Good Shepherd Sermon Podcast

Justified Bible Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

The LORD’s Surprise Bible Readings 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Genesis 50:19-21 19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

The LORD Calls Bible Readings Genesis 32:22-30, Luke 18:1-8 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Genesis 12 The Call of Abram 12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. 9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev. Abram in Egypt 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.” 14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. 17 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

What a beginning, God! Bible Readings Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Genesis 1 The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. 9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day. 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day. 20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day. 24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” 29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

Justification on a napkin Bible Readings 1 Chronicles 29:1-2,10-18, Romans 6:15-23 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Romans 6:15-23 Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

The Lord says, “wait for Me, you can depend on Me!” Bible Readings Habakkuk 1:1-3, 2:1-4, Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:3-14 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg and Elder John Melke Sermon text: Habakkuk 1:1-3, 2:1-4 Habakkuk’s Complaint 2 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 2:1 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. The Lord’s Answer 2 Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. 4 “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness— We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

You cannot serve two masters! Bible Readings Amos 8:4-7, Luke 16:1-13, 1Timothy 2:1-8 Worship Folder Upcoming Bible Study series “The Story” Oct 13, 2013 Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 16:1-13 The Parable of the Shrewd Manager 16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’ 5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 “‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’ 7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’ 8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

Which camp are you in? Bible Readings Psalm 51a, Exodus 32:7-14, Luke 15:1-10, 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Worship Folder Today’s Bible Study Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 15:1-10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. The Parable of the Lost Coin 8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you! Sunday Draft Master

Bible Readings Psalm 19, Proverbs 9:8-12, Luke 14:25-33, Philemon 1:1,10-21 Give it up For Jesus! Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 14:25-33 The Cost of Being a Disciple 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ 31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Remember what the LORD you God has done for you! Bible Readings Psalm 119a, Proverbs 25:6-7, Luke 14:1,7-14, Hebrews 13:1-8 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 14:1,7-14 Jesus at a Pharisee’s House 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. 11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” 12 Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Strive to enter through the narrow door Bible Readings Psalm 115, Isaiah 66:18-24, Luke 13:22-30 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman Sermon text: Luke 13:22-30 The Narrow Door 22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Jesus said WHAT! Bible Readings Jeremiah 23:23-29, Luke 12:49-53, Hebrews 12:1-13 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 12:49-53 Not Peace but Division 49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Are you ready? Bible Readings Genesis 15:1-6, Luke 12:32-40, Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 12:32-40 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Watchfulness 35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

How do you use your Bidoobles? Bible Readings Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:18-26, Colossians 3:1-11 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Pray with your CAP on! Bible Readings Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:6-15 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 11:1-13 Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer 11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Be a Mary in a Martha world Bible Readings Genesis 18:1-14, Luke 10:38-42, Colossians 1:21-29 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 10:38-42 At the Home of Martha and Mary 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Go and do likewise. Bible Readings Psalm 25, Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Colossians 1:1-14 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman Sermon text: Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” 29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ 36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Rejoice! Your name is written in the Book of Life! Bible Readings 2 Kings 5:1-14, Galatians 6:1-10,14-16 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman Sermon text: Luke 10:1-12,16-20 Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 10 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. 5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. 16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” 17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Go forward and follow Him Bible Readings 1 Kings 19:14-21, Galatians 5:1,13-25, Luke 9:51-62 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 9:51-62 Samaritan Opposition 51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village. The Cost of Following Jesus 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 59 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Proclaiming the Rising Son Bible Readings Psalm 121, Isaiah 46:3-4,9-10, John 10:11-14, 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Worship Folder Pastor Karl Gurgel Sermon text: Psalm 113:1-9 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. 2 Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. 3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. 4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, 6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; 8 he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. 9 He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Go in peace; Your sins are forgiven Bible Readings Psalm 32, 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15, Galatians 2:11-21, Luke 7:36-50 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman Sermon text: Luke 7:36-50 Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” 48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Trust Jesus – 1. In Death 2. For Life Bible Readings Psalm 30, 1 Kings 17:17-24, Galatians 1:11-24 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 7:11-17 Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. 16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Be a Centurion – Be Blessed Bible Readings Psalm 100, 1 Kings 8:22,23,41-43, Luke 7:1-10 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Luke 7:1-10 The Faith of the Centurion 7 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

That’s what God’s Word does! Bible Readings Psalm 150, Numbers 6:22-27, John 16:12-15 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg Sermon text: Romans 5:1-5, Psalm 67 Peace and Hope 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Remember the Magi’s Master! Bible Readings Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12, Ephesians 3:2-12 Worship Folder Eric Carlson Sermon text: Matthew 2:1-12 The Visit of the Magi 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’” 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Listen to Jesus! He sees our hearts. He wants to bless. Bible Readings 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Hebrews 2:10-18, Luke 2:41-52 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with

Today is the day! Bible Readings Psalm 5, Isaiah 9, Luke 2:1-20 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

The Trees Of Christmas Bible Readings Psalm 96:12, Genesis 6:14, Luke 19:4, Mark 6:3, Matthew 21:19, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:22, Revelation 2:7, Matthew 1:1, Luke 3:23, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 49:10, Psalm 132:11, Matthew 1:16, Zechariah 6:12,1

A Baby for the world Bible Readings Psalm 85, Micah 5:2-5, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-55 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

The reason for joy! Bible Readings Psalm 133, Zephaniah 3:14-17, Luke 3:7-18, Philippians 4:4-7 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Listen! Prepare Bible Readings Psalm 24, Malachi 3:1-4, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Jesus teaches "Check for gray hairs" Bible Readings Psalm 25, Jeremiah 33:14ff, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Jesus is "the Son of Man" Bible Readings Psalm 73, Daniel 7:13-14, John 18:33-37, Revelation 1:4-8 Worship Folder Bruce Mohns We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

God is a good coach! Bible Readings Psalm 118, Daniel 12:1-3, John 5:25-29, Hebrews 10:11-18 Worship Folder Pastor Wallace Gaulke We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Veterans Day Bible Readings Psalm 139, Ephesians 6:10-17, John 15:9-17 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Christian Leaders are Servants Bible Readings Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Mark 12:28-34, Hebrews 7:23-28 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Our Wonderful Christian Freedoms Bible Readings Jeremiah 18:1-11, Mark 13:5-11, Revelation 14:6-7 Worship Folder Pastor Wallace Gaulke We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Follow Him! Bible Readings Amos 5:6-7,10-15, Mark 10:17-27, Hebrews 3:1-6 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Be like a child Bible Readings Genesis 2:18-24, Mark 10:2-16, Ephesians 5:21-6:4 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

SALT is good! Bible Readings Psalm 34, 1 Kings 19:3-8, Ephesians 4:30—5:2, John 6:41-51 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Who Is the Greatest? Bible Readings Psalm 31, Jeremiah 11:18-20, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Don't uses substitues! Bible Readings Psalm 116, Isaiah 50:4-10, Mark 8:27-35, James 2:1-18 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Has Jesus done everything well? Bible Readings Psalm 146, Isaiah 35:4-7, Mark 7:31-37, James 1:17-27 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Amen Bible Readings Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8, Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23, Ephesians 6:10-20 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Doxology - For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and forever Bible Readings Psalm 34, 1 Kings 19:3-8, Ephesians 4:30—5:2, John 6:41-51 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share

But Deliver Us From Evil Bible Readings Psalm 1, Proverbs 9:1-6, John 6:51-58, Ephesians 5:15-20 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

And lead us not into temptation Bible Readings Psalm 34, 1 Kings 19:3-8, Ephesians 4:30—5:2, John 6:41-51 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

As we forgive Bible Readings Psalm 145, Exodus 16:2-15, Ephesians 4:17-24, John 6:24-35 Worship Folder Pastor Paul A. Tullberg We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Forgive us our trespasses Bible Readings Psalm 84, Exodus 24:3-11, Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16, John 6:1-15 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!

Give us this day our daily bread Bible Readings 1 Samuel 16:1-3, Titus 3:4-7, Luke 3:15-17,21-22 Worship Folder Pastor Robert Hartman We value your friendship and the opportunity to share the love of Jesus together with you!