July 30, 2014: AFLC Illinois District Bible Camp sessions from Cedar Lake, Indiana

From July 27-30, the AFLC Illinois District Bible Camp was held. All 8 sessions were recorded. If you weren't here, or if you wanted to hear the sessions again, here's your chance! We hope you can join us next year, Lord willing, from July 26-29, 2015.

In any case, the recordings are here:

https://archive.org/details/Session3_201407

And we hope you have a great rest of the week in Christ Jesus!

July 27, 2014: Compassion

Today, Pastor Hodge continued his series in the book of Mark, specifically verses 21 through 43. Today, we see how Jesus displays compassion on the poor. How we can do that, and to others, is one of the topics in his sermon this morning. Listen to it today as he expounds on these verses.

Also, Roger Seldal tells us to turn on the radio! Even in the midst of iPds, pods, Droids and everything else...listen to his special music. Both of these recordings are here:

 https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeMark52143

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

July 20, 2014: A heavy confrontation after a stormy night

Let's face it: We've all had those rough bouts of no sleep, or poor sleep. Jesus had those too...and after such a night, he deals with the events seen in Mark 5:1-20. First he deals with a demon-possessed man, sending his demons to pigs, who promptly drown themselves. That causes the people to tell Jesus to leave. How does this apply to us today? Listen to his sermon and find out!

We also had special music today, and we hope you enjoy this as well. You can hear both recordings here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeAHeavyConfrontationAfterAStormyNight
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And we hope you have a great day in Christ Jesus!

7/13/14: The authority to control the sea (or calming the storms of life)

In Pastor Hodge's sermon today,  he focused on Mark 4:35-41. This is the famous passage where Jesus stops the sea from churning. In this story, we watch the apostles lack of faith. In verse 38, they ask him incredulously if they care about them perishing in the boat? Rebuking Jesus wasn't the smartest thing they've ever done. Of course, Jesus calms the waters, and then asks them the most important question: Why are you so timid, and how is it you have no faith? Listen to his very important sermon today.

We also had Molly Blobaum talk about blessings that are overflowing. Listen to both sermons here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeCalmingthestormsoflife

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

July 6, 2014: A mustard seed

Today, as we wrap up the Independence Day weekend with some special music, Pastor Michael Hodge continued his series on the Kingdom of God by how Jesus compared it to a mustard seed. As he looks at Mark 4:30-34 today, people had to have been wondering how something as grand as the Kingdom of God was compared to a mustard seed. If you have never seen a mustard seed, it's pretty much the smallest seed on the planet. And yet, when it grows, when properly watered and taken care of. It gets HUGE! Listen to the parallels in Pastor Hodge's sermon today.

You can listen to these here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeTheKingdomOfGodIsLikeAMustardSeed

Also, our web site at http://www.gracefreelutherandekalb.org is now back up. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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

June 30, 2014: Planting seeds in the Kingdom of God

This week, Pastor Hodge focused on Mark 4:26-28. This is where the Bible tells us and reminds us that we are to be planting seeds in the Kingdom of God. We know that many people will reject Jesus, but that does not mean that we don't tell them the Good News! Pastor Hodge begins by explaining what the Kingdom of God is, and what qualities we need in proclaiming the Gospel...ultimately depending on God to be a good witness.

We also had Molly Blobaum deliver her children's sermon, and you can hear both by clicking here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgePlantingSeedsInTheKingdomofGod

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

June 22, 2014: The light that cannot be hidden

Today, Pastor Michael Hodge preached on Mark 4, verses 21-22. Today, we are told to "hide" our Christianity, to not spread it, the world doesn't want it. But Jesus tells us that if we have light within us, that is, Christ...we are to let it shine before men, and not shirk back or hide it. As we walk with Christ, we become light as well, and we are to share the Great News with others, and to live and walk as Christ did.

You can hear Pastor Hodge's sermon on this, as well as our children's sermon,
here:

https://archive.org/details/PastorMichaelHodgeThelightthatcannotbehidden

We apologize, but last week, the sermon didn't get recorded...and it sounds like our pastor's tie kept brushing against our microphone this week; I apologize for that, we'll get that taken care of. And we hope you have a great week in Christ Jesus!