March 3, 2019: Raiders of the lost temple (Or: no longer strangers and aliens to God)

This week, Pastor Hodges sermon was on “Raiders of the lost temple, or no longer strangers and aliens to God”. First the bad news: there are strangers and aliens to God and his family. In fact, all of us, by default, are. But the good news is that we do not have to be strangers! We can be fellow citizens with the saints in the household of God. When is our challenge? Listen and find out!

We also had special music today, and we hope you are blessed by it. Listen to both of these service elements here:

https://archive.org/details/08PastorMichaelHodgeRaidersofthelosttemple

Please see our church bulletin, attached. And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

February 24, 2019: Explore God Chicago, part 7: Can we personally know God?

This week, we wrap up the series in explore God Chicago with “can I personally know God?“. Listen to find out if or how we can!

We also had Molly Blobaum do our children’s sermon, and we commissioned Jim Mistry on his upcoming trip to Ethiopia. You can hear all of these service elements here:

https://archive.org/details/10PastorMichaelHodgeCanWePersonallyKnowGod

Please see our sermon notes and service notes, attached. And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

February 17, 2019: Jim Mistry - Psalm 23:1-2

With Pastor Hodge out this week, we had Jim Mistry expound on Psalm 23:1-2. He had hoped to get to verse 3, but he ran out of time. Even in these verses, there is much to unpack, and Jim does that, revealing the sovereignty of God, and what He does for us in these two verses.

We also had Amy Taylor give our children’s sermon today. We hope you are blessed by that, and you can hear both of these service elements here:

https://archive.org/details/07JimMistryPsalm23

Please find our church bulletin, attached, detailing our time and dates for the congregational meeting, Ash Wednesday, and other things coming up. And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

February 10, 2019: Explore God Chicago, part 6: Is the Bible reliable?

This week, we continue with part six of the Explore God Chicago series with “Is the Bible Reliable?”. We look at the reliability of Scripture canonization. Can we trust it? What is the reliability of the Scriptural testimony? And what is the reliability of the historicity of Scripture? Listen and find out!

We also had Amy Taylor do our children sermon, and we had Roger Seldal do our special music. We hope you are blessed by all of these service elements, which you can listen to by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeExploreGodChicagopart6istheBiblereliable

And we pray you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

February 3, 2019: Explore God Chicago, part 5: Is Jesus *really* God?

This week in part five of our Explore God Chicago series, we answer the question Biblically and from the aspect of the historical church: is Jesus really God? How do we know this for absolute sure, or can we be sure at all? Listen and find out by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/03PastorMichaelHodgeIsJesusreallyGod

And we pray you have thawed out and have a great week in Christ Jesus!

January 27, 2019: Explore God Chicago, part 4:Is Christianity too narrow?

This week, Pastor Hodge continues his series in Explore God Chicago.
In part four, he answers the question: is Christianity too narrow? Listen to find out!

We also had Molly Blobaum do our children’s sermon. We hope you are blessed by both of these service elements.

You can listen to both of them here:

https://archive.org/details/08PastorHodgeExploreGodChicagopart4IsChristianityTooNarrow

Please stay warm, and have a great week in Christ Jesus!

January 20, 2018: Explore God Chicago, part 3: Why is there pain, suffering and unfairness?

This week, in part three of the series Explore God Chicago, Pastor Hodge explains why there is pain, suffering, and unfairness. We look at why this occurs, and the good news at what God offers.

You can listen to Pastor Hodge's sermon here, by cutting and pasting this into your browser:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeExploreGodChicagoPart3

 And we pray that you stay warm and have a great week in Christ Jesus!