Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We discuss more about angels following our celebration of St. Michael and all angels. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Question: -Why is Michael referred to as ‘saint’ instead of ‘archangel’? Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Link to Sermon fro…

This 19th Sunday in Pentecost is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels. September 29 is the Archangel Michael's time to shine along with all the angels who protect Christians daily in their walk through life. What is YOUR angle on angels? Listen up.

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We talk more about the challenges of grounding the epistles in the New Testament in their context and how that challenge affects preparing and hearing sermons based on epistle readings. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church W…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In addition to going through the sermon from Sunday, Deaconess Dehlia catches up with Seminarian Tyler Martin. We also find out his favorite book in A Series of Unfortunate Events Preacher: Seminarian Tyler Martin Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website:…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We reflect on worry and the 4th petition in the Lord’s Prayer. Also, find out who will be our guest preacher next Sunday. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcente…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments The themes of Wisdom, idols, light, and darkness encompass the conversation this week. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Question: What are idols in our lives? Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchc…

In the 1960s, I believe it was comedian Flip Wilson who coined the phrase, "Here comes the judge!" He used it often in his routines. Today, in Jesus' parable, a widow seeks justice against her adversaries from a judge but barely finds it. The Lord promises that justice will come quick when he returns to the earth. Will God's children be spared? Wil…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments It has been a month since we recorded a regular episode. Today, we catch up: four sermons, one episode. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Sermons: Trinity 10 Trinity 11 Trinity 12 Trinity 13 Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjo…

Decades ago, George Carlin had a comedy sketch about "stuff". The accumulation of "stuff", the storage of "stuff", etc. why do we have so much "stuff" AND what are we going to do with it? Jesus parable answers that question.

Are you a baby? Do you cry all the time? Why?

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In this episode, we ask the pastor a number of questions submitted by the Ruth Circle Bible Study. Thank you to our Ruth Circle ladies for sharing their questions with us on the podcast. Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com ‘Aro…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We catch up on the last couple of sermons reflecting on themes from adoption to the parable of the unjust manager. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Question: -Looking verses 11 and 13 in the Luke 16 reading which says ‘you cannot serve both God and money’, since money is a fundament…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We consider more about Mark’s gospel of before and after moments along with Pastor Adam’s use of a hymn in the sermon for last Sunday. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndubli…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In the ‘Around the Sermon’, Deaconess Dehlia interviews Chloe Heintz who works as a Music Therapist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com ‘Around the Sermon’ episodes are off-topic episodes wher…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Last Sunday we said our ‘goodbye’ to Vicar Tim. Before he left, we took time to reflect on his vicarage year and the upcoming year at the seminary. Note: We recorded this episode the Saturday prior. Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcen…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Vicar Tim’s final sermon dealt with the first part of Romans 6 as he reflects further on the Christian life as both sinner and saint. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Hearer Submitted Question: [] Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.or…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In his second to last sermon, Vicar Tim explores more about what it means to leave everything to follow Jesus. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Hearer Submitted Question: -Does God still speak to us like he did to Elijah in 1 King 19 in a still small voice? Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@st…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In this ‘Around the Sermon’ episode, Deaconess Dehlia talks with Brian and Joy Schneck about their experiences as foster parents. Find out more about this particular vocation and how God uses us to care for children in our communities. Note: This episode was recorded some time ago. Email | podcast@stj…

We all know the story of the Good Samaritan. But who is the Good Samaritan? Do you want to be like him, rather than the priest and the Levite who pass by the injured man on the road? Well, you can't, and you never will. Here's why...

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Hearer Submitted Question: -Considering the service of Compline where the pastor is absolved first, what of the practice related to the Lord’s Supper where the pastor communes first or last? Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Chur…

We all know the parable of the Prodigal Son, but what is the final outcome of the older brother. The parable leaves us hanging without a conclusion. The question is WHY? Jesus knew what He was doing when he did this. This parable is the last of three parables Jesus tells in succession, and the punch line is the key in the Prodigal Son. Listen why.…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Somehow, we have returned to the parable of the prodigal son. With that, we explore a way of what to do when we return to well-worn words of God’s Word. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church C…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This episode explores further the proverb along with many other aspects of the book of Proverbs. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: s…

This begins a series on parables found only in the Gospel of Luke. Today, the Pharisee, Jesus and the sinful woman are at a banquet feast. Things don't go as planned for the Pharisee when a prostitute enters the room. What will Jesus' reaction be to this banquet gone awry?

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We catch up on the last couple sermons and answer several hearer submitted questions. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Questions: -Are we allowed investigate the mysteries of God? -What is the difference between ‘seeing’ and ‘entering’ the kingdom of God? -How are we to handle Jesus…

Are you "into God?" Christians say we were baptized in the name of the Triune God. Do we merely carry His name upon us as believers? This Trinity Sunday, we explore the riches of the what if means to believe in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit by taking a look at St. Patrick and Shakespeare.

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments For this Pentecost, we take up a reflection on the Tower of Babel, connecting it to the languages we still have today and how the gospel is proclaimed in them all. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Question: Are the magnificent European cathedrals like the Sagrada Familia or St Peter…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Vicar Tim closes out the Easter season focusing on the topic of suffering. We look more closely at our various responses to suffering and the image that vicar presented during the sermon. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church …

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments On Easter 6, Vicar Tim helped us consider various ways to pray as he shared a definition of prayer rooted in the epistle reading from 1 Timothy. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Hearer Submitted Question: -What are some short prayers that someone could pray when he/she is going through suffering or i…

If you get Christ right, you get the right Christ. It's simple. When you hear God's own testimony concerning His som you avoid the pitfalls of falling into traps of false prophets telling to do this or that in order to be a Christian. Do you get Christ?

A celebration of life for Doris Evans, 93 years old called to Jesus side.

Rev. Greg Klotz accepts the invitation from Resurrection Lutheran Church in Brentwood, California, to today's sermon on a familiar post-Easter text: Doubting Thomas.

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Hearer Submitted Question: -What role does prayer play in the midst of suffering and joy? Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com Thank you to Higher Things …

Rev. Andrew Mundinger of Holy Cross Lutheran in Concord, California, preaches on one of the "I Am" texts in the the Gospel of John. "I am the Good Shepherd" is the theme of this Sunday's worship.

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Vicar Tim tries his hand at running the podcast himself as he reflects on the sermon he delivered on Good Shepherd Sunday. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcente…

The original ending to MARk's Gospel probably ended at verse 8. Mark 16:9-20f may have been added by Mark at a future date. Earliest manuscripts indicate the shorter reading...why would Mark end his Gospel with the fear and bewilderment of the women who came to the tomb? AND...nobody saw Jesus. We explore how this shorter ending fits into Mark's ov…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We discuss the familiar Easter 2 reading of Thomas encountering the risen Lord Jesus and how the Holy Spirit shapes our lives as Christians. Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohn…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We discuss the Good Friday sermon that looked more closely at dreams in Matthew and why we have bad dreams. We also diverge a little to talk about worship service planning. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjoh…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments In this episode, we look more closely at the Easter Sunday sermon. Our hearer submitted questions really determined the direction of this episode. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Question: -Why do the accounts of Matthew and Mark differ where one says the women left the tomb with f…

Pastor Mundinger preaches on the story of Thomas who doubting wants to see Jesus in the flesh before believing in His resurrection. But, did Thomas doubt? Or, was Thomas requesting to confirm and affirm what He knew to be true by faith; namely, what He has to look forward to in the end.

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments For Maundy Thursday, we consider what the Lord's Supper is not. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com Thank you to Higher Things Inc. for permission to us…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We review the Palm Sunday sermon by answering a number of hearer submitted questions along with considering how we will look at Matthew's Gospel more closely during Holy Week. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Hearer Submitted Questions: -Could Jesus have been arrested in the temple? What about secur…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments We discuss the conclusion to our Lenten sermon series on the parable of the prodigal son. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com Thank you to Higher Things…

Today is the last Sunday Grace Lutheran Church will be worshipping in this building. In 1931, when Grac eLutheran Church began, nobody thought they would go to sleep, and wake up to the last Sunday they would be in their church building. On Good Friday, Jesus went to "sleep" and "woke up" on Easter Sunday replacing death with life, sin ridden bodie…

Palm Sunday and Jesus rides into Jerusalem. “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” (John 12:13). Wow, the crowds were ecstatic! But today is also called the “Sunday of the Passion,” because by the end of the week the crowds are shouting, “Crucify him!” (Mark 15:14). Have you ever wondered why the crowd …

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments It is the final Sunday before Holy Week. We discuss the difficult reading of Abraham and the near-sacrifice of Isaac. Preacher: Pastor Adam Steinbrenner Submit Sermon Questions: Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.co…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com Thank you to Higher Things Inc. for permission to use their recording of LSB 834 “O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth”. (leader.higherthings.org…

Click Here to Text Us Your Questions & Comments Preacher: Vicar Timothy Contreras Email | podcast@stjohndublin.org Link to Sermon Church Website: stjohndublin.org Church Center: stjohndublin.churchcenter.com Thank you to Higher Things Inc. for permission to use their recording of LSB 834 “O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth”. (leader.higherthings.org…