Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
Dynamic, contextual sermons from Pastor Josh Ehrler, who serves a small town ELCA Lutheran congregation in Northern Illinois. Sermons are rooted in scripture and reflect the local community, as well as the movements of the wider world. He and his congregation are affirming of LGBTQ+ personhood and live out their baptismal promise to seek (racial, economic, identity, environmental) justice and peace.
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Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
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Its a Question of Physics - John 1.1-18
Does God exist in our world? Sure, we're good with that. Does God exist in our neighbors? Definitely, we like our neighbors. Does God exist in the people we disregard? Depends on if they're good or not. Or, if we read the gospel of John, partic...
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A Song of the Ancestors - Luke 1.39-55
Our sermon this weekend is centered on Mary's song, the Magnificat, a magnificent proclamation of what God will in creation. Her poetry reflects her intelligence, deep knowledge of scripture, and the faith of the ages passed on to her, until it...
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The Goodness of Being Vipers
Our preaching text is Luke 3.7-18, in which the prophet John declares the people called together are a brood of vipers. And that's supposed to be good news. John is baptizing, so we're thinking about the gifts of baptism, as well as the very hu...
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