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
Getting SENT Home
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Pastor Josh Ehrler
The mission field is vast, covering 7 continents and nearly 200 identified nations and tribes. Yet Jesus sends most of us only a few miles away from the church to proclaim his good news. We don't want to speak the strange words of God that strangely transform our lives every day. We fear losing our privilege, status and comfort and our people may be waiting to hear that God loves them. As far as we could go, God's greatest need for us is probably in our zip code. Our sermon series on simple words made missional continues with Mark 6.1-13. The words in this series are CALLED, GROW, SENT, SERVE