Living Words 31: Faithful Living in God's Kingdom

Walnut Grove Lutheran Church

Living Words 31: Faithful Living in God's Kingdom

August 4, 2024

Sometimes the Christian faith is characterized as a set of propositions that people need to agree with if they want to go to heaven. But this is inaccurate. The key feature of Christianity is a relationship of love with a God who redeems, transforms, and reorientates our life so that we become new people living in a new way in a new realm. (Based on M. 25:14-30.)

Living Words 36: Breaking Down Barriers

September 8, 2024

When we encounter someone who looks, thinks, or acts differently than us, our natural tendency is to distance ourselves and look down on them. In doing so, we forget what we share: we are both lost and broken sinners who need a Savior. That Savior has come to us, his name is Jesus, and in his power and grace, we reach across the barriers that separate humanity so we can all share in the salvation he freely gives to all who believe in him. (Based on Acts 10:23-43.)

Living Words 35: The Call to Serve in Love

September 1, 2024

All of us have said, thought, or done things that fill us with guilt and shame which pulls us away from God. But with the forgiveness we have in Jesus, and the courage of the Holy Spirit within us, we go deeper into Jesus’ love and love others with the love that he has first given us. (Based on John 21:15-25.)

Living Words 34: Servant Leadership

August 25, 2024

When we insist on things going our own way, we are often blind to the negative impressions we make on others and the way we negate any influence we may have with them. By his example, Jesus reveals true leadership to us. He humbly took the lower place to lift us up to a higher place: rich, full, abundant life with him forever. (Based on John 13:1-17.)