ invites us into a community of love. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 15:9–17, teaching us to abide in Christ’s love as we know his love, imitate his love, depend on his love, and delight in his love. Part of a series on The Gospel of John. From Sunday Worship, November 24, 2024. allsoulspca.org

God wants you to be fruitful. This is no minor theme, but is fundamental to God’s purposes for creation. God wants his creation to reflect something of his own vitality, his abundance, his fruitfulness. But do you feel fruitful? Or do you feel dry? Parched? Barren? In John 15, we find Jesus teaching on the true vine and the branches, setting up his disciples for a lifetime of fruitfulness. Listen...

Whoever might have won this past week’s election, it does not change the truth of what God says nor does it change the reality that Christ is on the throne. Our hope, ultimately, must never be in an election. Our hope is that Christ is on the throne. Concluding a three-sermon mini-series, Pastor Luke Herche has previously been teaching, first, that we are to obey governing authorities and, second,...

Where do your fears take you? Fear and worry are part of our daily lives. Everybody has fears. And everybody responds to fears in different ways. Some sweat, others get quiet or make jokes. But where do your fears drive you to? And how do they play out in your day-to-day? In John 14:27–31, we find Jesus teaching his disciples for the last time before his crucifixion, and here he begins to strike a...

How do you relate to Jesus? How do you relate to Jesus when he is not here, physically, when you can’t see his face, hear his voice, or touch the scars on his hands? That was clearly a question in the early church. From a secular perspective, the church had a PR problem. They said Jesus had risen from the dead, but if so, where was Jesus? We invite people into a relationship with Christ, but where...

The night before he was crucified, Jesus told his disciples that, following his ascension, whoever believes in him will do the works that Jesus did and even “greater works than these.” Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 14:12–14, focusing on the “greater works” and discussing when they will be done, who does them, what they are, how they are done, and why they are done. Part of a series...

Where do you need comfort right now? Be it political tensions, trouble at work or at home, or even the turmoil of your own heart—what is going on in your world that is upsetting? In John 14, Jesus begins with the comforting words, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, addressing three questions: Why do we need comfort? Where do we find comfort? A...

Christians are tempted in every age to compromise. One age might be tempted to self-reliance, another to complacency, another to immorality, but every age has its temptations. Our day is no exception. As long as you live in this world, temptations and trials are bound to come. When the immorality of the present age and the power of the state combine to oppose Christ and his church, there is a ques...

The Gospel of John is the gospel written by a friend. John was someone who walked with Jesus, knew him, ate with him, saw the miracles. There are details in the gospel of John not seen anywhere else, as well as a more intimate, personal look at Jesus. In John 13:21–38 we see, from his friend, the love of Christ on display, even framed by the betrayal of Judas and the denial of Peter. Listen as Pas...

In John chapter 13, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, demonstrating that Jesus comes as a servant and calls those who follow him to serve. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this astonishing passage, teaching us to serve, not from a place of insecurity, but of confidence, not just our friends, but our enemies, and not as something optional, but as fundamental to discipleship of the Ser...

If we have believed in Christ, and been united to Christ, and died with Christ, and been raised with Christ, what does it look to walk with Christ in a world that does not know him? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Colossians 4:2–6, teaching us to prayerfully cling to the gospel, pray for the work of the gospel, and make the most of every opportunity that you have. Part of a series: Glory-...

What story are you living? We are all in the middle of a story. It’s the story of redemption, the story of grace, the story of Jesus. And it’s his story, not ours. We didn’t make it up, it’s not fantasy, and the ending is already set—but it’s a story all the same. It has a beginning, middle, and end, a sovereign narrator, narrative tension, a hero, and plenty of plot twists. Being able to imagine...