October 28, 2012: Spiritual formation, part 2: the heart

On this blustery and mostly cloudy Sunday, Pastor Michael Hodge continued his series on spiritual formation. He talked about how our hearts get changed by God. And, if not by God, than things of this world, which wwill lead us down a path of ruin.

While we were blessed by his sermon today, he got a little too passionate and accidently knocked his microphone out. While our audio engineer replaced the microphone, we lost about 1/4 of his sermon, which, when you listen to the parts that did get recorded, doesn't flow well without the missing piece. So, this week we regret that we don't have any audio of his sermon. We'll fix that issue for next week (actually, it already has been taken care of), and we apologize for the inconvenience.

October 21, 2012: What is your worldview?

On this sunny, breezy and mild morning, Pastor Hodge was out of town, so we had Steve Jameson from Freedom Lutheran Church north of Ottawa, IL preach our message this morning. His sermon was on "What is your worldview"? Unlike politicians who say that what they believe in their private, religious life has no bearing on their public lives and beliefs, God's Word is clear that not only is that not true---it's the definition of schizophrenia! So what is our worldview, and those of our elected officials, and everyone else...and why does it matter? Listen to Steve's sermon and be blessed by it today.


Also...we had special music with Roger Seldal, and our children's sermon about hymnals was done by Mark Fagerstrom. Listen to all of these by clicking here:

http://archive.org/details/WhatIsYourWorldview_238

And we hope you have a wonderful week in Christ Jesus!

October 14, 2012: Spiritual formation, part 1

On this mild and breezy Sunday morning, Pastor Hodge begins a series on spiritual formation: what it is, and how we can draw near to God through Christ.

Also, we had special music today, and we hope you are blessed by that!

You can find the links to both of these by clicking here...

http://archive.org/details/SpiritualFormationPart1

And we hope you have a blessed week in Christ Jesus!

October 7th, 2012: Prayer in a Christian's life

Prayer has a very important role in a Christian's life. It is our way of communicating to God through Jesus. The implications of this cannot be understated, and you can listen to Roger Scott's sermon, our guest speaker this week, by clicking on part 1.

Due to our older CD recorder, whenever he paused longer than a second or so, it started a new track. Just click on track 1 and it will flow naturally without you having to do a thing...except listen and be blessed. To begin, go here:

http://archive.org/details/Prayer_802

And we hope this is a blessing to you in Christ Jesus this week!

September 30, 2012: Jude, part 8: Rescue those influenced by false teachers

As Pastor Hodge concludes his series on Jude on this cool but sunny Sunday, he reminds us that many people have been taught things that are completely wrong about God. And even someone who teaches something 95% correctly is still a false teacher in the eyes of God, as nothing less than 100% must do. As a result, cults and false religions occur. When we see this happen to our family and friends, and to others...God calls us not to be passive about it. While only Christ can save, God uses us as messengers and representatives when we lovingly show people their errors. Learn more about this in his sermon today.

Finally, Mark Fagerstrom did our children's sermon today. Find out how Post-It Notes(tm) are a little bit like the Bible. Sound interesting? Give it a listen!





And to listen to these sermons, click here:

http://archive.org/details/JudePart8-RescuingThoseFromFalseTeachers
We hope you are blessed by these teachings today, and may you have a great week in Christ Jesus!

September 23, 2012 - Jude, part 7: Encouragement

As we continue on with the series from the book of Jude on this somewhat frosty morning, we are once again reminded just how devastating false teaching can be. But in the book of Jude, we are also encouraged: We have been given the Holy Spirit. If we are in the Spirit and are of God, then we can discern false teaching. Today, Pastor Michael Hodge tells us that despite the plethora of false teaching, it is to be expected...but we can detect it. And that should encourage us! If we remain in Christ, and read God's Word, he will not lead us astray. He will reveal to us what is false.
We hope you are blessed by this teaching today.

We also had Mark Fagerstrom deliver his children's sermon today about: chargers. We all need them, but what does this have to do with God? Listen to his sermon and find out!

Finally, we had special music. Just listen to it...nothing more to say except that. :-)

You may listen to all these items by clicking on the link here:

http://archive.org/details/JudePart7FalseTeachersButEncouragement

And may you have a blessed week in Christ Jesus!

September 16, 2012: Jude, part 6: False teachers: who?

David Koresh. Your best life now. Give and God will give you money right back. The false teachers and false teachings of our day have infiltrated the church in a huge way. In today's sermon, Pastor Hodge makes no bones about the destiny of false teachers, and their followers. Over 900 people died in the Jonestown Suicide, when Jim Jones had everyone commit suicide. False teachers and their teachings are extremely dangerous, and can and do lead people to Hell. What are some past and present falsse teachers, and how can we protect ourselves from them? In today's sermon, Pastor Hodge warns about these false teachings, and how to stay grounded in the truth.

We also had special music today. However, due to a glitch, I hit the record button a little early. Skip to about 6 minutes into that part of the recording to hear the service. And due to a CD recorder glitch, the last few minutes of the sermon were broken up into different tracks. If you click on the main one first, it will sequentially go through them, and you won't notice anything wrong.

We hope you find this sermon a blessing, and may you be blessed by Christ Jesus this week as you walk with him!

You can find the link to everything here:

http://archive.org/details/JudePart6FalseTeachersThenAndNow