Teaching Archives

GodSpeak Readings: Week 78/March 7-12

March 7-12 Mark 9-15 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, March 7    Mark 9   Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “The Vineyard”

Sunday, February 27, 2011 Is God into gardening?  He sure seems to be.  After all, there are a lot of references in the Bible to gardening and especially vineyards.  Today we look at a couple very famous passages of scripture that use the analogy of a vineyard and we’ll see how God really is into … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 77/February 28-March 5

February 28-March 5 Matthew 26-Mark 8 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, February 28   Matthew 26-27  Read & … Read more

Sermon: “Shrewd and Innocent”

Sunday, February 20, 2011 All Christians are called by God to make disciples for Jesus.  We are essentially disciples who make disciples.  So, when Jesus sends out his disciples to the towns and villages of Israel with the message that the Kingdom of Heaven is near, we should perk up and listen to how Jesus prepares his disciples for such a … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 76/February 21-26

February 21-26 Matthew 14-25 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, February 21   Matthew 14-15   Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “Prepare the Way”

Sunday, February 13, 2011 What if Jesus were to call you up on your cell phone and tell you that he was coming over in a few hours.  What would you do?  How would you prepare for God to come and sit in your living room  The prophet Malachi got a similar call, not on … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 75/February 14-19

February 14-19 Matthew 1-13 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, February 14   Matthew 1-2     Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “Small Things”

All Bethel Sunday, February 6, 2011 “It’s too small.  It won’t amount to anything.  It’s better to have nothing than to have this little thing.”  It’s so easy to look at our lives and despair in the little things.  Vicar Lusienie Fofana reminds us that the God who made us out of dust can take … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 74/February 7-12

February 7-12 Zechariah 9-Malachi 4 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, February 7   Zechariah 9-10      Read & Listen … Read more

Sermon: “A Look at Two Big Questions”

Concordia Academy Sunday, January 30, 2011 The big questions we all face in life are also the big questions asked in the Bible.  “How long, Lord?”   “Why this?”  “Why me?”  “Why now?”  These questions echo in our lives as we or our loved ones endure suffering of all varieties.  Listen to Concordia Academy Principal, … Read more