Teaching Archives

GodSpeak Readings: Week 59/October 25-30

October 25-30 Jeremiah 15-28 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, October 25 Jeremiah 15-17  Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “Silent Suffering Servant Savior”

Commitment Sunday / Central Lutheran School Sunday, October 17, 2010 There is one thing that is central to the church – Jesus.  It is what causes us to make a commitment to the ministry of Jesus with a congregation at any given place.  It causes us to establish schools like Central Lutheran where children can … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 58/October 18-23

October 18-23 Jeremiah 3-14 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, October 18 Jeremiah 3-4  Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “Rethink”

Stewardship Sunday, October 10, 2010 The world is changing at a rate never before seen in history.  The Christian church in America is shrinking.  The economy is struggling and the world seems to drift further into immorality.  In the midst of all this change, what remains the same?  The word of God stands forever!  Listen … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 57/October 11-16

October 11-16 Isaiah 53-Jeremiah 2 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, October 11 Isaiah 53 Read & Listen … Read more

Sermon: “A Deal with Death”

Sunday, October 3, 2010 The prophet Isaiah didn’t mince words.  When he wanted the people to know that they had completely blinded themselves to the fact that they were worshiping pretend gods, he told them they had made a “deal with death.”  Everybody faces denial.  Sometimes it’s something we just don’t want to deal with, … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 56/October 4-9

October 4-9 Isaiah 40-52 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, October 4  Isaiah 40-41  Read & Listen Online  … Read more

Sermon: This Mountain

Sunday, September 26, 2010 There are few things in this world that display the grandeur of a mountaintop.  There is something distinctly spiritual or even divine about that mountaintop.  At least, that’s the way it was viewed back in Isaiah’s time and before.  The mountaintop was the “abode for the gods.”  Shrines and temples were … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 55/September 27-October 2

Week 55:  September 27-October 2 Isaiah 26 – 39 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, September 27 Isaiah … Read more

Sermon: “Here am I, Send me!”

Sunday, September 19, 2010 The prophet Isaiah had a rough job.  God got him all riled up with this great display of his power, asked who he should send and Isaiah said, “Here am I, send me!”  Then God told him what he was sent to do.  Not the most attractive job description!  But God … Read more