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.
Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
Already but Not Yet
•
Pastor Josh Ehrler
Christ has destroyed the power of death! Yet, we encounter death every day. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice! (Martin Luther King, Jr) Yet, racism and hate speech has found new voices and new ways to destroy Black and brown lives in the public square. How do we deal with promises made that don't line up with lives lived? The apostle Paul wrestles hard with these questions, as we do, and offers a word that might give us the courage to keep striving through Christ. Philippians 3.8-16