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248. New Year's System, not a New Year's Resolution (1 Peter 1:22-25)

A Sermon preached on New Year's Eve, 2024. www.immanuelshirley.com

247.Sermon. The Boy Jesus is His Father's Son (Luke 2:41-51

The children's devotion and the sermon go together, so we posted them together. Is your level of good grade school level or NBA level? By the way, where did Jesus go to school? Why are we so hard on Mary and Joseph, and not, like them, see in the boy Jesus a level of perfection that is unobtainable for us?

246.Sermon.Jesus is the Perfect Christmas Gift (Hebrews 1:1-3 )

Jesus is the perfect Christmas Gift. Why? In The baby, wrapped in a manger, we behold the: Glory of God Grace of God

245. Lessons and Carols 2024

244.Sermon.What Does God Want For Christmas (Hebrews 10:5-10)

Pastor uses Hebrews 10 and an empty sanitizer container to explain what God wants for Christmas, and what He wants from you this Christmas. https://immanuelshirley.com/

243.Bible Study Ezekiel 4-7

Ezekiel is given a play to act out, a "children's sermon" if you will, and a sermon sermon to give to God's people. Discover what it was and the deeper meanings behind it.

242.Sermon. Define terms to live in two worlds (Philippians 4:4-7)

We live in two worlds, with two different definitions of common Christmas terms. Let us be ready to define Christmas terms like: Joy, Kindness (Gentleness), and Peace, not with the definitions we find in society, but with the definitions in Philippians 4:4-7. immanuelshirley.com

241.Sermon.Live for the Day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:3-11)

Sermon from Immanuel Lutheran in Shirley (https://immanuelshirley.com) Live for the Day of Christ Jesus In prayer In confidence In love

240.Bible Study. Ezekiel 1-3

The Bible is filled with plenty of visions, visions recorded by men like Daniel in the Old Testament or John in the New Testament. Discover Ezekiel, a lesser known book of visions. You’ll uncover ecstatic visions, oracles against enemy nations, Ezekiel play-acting and performing object lessons to communicate God’s truth to the Jewish exiles and us!

239. The LORD Fixes Good People (1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 )

238.Build Yourself Up in the Most Holy Faith (Jude 20-25)

Jude sees a world and a people who are sinful and need of mercy, yet are build up as they pray in the Holy Spirit ( oratio), Meditate on God's Love (meditatio), and struggle with their sinful nature (tentatio).

237.Sermon. Deer Hunter's Sermon (Romans 8:18-23)

Sermon for the Deer Hunter's Service

235.Sermon.God is Still Speaking (John 5:24-29)

234.Sermon.Loving What Works (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)

After an election, a good reminder of who we are and what we do, and why we do it.

233.Bible Class. introduction to Ezekiel

STRANGE VISIONS: The Bible is filled with plenty of visions, visions recorded by men like Daniel in the Old Testament or John in the New Testament. Discover Ezekiel, a lesser known book of visions. You’ll uncover ecstatic visions, oracles against enemy nations, and play-acting object lessons by Ezekiel himself, all to communicate God’s truth to Jewish exiles and to us! Join us Thursdays at 3pm (in person); 4:15pm (online); & 7 pm(in-person).

232.Sermon.Surely It Is God Who Saves Us (Isaiah 25:6-9)

Sermon from All Saints Day

231.Freedom From Our Rights (1 Corinthians 9:7-23)

In election years our rights are treated as part of our identity, that they must be defended and upheld at any cost? What if there's another way to look at our identity and our rights, and what if our identity is NOT tied to whether we are respected or not? What if our rights don't free us, but enslave us? 1 Corinthians 9:7-12) What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat some of its fruit? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink milk from the flock...

230.Sermon. Understand What is Good (Mark 10:17-27)

UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOOD 1. Ask the right questions to the right people 2. Stay to listen to the hard answers 3. Don’t just seek good, but the Eternal God 4. Jesus: Your Perfect and Loving Savior

229.Sermon. Jesus Defines Marriage (Mark 10:2-16)

228.Sermon. God's Kingdom Grows! (Mark 4:26-34)

Seminarian Ben Roekle talks about how the ministry of the Word grows even in places like our Home Mission in Denver, Colorado.

227.Bible Class (2 Thessalonians 3:6-18)

What is the point of church discipline? It may have been useful in the early church but is it still useful and valid in today’s church? Listen to our 5th Bible study on 2 Thessalonians and find out how and why God still wants us to practice church discipline.

226.Sermon..The Christian Soldier's Handbook (Ephesians 6:10-18)

Our Captain is the Source of our Strength Our Enemies lead us to look inward Our Effective equipment is Christ.

225.Bible Class. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5

Stand Firm

226.Sermon.True Humble Service (Mark 9:30-37)

Pastor James Enderle (From Morrison Zion) preaches on True Humble Service. See the perfect _________: He ________ all. 2. Seek True ________: ________ all

225.Sermon.The Lord is Present in His Engaged Church (Acts 3:1-10)

Miracles don't always mean what we think they mean. We look to miracles as evidence of the presence of Christ, when in reality Christ is present when His Church, that His People, engage others in HIs Name.

224.Bible Class (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

What’s the square root of 2? Does it matter? There are a lot of things we learned in school that don’t seem to have everyday application to our lives. The things we’ve learned about the Antichrist in our Bible instruction may seem to fall into that category too. Sure it’s interesting to study about the Antichrist but is it really necessary for us to know whom the Antichrist is? It is important to know this. That’s what the Apostle Paul teaches us in our third Bible study on 2 Thessalonians. Join...

223.We Work For What We Can't Earn (Romans 9:30-10:4)

A common problem and a common tripup when it comes to our walk with God is forgetting where Righteousness comes from, what is righteousness and what is our role in it?

222.Bible Class (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10)

Hang in there! Paul is writing to Christians who are persecuted.

221.Bible Class (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2)

We will be going through the background on 2 Thessalonians, catching us up from 1 Thessalonians, and diving in to the first few verses of chapter 1

220.Sermon.The Bread That Raises (John 6:35-51)

Why doesn't Jesus change the subject?