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.
Podcasting since 2016 • 243 episodes
Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
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No Coat, No Shoes
Our gospel is awkward. Its hard to approach, tough to navigate and doesn't make a lot of sense. How can Jesus justify kicking someone out for wearing the wrong clothes? Doesn't sound like him, and yet, here he is saying what we don't understand...
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In God's House
"In God's House," a sermon on the purpose of a house of worship. There are all sorts of reasons that any Christian church exists where it does. Jesus asks his adversaries who the house of God belongs to, and they struggle to give an answer. Who...
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God's Kingdom from Every Approach
Today's reading from Matthew 11 is straight out of a police procedural. Do you wanna be the good cop or the bad cop? Jesus compares his way of proclaiming God's Word to John's, and gives us a disappointing conclusion. But also, a promise that h...
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