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A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches The Fourth Sunday in Lent -- March 30, 2003 Text: Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 6, 2005 Text: Ephesians 5:8-14 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. My dog has a lot of toys. Heaps of them. Stuffed toys, rubber…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 21, 2004 Text: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Two thousand years ago, Christians believe, God entered…

Lent 4: 21 March 2004 "A Man Who Had Two Sons" Rev. Philip R. Taylor Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 1 By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. 2 The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners…

Lent 4: 21 March 2004 "A Man Who Had Two Sons" Rev. Philip R. Taylor Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 1 By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. 2 The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners…

Acting Beyond What We Know I. Have you ever been misunderstood? A. I do not know why she/he did it? B. That was a crazy thing to do! C. I just do not know what they were up to! D. That is what happened in our gospel story II. Setting A. Jesus had been a visitor at the house she shared with her sister…