Vatican police ‘broke up gay orgy in leading cardinal’s apartment owned by the church’s sexual abuse taskforce’

Vatican police ‘broke up gay orgy in leading cardinal’s apartment owned by the church’s sexual abuse taskforce’:



"The cardinal is reported to have recommended his aide at one stage for promotion to the rank of bishop.

However, those career plans are likely to be disrupted by news of the orgy and by a period spent recovering from a drug overdose in a Rome hospital and another in an Italian monastery.

The shocking allegations – in Il Fatto Quotidiano –  come just a week after Australian Cardinal George Pell was charged with a string of historic sexual offences in his homeland piling pressure on the Pope.

He was appointed to clean up the Holy See’s finances as the Pope moves to make a number of reforms that have angered conservatives.

The Pope’s reluctance to help in the case of terminally ill Charlie Gard has also angered conservatives, despite his expression of hope that Charlie’s parents can “accompany and treat their child until the end”."

'via Blog this'

The priceless New Testament by Martin Luther - Comfort for Christians

The priceless New Testament by Martin Luther - Comfort for Christians:



"This little poem was written and recited by Martin Luther at one of his Table Talks. Imagine sitting around the table with the great reformer, listening, learning, and considering this great treasure we have been given in the New Testament.

The Priceless New Testament by Martin Luther

This testament is priceless. Oh how true!
Great art and wisdom it imparts to you.
Blessed be the man who follows its direction!
He will enjoy God’s blessing and protection.
The Word of God forevermore endures
And heaven’s kingdom unto us secures.
For all must die and leave the world someday.
And then the Word is our trusty stay.
It strengthens us at our last, painful breath.
And redeems us from eternal death.

-Table Talk 3, No. 5793. Cited in Plass. What Luther Says. No. 3133, p. 990"

'via Blog this'

ELCA Shows How Synods Attack Dissent -The Core of Lutheran CORE: American Civil Religion and White Male Backlash - ELCA

The Core of Lutheran CORE: American Civil Religion and White Male Backlash - ELCA: +

"[3] All in all, the core of Lutheran CORE is rotten. One can get more than a whiff of Docetism, Donatism, and Pelagianism — heresies all — in the doctrinal formulations of the various groups represented in the coalition. Lutheran CORE represents, in its demographic and historical contours, a largely white, heterosexual, male backlash against the supposedly evil changes in gender roles, sexual mores, and participatory democracy that marked the 1960s. At the same time, the leaders of the movement also ironically embrace many of the least savory aspects of the sixties rhetoric of adolescent resentment and entitlement"

 "That is how we address the conservatives in ELCA, Brett.
We have lost 1.5 million members, but we are better for it."

'via Blog this'

***

GJ - The Left won in ELCA - that was predetermined. But they have a need to dance on the graves of the vanquished. Likewise, the winners in Missouri and WELS have the money and power, but members are not easily purchased with foundation and Thrivent money.

Jesus Destroyed - In Advance - The Dogma of Universal Absolution. Abraham Conveniently in Red

John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

The entire Fourth Gospel is a commentary on the Books of Moses, the Torah. This truth is easily seen when studying the Gospel as a unit, instead of cherry-picking or pixelating verses or phrases to advance the agenda. Pixelating means to expand one notion until it is fuzzy, distorted, and used to promote falsehood. The Bible is a unified Truth, not a collection of Chinese fortune cookie statements. 

Jesus referenced the bronze serpent in Numbers 21:9 twice in the Gospel of John, here and John 3 -

Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

The story in Numbers, by itself, seems especially strange, until we realize it was the foreshadowing of the crucifixion. In the future, people would view the crucified Messiah as healing, the payment of their sins, and the defeat of Satan, whose head was crushed, according to the Genesis 3:15 Gospel Promise.

When Jesus spoke the truth, even in the face of opposition, people believed in Him, as the Fourth Gospel teaches, time and again.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

 In the Gospel of John, believing in Jesus is the work of God,
the works of Abraham.

Believing in Him is so important that this outcome is stated twice in a row - first resulting from His proclamation of the Gospel (verse 30), then in explaining faith in Him as the proof of being a disciple (verse 31). John uses repetition for emphasis, which is typical of the Old Testament - and a good way to make a point stick. That even works when someone has another idea in mind - such as the preciousness of not believing and its supposed power of forgiveness and salvation. Universal Objective Justification, which teaches the nonsense of forgiveness and salvation without faith in the Savior, is truly the dogma of drunks and adulterers.

This declaration of the importance of faith in Him draws out the opposition of His Jewish antagonists. Wherever spiritual truth is announced, a hostile reaction springs up at once, however varied or homogenized the audience might be. The Gospel is the work of the Spirit in the Word. Vindictive responses come from their Father Below, whether they are observant Pharisees, casual bystanders, or loyal Waltherians.

The Jewish opponents are doubly insulted. They are the seed of Abraham and have never been in bondage. The Babylonian Captivity and the Egyptian experience might qualify as bondage.

Exodus 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

So they were lying. Especially important is the claim to be Abraham's seed, because Abraham is a crucial figure throughout the New Testament.

 By Apostoloff - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9407059
Rila Monastery.

Lazarus was taken to the bosom of Abraham when he died (Luke 16), because the beggar is a symbol of Justification by Faith. The Jeske Gospel of Mammon praises the rich man instead, urging people to become wealthy though moth and rust consume and thieves break in and steal. Corruption and theft are their idols, their guides, their purpose-driven goals.

Abraham is the example of Justification by Faith in Romans 4, because the patriarch believed God's Promise of his spiritual descendants through faith in the Savior, Who would come from his line.

Abraham is also the example of forgiveness and salvation through faith in Jesus - Galatians, Hebrews, and James.

So the issue is whether someone is only a child through the flesh, like those who boast about being born in their synod - even unto the fifth generation - or a spiritual child through faith in Christ. Clearly, the flesh wins today because the apostate UOJ leaders brag about their ancestors, as if that were a work of merit on their part, deserving praise from God Himself.

Faith versus the Opposition - Unfaith

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

Jesus has drawn His opponents into a debate they cannot win. This theme is simple and plain. There are those who believe in Him and those who do not. Those who believe in Him are in God's Kingdom. Those who do not belong to the Kingdom of Satan.  Jesus speaks what He knows from His Father; they speak their falsehoods from their father - Satan.

Jesus Greater than Abraham

39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Unfaith Comes from the Father of Lies

Now we have an example of the works of the flesh, carried out across the so-called Lutheran synods, old and new, which proclaim their gospel as forgiveness and salvation without faith. In fact, they hate faith and show contempt for it whenever they can, praising themselves as monopolists in grace, though all the mainline denominations and ELCA claim the same pox.

UOJ advocates are liars, children of Satan, heirs of the flesh, murders, and enemies of Christ by definition. In fact, murder is so slight an issue in the eyes of WELS leaders that they have covered up and excused spousal murder, just as Walther covered up Stephan's syphilis and female groupies.

Jesus Teaches, the Enemies Respond

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

The Savior pressed His point with the opposition. He speaks of God as His Father. They accuse Him, using two horrible slanders. One is that He is a Samaritan, not truly Jewish. (Is the Good Samaritan a parable of good works or faith in Jesus, the "Samaritan"who finds us almost dead, heals our wounds, and sees to it that the Means of Grace are available to us?)

The other slander is that He is possessed by a devil. Now the apostate synod leaders use crazy, fanatic, obsessed, and has a Luther complex.

Jesus does not back down, but repeats the Gospel, which only draws His opponents deeper into the Abraham vortex.

 Norma Boeckler - To Abram's Bosom Bear Me Home.

Abraham and the Prophets Are Dead!

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

This is why the UOJ Stormtroopers walk their fanatical language back, because they do not want to sound too much like the Pharisees they emulate. Like their counterparts in this, the end of the ages, they praise grace while tearing down the Means of Grace:

• Roman Catholic - Grace - just amazing.
• Calvinists - Amazing Grace.
• Babtists - Amazin' Grace.
• Baptists - Change the world with the Social Gospel. We are amazing.
• ELCA - Grace compels us to save the world through political action, and we amaze everyone.
• Pentecostals - Amazing Grace is much better when sung by a rock band - the Spirit told me in a dream.
• WELS - We kick out anyone who questions universal grace and salvation.
• CLC (sic) - Please notice us before we bury the last Pharisee.

Before Abraham Was, I AM

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

The clearest sign of opposition is the urge to silence and even to kill someone. Thus the ultimate statement of Jesus as the Son of God is proclaimed in language that defies grammar - except when those words apply to God. I AM identifies Jesus as the LORD speaking in the Burning Bush, Exodus 3. The Son of God pre-existed. He was the Creating Word of Genesis 1. 

These Jewish leaders did not believe in Him. When they tried to kill Him, His divine nature was not limited by His human nature. 

Jesus' teaching in John 16 should instruct people, but they are busy begging on their knees for grant money to study the Word in humility. 

What is the Holy Spirit's work? - that is, What is work of the Word of God, since Word and Spirit are always together and never apart?

The Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin, because "they believe not in Me."

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

ELCA Seminary status check - DOA - Living Lutheran. Coming to WELS-LCMS-ELS

"Brett, your Photoshops do not change one painful fact -
all the seminaries are going down the sewer together, with us."

Seminary status check - Living Lutheran:


"Michael Cooper-White, president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, said seminary education today takes “a new approach to formation and leadership development. [This] goes beyond checking off a list of courses. We are all looking for ways to better prepare people for the amazingly complex and challenging context of today’s ministry,” he said.

These efforts are occurring amid declining enrollment. Last year 1,627 students were involved in all seminary programs, said Jonathan Strandjord, ELCA program director for seminaries. That reduced number includes people not preparing for pastoral ministry or those already ordained studying for additional degrees.

In 2008, ELCA seminaries graduated 271 students with the Master of Divinity degree that usually leads to ordination. In 2016 there were 173 such graduates, down nearly 100 from eight years ago.

Those numbers parallel the decline in other seminaries affiliated with the Association of Theological Schools, where total seminary enrollment is down as much as 40 percent in other denominations.

GJ - Not to mention the LCMS, WELS, and ELS, which work closely with ELCA but hide this fact from their gullible members.

Merging and moving

United Getty-Philly has a Presbyterian president.
In fact, three new ELCA sem presidents in a row are women.

Several ELCA schools are already making major changes. Gettysburg Seminary, the oldest of the ELCA theological schools, is merging with the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia—a union contemplated as long as 50 years. This year the two schools will become United Lutheran Theological Seminary, with campuses in Philadelphia and Gettysburg.

Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, is merging with nearby Capital University, an ELCA school, in a union that will be completed this year.

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif., merged with the ELCA’s California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. The seminary will sell its aging and expensive-to-maintain campus and is moving downtown near Berkeley City College and the University of California.

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C., is now affiliated with Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C.

School officials see these moves as not only cost-saving but also as ways to expand the seminary experience.

“For some time, many seminaries had become monastic in nature,” said Wayne Powell, president of Lenoir-Rhyne. Today, he said, “seminaries are becoming more interactive with the real world, which, of course, provides the students with a more practical education.”

Cooper-White said the Gettysburg union with the Philadelphia school was not just a “merger, but a new approach to formation and leadership development.”

Louise Johnson - "more partners."

Seminaries will seek more “partners” in the education of church leaders, said Louise Johnson, president of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. The partners will include other schools, synods, congregations and other agencies, she said. For example, working through the campus ministry program at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Wartburg has five undergraduates taking seminary courses while still in college. The seminary is exploring similar partnerships in Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota.

The Philadelphia seminary works with congregations in Rochester, N.Y., and Boston to develop local sites for theological education, said David Lose, president of the school.

Curriculum and teaching style is also changing dramatically because the church doesn’t have “the same center of gravity or cultural prominence that it once did,” Lose said. “Congregations can no longer imagine that they are a spiritual destination that people informed by the culture will come to seeking inspiration.” Rather than a “concert hall attended by people who love music,” churches need to be more like a “community music school that equips people to better play music, to play the faith,” he added.

A pastor who leads a congregation will be “less of a performer and more of a coach,” Lose said, adding that the challenge to seminary education is to develop a curriculum content and style of teaching “to train that kind of leader.”

Congregations calling newly ordained pastors will have to prepare themselves for these kinds of leaders (see “A new kind of pastor” for a real hoot)."

 Robin Steinke's Luther Seminary has not merged or moved...yet.
Luther merged some years ago with Northwestern.
What up with LSTC - Chicago?

'via Blog this'

WELS and Missouri already have annual ministry conferences
with ELCA clergy leaders, hosted and planned by Mark Jeske.

Sabra Has Spoken

 Sabra has spoken...anonymously.

WWJD?  He would ask you to learn how to forgive and let go of so much negativity.  It eats you alive and creates no room for Him.  He will help you if you ask Him.

You will find joy once again.  Of this I am confident.  Your website doesn't bring me closer to Him.  It hasn't helped me find a church home.

Blessings,
Sabra

---

Let Myrtles Be Myrtle

 The Crepe Myrtle is a bit soggy and heavy with rain,
with more blooms to open.
The plants around its base are Buckwheat, living mulch.
Photo by 29A.

 This is the original view of the yard, with the Ichaboat parked
in the driveway. The neglected Crepe Myrtle is next to the mailbox.
The maple tree suckers on the left almost squeezed out the
weeds and junk around its base.

 My first steps in feeding the Crepe Myrtle involved putting the
trimmings, grass clippings, wood mulch,
and mushroom compost around the base.
I also piled a pyramid of leaves under it for the winter,
and left it there to be absorbed in the early spring.

The Crepe Myrtle is now so glorious that strangers stop on their walks to grab the blossoms and smell them, to marvel at the density of the flowers. Bees work the flowers and birds are nesting there once again.

This is how God's Creation works together. I did not put much labor into this project, but I do a little all the time, week by week.

• I studied Crepe Myrtles because I had them in Bella Vista and they were not impressive. They had potential, I thought.
• I removed all the branches below, which looked silly at first, but emphasized the bloom that summer. Similar to pour-over coffee, the bloom is crucial.
• Previous years of study showed that the way to feed the plant was simply to put organic matter around the base, to be consumed by red wiggler earthworms that I added, supplemented by all the other soil creatures, included our hard-working mole. You be hatin', he be mixin' the soil.
• New studies showed that the fungus network that feeds, protects, and hydrates plants would be helped by wood products (done), and leaving everything alone (no roto-tilling).

People still need to recognize the value of pruning all the time - not a massive effort but a little bit each day. Most plants that we value will grow better with pruning. Pick some peas, beans, or tomatoes - more flowers will sprout and more fruit will grow. The same is true of Crepe Myrtle, roses, and other plants.

Sunday  morning, I cut the best roses for the altar. I was a bit short of roses, so I also cut some Chaste Tree to add purple blossoms to the mix, next to John Paul II white roses - no irony intended. Sunday afternoon, we had an explosion of Easy Does It orange roses. The display on that one rose bush was so brilliant that our guest walked into the garden to photograph it. 

Yes, I welcomed the photography. A gardener with a camera is nowhere near as dangerous as a newbie with a roto-tiller and a jug of insecticide.

Joel Salatin, who is a Christian, writes about honoring the life on the farm or garden - the plants, the soil, and the animals. He is speaking of Creation. His best work that I have read is The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer. He is all over YouTube as well.

Food

The Crepe Myrtle blooms easily, loves the sun, and tolerates a lack of water. That does not excuse neglect, which is the typical reaction. Plant it and forget it. A flowering bush has to have food, which will come from the sun and the soil. I simply put the food around the base, year around, and let the soil creatures carry out their divinely engineered functions. 

Water

When other plants are drooping from the sun and lack of rain, I water them and the Crepe Myrtle. In return, its deep roots and extensive root system direct rain into the subsoil rather than letting the top soil run off onto the sidewalk. 

 We see this around town. The bushes still grow and bloom,
but they do not achieve their real glory,
which was embedded in Creation.

Pruning To Grow

The Crepe Myrtle has more horsepower than a supercharged Ford 150. New branches come out and droop over the mailbox. I cut them off and place them around the base. Some sprouts come from the lower branches. They are cut or pulled away. The first bloom is pruned away later, which means a complete second bloom to round out the summer. Then I let the seeds form. Early spring means pruning and shaping the top, not "crepe murder" where the flowering section is lopped off.

Pruning means spurring growth, above and below ground. Every snip of the shears will encourage more branches and bigger flowers. Below ground, the roots reach out deeper and wider.

ELCA Seminex Bishop - S. John Roth re-elected bishop of ELCA Central/Southern Illinois Synod - ELCA

 Those who learned UOJ in the LCMS
have found favor in ELCA, with its UOJ: Bishop John Roth.

S. John Roth re-elected bishop of ELCA Central/Southern Illinois Synod - ELCA:

"The bishop earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1976 and his Master of Divinity from Christ Seminary–Seminex in St. Louis in 1980. Roth received a Master of Theology from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 1987. The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is one of seven ELCA seminaries. Roth received a Master or Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 1994."



'via Blog this'

 WELS UOJ fanatic Richard Jungkuntz -
Seminex board chairman, ALC higher education leader.

Thrivent Buys You a New Luther movie that explores confessional Lutheran truths – WELS. Like UOJ? and Church Growth?

New Luther movie explores confessional Lutheran truths – WELS:



"Much of the movie was filmed in the castles, monasteries, and cobblestone streets of eastern Europe. According to producers Steve Boettcher and Mike Trinklein, Luther scholars (sic) were on location to ensure historical accuracy, and every sentence Luther speaks in the film is taken from his actual writings, talks, and sermons.

“It is based on the best historical evidence on the Reformation available today, but it is not just a history,” says Braun, who developed and wrote a new biography called Luther’s Protest to help direct and encourage the film. “It explores the truths of the Reformation: Christ at the center of our faith, the importance of God’s undeserved grace, and the value of Scripture as the authority for all teaching in the Christian church.”

Starting in March, congregations can host a viewing of the movie at their local theaters for their members, prospects, and the community through easy-to-use resources available at wels.net/reformation500.

“We hope the film will give all our congregations an opportunity to confess their faith as Martin Luther did,” says Braun. “Here we stand, confessional Lutheran Christians, willing to be counted at disciples of Christ in our world at this time.”

Funding from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans made it possible to produce the movie."

'via Blog this'

Funny How the Copy-and-Paste Gang Is Also the Church and Change or Die Faction

Zank backed Ski for CRM and a new call.
The zombies of his district made Zank the DP when Doug's flinty heart wore out.
For lesser crimes than Ski's, a WELS principal is facing 20 years and a big fine.
What's worse, sexting a grizzled cop ( as the WELS principal did)
or sexting and showing graphic porn photo to a lady staffer (as Ski did)?
Remember - SP Mark Schroeder worked the deal to give Ski a new call.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Is there a WELS Sermon Clearinghouse?

Is there a WELS Sermon
Clearinghouse?

Is there a central clearinghouse within the WELS for pastors to share their sermons with one another? How would you feel if your pastor either used or shared his sermon series with another pastor? Can other pastors access the information, if they wanted to share sermons or use one, if so how do they do it?



** Update Notice that we received via email which answers these questions:

From Pastor Ben's Blog in Muskego
July 5, 2014
Sermon Series Planning – This upcoming week I’ll be getting away a couple days with the pastors from St Paul’s in Muskego to plan our next year’s worth of sermon series. It’s a blessing to work together with other creative pastors to develop series that are biblical, relevant, and helpful to you. Did you know that over thirty pastors across our synod receive the resources that we create and many of them regularly use them in their churches? Just this week I talked for an hour on the phone with a mission church pastor from South Carolina who had heard about our sermon series and who asked me to include him on our distribution list?

So if you have any ideas or suggestions for a sermon series, I gladly welcome your input. Books of the Bible, questions, topics, relevant life issues, various Bible teachings, issues raised by various books or people in our world...these are all possibilities. Any thoughts? Feel free to email or text me. I will have access to the internet while away as well.
http://pastorbensblog.blogspot.com/2014_07_01_archive.html

Second Update Notice:
For past discussion on this same topic, based on first-hand knowledge, see also:
http://ventosusveritas.blogspot.com/2012/02/contemporary-worship.html

*****

"Profile" Sermon Series
 - Spans more than one district; so it's not simply neighboring pastors sharing.
 - All were preached this last January; so they all had them at the same time.
 - Almost all had same description; so that was provided somehow
 - How do seven churches have the same sermon series at the same time otherwise?

---

St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Muskego, WI

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In Colossians, Paul presents a profile that has the power to change our lives completely. Paul presents Jesus, the uncreated Creator of all things, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn from the dead. The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ. In this series we’re going to work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians. We’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.
http://www.stpaulmuskego.org/worship/sermon-series-detail/

*****

---

Victory of the Lamb - Franklin, WI

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In Colossians, Paul presents a profile that has the power to change our lives completely. Paul presents Jesus, the uncreated Creator of all things, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn from the dead. The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ. In this series, as we work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.
http://victoryofthelamb.com/sermon-series/profile/
http://pastorbensblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-new-year-of-gods-grace.html

*****

---

 Grace of God Lutheran Church - Dix Hills, NY

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In Colossians, Paul presents a profile that has the power to change our lives completely. Paul presents Jesus, the uncreated Creator of all things, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn from the dead. The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ. In this series, as we work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.
http://www.graceofgod.info/#/sermons/profile

*****

---

Sure Foundation Lutheran Church - New York City, NY

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In Colossians, Paul presents a profile that has the power to change our lives completely. Paul presents Jesus, the uncreated Creator of all things, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn from the dead. The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ. In this series, as we work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.

http://www.sure-foundation.org/#/sermons/profile

*****

---

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Las Vegas, NV

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In Colossians, Paul presents a profile that has the power to change our lives completely. Paul presents Jesus, the uncreated Creator of all things, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn from the dead. The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ. In this series, as we work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.
http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4de9aac1f8ce605a4ac5f3623&id=06f001ca33
http://www.beautifulsaviorlv.com/site/default.asp?sec_id=180006278&nofl=-1

*****

---

 St Paul Lutheran Church - Calgary, Canada

Many of us today have online social networks where we create and work to maintain our profile. Our goal is to present an image of ourselves that we want other people to see. In the book of Colossians, Paul presents an astounding profile of Jesus. The baby born in a manger is also the image of the invisible God.  The better we understand Jesus’ profile, the better we’ll understand who we really are in Christ.




http://www.saintpaullutheran.ca/saint-paul-what-we-believe/

*****

---

Peace Lutheran - Aiken, SC

In this series, as we work through Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we’re going to see how Jesus truly is our all in all and explore how this truth impacts our lives.  Today we're looking at what Jesus accomplishes through means.

http://www.peaceinaiken.com/calendar/2015/1/25/worship

*****

---

---

"Parables that Go Against the Flow" Sermon Series

St Paul's Lutheran - Muskego, WI 
October 8-10:
Parables That Go Against the Flow: "The Parable of the Two Sons"
Sermon Text:  Matthew 21:28-32
It’s hard to swallow Jesus’ teaching that many who have been in the church all their lives are spiritually lost and they don’t even know it. Even more difficult to accept is that many whom those in the church would look down on because of their lifestyle are really God’s true children.
http://www.stpaulmuskego.org/2011/10/series-for-october-2011-parables-that-go-against-the-flow/

Emanuel Lutheran - New London, WI
October 11-13:
Parables That Go Against the Flow: "The Parable of the Two Sons"
Sermon Text: Matthew 21:28-32
It’s hard to swallow Jesus’ teaching that many who have been in the church all their lives are spiritually lost and they don’t even know it. Even more difficult to accept is that many whom those in the church would look down on because of their lifestyle are really God’s true children.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/503a5057e4b04953d0f22309/t/5437e6fae4b0864743fc126a/1412949754427/2014-10-12-website.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/Emanuelnl?fref=ts&filter=1
http://vimeo.com/108743115

*****

St Paul's Lutheran - Muskego, WI 

October 22-24
Parables That Go Against the Flow: "The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard"
Sermon Text:  Matthew 20:1-16
In God’s kingdom “the reward” is the same for all, whether you come early or late, work all your life or just sneak in at the end. The perplexing question is why we struggle so much when it comes to the incredible generosity of God’s grace.
http://www.stpaulmuskego.org/2011/10/series-for-october-2011-parables-that-go-against-the-flow/

Emanuel Lutheran - New London, WI
October 18 - 20 

Parables That Go Against the Flow: "The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard"
Sermon Text:  Matthew 20:1-16
In God’s kingdom “the reward” is the same for all, whether you come early or late, work all your life or just sneak in at the end. The perplexing question is why we struggle so much when it comes to the incredible generosity of God’s grace.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/503a5057e4b04953d0f22309/t/544133aee4b06e6dec8eea74/1413559214358/2014-10-19-website.pdf

---

---

God’s Love—Unstoppable! Sermon Series

St Paul's Lutheran - Muskego, WI
We have great respect for people who have a dogged determination, who set their minds to accomplish something great and won’t allow anyone or anything get in their way. Yet, even the most unwavering grit and fortitude we see depicted in the heroes on the movie screen pales in comparison to the resolve God has to love us and rescue us from our sin. We see this resolve in the manger on Christmas Eve, as the Creator of heaven and earth, determined to free this world from its slavery to sin, takes on human flesh and blood and enters the world he created. Yet, Satan was also determined—to counter God’s plan in any and every way possible. And it’s in this all out battle of the wills that we clearly see who truly is the greatest. In the end, absolutely nothing is going to be able to stop God’s love. (from 2010)
December 18-20: A Miraculous Sign for the Unbelieving Heart
December 26-27: A Miraculous Escape Ensuring Our Release
January 2-3: A Miraculous Choice Made Before the Dawn of Time
http://www.stpaulmuskego.org/2010/12/series-for-christmas-2010-gods-love-unstoppable/

*****

Sure Foundation Lutheran Church - New York City, NY

We have great respect for people who have a dogged determination, who set their minds to accomplish something great and won’t allow anyone or anything get in their way. Yet, even the most unwavering grit and fortitude we see depicted in the heroes on the movie screen pales in comparison to the resolve God has to love us and rescue us from our sin. We see this resolve in the manger on Christmas Eve, as the Creator of heaven and earth, determined to free this world from its slavery to sin, takes on human flesh and blood and enters the world he created. Yet, Satan was also determined—to counter God’s plan in any and every way possible. And it’s in this all out battle of the wills that we clearly see who truly is the greatest. In the end, absolutely nothing is going to be able to stop God’s love. (from 2010)
December 19: A Miraculous Sign for the Unbelieving Heart
December 26: A Miraculous Escape Ensuring Our Release
January 2: A Miraculous Choice Made Before the Dawn of Time
http://nyclutheranchurch.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-christmas-gods-love-unstoppable.html

---

---