Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over the end of Ezekiel and most of Daniel before preparing ourselves for our start in the Minor Prophets, reading Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah 1–2. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: ht…

John 6:51-58 In what has turned into an improptu sermon series on unlikely voices for Eucharist, this sermon looks at what the Bob Marley Song "I Shot the Sheriff" might have in common with Jesus's claim that anyone who doesn't eat the flesh of the Son of Man has no life within them.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over Ezekiel 27–43. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Ezekiel 44–Daniel 11. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emmanuelcadillac.org/ Online Giving Facebook…

John 6:35:41-51 While Jesus is declaring himself to be the "bread of life" he also calls him self "bread from heaven," comparing himself to Manna. This sermon looks at how the Uecharistic feast sustains us on our journey in this world.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we're spending our entire time in the book of Ezekiel. We'll look back over Ezekiel 10–26 before looking ahead at 27–43. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emmanuelcadillac.org/ Online Giving Facebook…

John 6:24-35 This sermon is an argument for the case to retain our sense of wonder and mysticism regarding the Eucharist. It also brings up skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In today's episode, we touch on a few highlights from last week as we read Jeremiah 48–52, Lamentations, and Ezekiel 1–9. Then, we prepare ourselves to spend next week in Ezekiel 10–26. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: h…

John 6:1-15 When Jesus feeds 5,000 with 5 loaves and two fish it's not just a magic trick. It's a revelation of reality. This sermon asks what difference it would make if we believed that.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our thirty-fourth week of Bible readings, highlighting some details from Jeremiah 30–47. From there, we take a few minutes to prepare for the end of Jeremiah, all of Lamentations, and the first 9 chapters of Ezekiel. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In this episode, we're covering a lot of Jeremiah. We'll reflect on last week's readings from 9–29 and spend a few moments looking ahead at 30–47. Here's the webcomic Pastor mentioned based on Jeremiah 17:9. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emman…

Amos 7:7-15 This sermon looks at a basic object lesson (children's sermon) God gives the prophet amos about a plumb line, and what it says about what can go wrong if we lose sight of the true standard against which we must measure what is Holy.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over two weeks' worth of Bible readings, thinking through Isaiah 26–Jeremiah 8. Then, we take a few minutes to look ahead at next week's readings from Jeremiah 9–29. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: h…

Mark 6:1-13 When Jesus preaches in his hometown, his neighbors are unable to recognize his holiness. This sermon discusses the importance of recognizing what is holy in the ordinary.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Pastor has been out of the office this week. But before he left, he recorded this episode, helping to prepare you for next week's readings from Isaiah 50 through Jeremiah 8. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.e…

Mark 5:21-43 This Sermon Looks at Jesus healing Jairus and an unnamed woman and what this might say about our cultures relationship to Jesus while it's relationship to church undeniably changes.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Once again, we're looking back over our last week's worth of readings, thinking through the Song of Songs as well as the first 25 chapters of Isaiah. With that done, we then look ahead at what's coming next week: Isaiah 26–49. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Here'…

Mark 4:35-41 (Job 38:1-11) The story of Jesus calming the storm is so common that even people who don't know the story refer to it in idioms. This sermon compares it to the reading from Job and asks what it means when a person keeps faith but the storm doesn't become calm.By Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our twenty-ninth week of Bible readings, thinking through the rest of Proverbs, all of Ecclesiastes, and the first chapter of Song of Songs. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings, closing out the Song of Songs and working through the first 25 chapters of …

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our twenty-eighth week of Bible readings, thinking through Psalms 113–Proverbs 13. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Proverbs 14–Song of Songs 1. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Here are the three videos Past…

Welcome to our second bonus episode! This is a recording of our Sunday morning Bible Study on June 2, 2024, where we celebrated reaching halfway through the Bible. Over the course of the morning, we re-familiarize ourselves with what we've read so far, sharing insights and questions from along the way. Whether you were able to join us for this disc…

Genesis 3:8-15 Today's reading takes place after the part of the story which most folks would identify as Original Sin. This sermon looks at what that assumption means and what it might mean to change the location of "original sin to this point just a bit laterBy Eric

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In this episode, we briefly touch on the psalms we read over the last week: Psalms 68–112. Then, we note a few things to look for as we read the rest of the book of Psalms and start the book of Proverbs. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel …

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we're reflecting on a bunch of psalms from the past week and next week as well: Psalms 18–112. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! The Bible Project's video on Psalms Belt of Truth The Word of the Lord Endures Forever Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over the book of Job and the first several Psalms. Then, we take a few minutes to look at a few individual psalms from next week's reading. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emmanuelcadilla…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! This week, we're looking back over the end of Nehemiah, the book of Esther, and the first few chapters of the book of Job. From there, we look ahead to the rest of Job and the first few psalms in the book of Psalms. Here's the song I mentioned in today's episode. And I meant to mention this introducti…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over the previous week's Bible readings, thinking through all of Ezra and the first 10 chapters of Nehemiah. Then, we take a moment to look at next week's readings from the end of Nehemiah, all of Esther, and the first few chapters of Job. Here the link to the article about the Cyr…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over two weeks' worth of Bible readings, thinking through the end of 1 Chronicles and all of 2 Chronicles. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Ezra and Nehamiah. Here's the video Pastor referenced in this episode. And if you're interested, here is an ar…

Welcome to this bonus episode! This is a recording of our Sunday morning Bible Study on March 3, 2024, where we celebrated reaching a quarter of the way through the Bible. Over the course of the morning, we re-familiarize ourselves with what we've read so far, sharing insights and questions from along the way. Whether you were able to join us for t…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over two weeks' worth of Bible readings (Pastor got a bit behind!) We'll talk through some details forem 2 Kings 11–1 Chronicles 23. Then, we'll take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from 1 Chronicles 24–2 Chronicles 17. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over the ending of 1 Kings and the beginning of 2 Kings. Afterwards, we take a peek forward as we wrap up 2 Kings this week and start 1 Chronicles. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emmanue…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over 1 Kings 3–17, noting a few details along the way. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from 1 Kings 18–2 Kings 10, highlighting some areas to look out for. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Here is the diagram of Solom…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our sixteenth week of Bible readings, covering 2 Samuel 13–1 Kings 2, and addressing a couple of questions along the way. Afterwards, we'll spend a few moments looking ahead to 1 Kings 3–17. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch wi…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over last week's readings: 1 Samuel 23–2 Samuel 12. Along the way we answer a question or two. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings: 2 Samuel 13–1 Kings 2. For those interested in a musical setting of 2 Samuel 18:33, I recommend When David Heard by Eric Whita…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over week of Bible readings, thinking through 1 Smauel 5–22. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from 1 Samuel 23–2 Samuel 12. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emma…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In today's episode, we look back over Judges 11–1 Samuel 4 (which includes the entire book of Ruth!) Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from 1 Smauel 5–22. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https:…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In this episode, we'll reflect back on Joshua 18–Judges 10 before looking ahead to next week's readings. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emmanuelcadillac.org/ Online Giving Facebook…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our eleventh week of Bible readings, thinking through Deuteronomy 32–Joshua 17. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Joshua 18–Judges 10. During this recording, Pastor mistakenly called it Episode 11, when it was really Episode 12. Please forgive th…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over Deuteronomy 13–31, touching on a few insights and questions along the way. Then, we'll take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Deuteronomy 32–Joshua 17. And mark your calendars for a special Bible Study time on March 3, 2024. WIth a quarter of the Bible under o…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our ninth week of Bible readings, thinking through Numbers 32–Deuteronomy 12. Then, we'll take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Deut. 13–31. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: htt…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Now that Pastor is back from vacation, we'll look back over the last three weeks of Bible readings, talking through Leviticus 10–Numbers 31. Then, we'll take a few minutes to look at our ninth week of readings from Numbers 32–Deuteronomy 12. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Pastor is still off on vacation this week, so we won't be looking back over last week's readings. Instead, we're take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Numbers 14–31. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: htt…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! As Pastor is out of the office this week, we won't recap this past week's readings today. Instead, we'll take a few brief moments to look at next week's readings from Leviticus 26–Numbers 13. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Chu…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our fifth week of Bible readings, wrapping up the book of Exodus and starting the book of Leviticus. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Leviticus 10–25. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emman…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our previous week of Bible readings, thinking through Exodus 12–30. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Exodus 31–Leviticus 9. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https:…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our third week of Bible readings, thinking through Genesis 42–Exodus 11. Then, we take a few minutes to look ahead at next week's readings from Exodus 12–30. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: http…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our second week of Bible readings, thinking through Genesis 25–41. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Genesis 42–Exodus 11. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! Today, we look back over our first week of Bible readings, thinking through Genesis 1–24. Then, we take a few minutes to look at next week's readings from Genesis 25–41. Contact Pastor with any questions or thoughts on what you're reading! Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran Church: https://www.emman…

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! We start today by offering some practical tips to help you complete the reading plan. From there, we look ahead to the first week's readings, giving you the lay of the land and point out a few things to pay attention to as you go along. Ten Questions to Ask Every Time You Read the Bible Stay in touch …

Join us as we read through the Bible in a year! In this episode, we introduce the plan, explain this podcast, and provide you with a few resources in case you'd like to dig a little deeper. The Lutheran Study Bible Lutheran Bible Companion Concordia Complete Bible Handbook YouVersion Bible App The Bible Project Stay in touch with Emmanuel Lutheran …

This Worship Service for the TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST focuses on the scriptures recorded in Isaiah 45:1-7; Psalm 96; 1st Thessalonians 1:1-10; and the Holy Gospel recorded in Matthew, Chapter 22, verses 15-22. An index of the various components of the Worship Service along with the position where they can be found on the audio playback i…