Jesus' kingdom has already begun in his death, resurrection, and ascension; but he will completely bring about his kingdom someday when he returns to make all things new.

The Present and Future Kingdom — Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 21, 2021: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2021-last-sunday-of-the-church-year
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Psalm 93
Isaiah 51:4–6
Jude 20–25
Mark 13:24–37

Hymns:
    - All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name: Text: Edward Perronet; tune: Oliver Holden; text and tune are public domain.
    - O Bless the Lord, My Soul: Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; tune: Aaron Williams, 1731-76; Text and tune are in the public domain.
    - Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending: Text: Charles Wesley; tune: Thomas Olivers; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - His Mercy Is More: Tune and text by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa; © 2016 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, and Messenger Hymns; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - There Is a Redeemer: Text and tune by Melody Green, © 1982 Birdwing Music, admin. EMI; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me: Text by Augustus M. Toplady; tune by Thomas Hastings; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - Sent Forth by God’s Blessing: Text: Omer E. Westendorf, © 1964 World Library Publications, used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740; tune: Welsh, public domain.

The Season after Pentecost (2021)

The Present and Future Kingdom - Last Sunday of the Church Year

The Present and Future Kingdom - Nov 21 - Last Sunday of the Church Year

The crowd who has just witnessed Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead follow Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday - the impossibility of the dead being raised irresistibly pulling all toward Jesus. But when some Greeks are pulled by the possibility of resurrection to Jesus, he knows that the time for the most impossible thing of all has arrived.

You Haven't Seen Anything Yet — Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-palm-sunday

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Isaiah 44:21-23
Psalm 118:19-29
Zechariah 9:9–12
Philippians 2:5–11
John 12:12–26

Songs and Hymns:
    - Hosanna, Loud Hosanna: Text: Jeannette Threlfall, 1821–80, alt. Tune: Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle, 1784, Württemberg. Text and tune: Public domain.
    - No Tramp of Soldiers’ Marching Feet: Tune: English; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958, alt., public domain. Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926, © 1984 Hope Publishing Co. Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Blessed Be Your Name: Music and lyrics: Beth Redman, Matt Redman, © 2002 Thankyou Music. Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Ride On, King Jesus: Steve Bell; Verses 1-3 and 6 by Hilda Carper; © 1974 Reba Place Church Inc.; Used with permission: stevebell.com - March 2023
    - O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!: Text by S. Trevor Francis; tune by Thomas John Williams; text and tune are public domain.
    - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say: Text: Horatius Bonar, 1808–89, alt.; Public domain; Tune: Amanda Husberg, 1940; © 1996 Amanda Husberg; Used with permission, LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Prepare the Royal Highway: Text: Franz Mikael Franzen, tr. from Lutheran Book of Worship, © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220. Tune: Swedish, public domain.

#Sermon #Gospel #HolyWeek #Easter #PalmSunday #resurrection #Jesus #Lazarus #John12

Holy Week (2024)

You Haven't Seen Anything Yet - Palm Sunday

You Haven't Seen Anything Yet - Mar 24 - Palm Sunday

Legalism is the belief that humans flourish best when they have order, structure, and rules to guide them. The opposite philosophy is liberty - the belief that humans need freedom from restrictions to flourish. Christianity, while definitely promising freedom from the burden of sin while also providing order and rules for living, definitely holds that humans flourish best when in relationship, especially the relationship all humans were created for - with the creator God in Jesus.

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Craving Answers, Craving God

Christianity and Legalism

Christianity and Legalism (Ep88)

The Lord's Supper - the body and blood of Jesus in, with, and under the bread and wine - unites holy God and forgiven humanity through a Jesus-shaped, vertical connection. But the Lord's Supper also creates a Jesus-shaped, horizontal connection which binds all believers to each other in this same Jesus Christ.

The Lord's Supper: Participation in Christ — Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-holy-thursday

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Isaiah 53:4-6
Psalm 116:12-19
Exodus 24:3–11
1 Corinthians 10:16–17
Mark 14:12–26


Songs and Hymns:
    - My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less: Text: Edward Mote. Tune: William B. Bradbury. Tune and text: Public domain.
    - When You Woke That Thursday Morning: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919–2008; © 1991 Concordia Publishing House. Tune: Marty Haugen, 1950; © 1987 GIA Publications, Inc. Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Gethsemane Hymn: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend; © 2008 Thankyou Music; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence: Text: Liturgy of St. James, 5th century; tune: French, 17th century; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - Eat This Bread: Text: Stephen P. Starke (sts. 1-2), © 1998 Concordia Publishing House; Robert J. Batastini (sts. 3-5, ref.); tune: Jacques Berthier, © 1984 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, admin. GIA Publications, Inc. Text and tune used with permission, LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - There Is a Redeemer: Melody Green; © 1982 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing; © 1982 Birdwing Music, © 1982 Ears To Hear; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted: Text: Thomas Kelly, 1769–1855, alt. Tune: Geistliche Volkslieder, 1850, Paderborn. Text and tune: Public domain.

#Sermon #Gospel #HolyWeek #Easter #holycommunion #lordssupper #eucharist #Jesus #God #community #participation #fellowship #koinonia

The Lord's Supper: Participation in Christ - Holy Thursday

The Lord's Supper: Participation in Christ - Mar 28 - Holy Thursday

The women who go to the empty tomb have a plan to anoint Jesus' body, but they soon realize the main problem with their plan is not merely that the body is missing but that they had planned to anoint his body in the first place. Today, we (and the culture) are still frequently surprised by the empty tomb, and once again must come to grips with the reality that our Savior is an alive Savior, confounding expectations and bringing back from irrelevance and failure those who trust in him.

The Unexpected Resurrection of Jesus — The Resurrection of Jesus, March 31, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-the-resurrection-of-jesus

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Zephaniah 3:14-17
Psalm 16
Isaiah 25:6–9
1 Corinthians 15:1–11
Mark 16:1–8


Songs and Hymns:
    - Jesus Christ Is Risen Today: Text by Lyra Davidica, 1708 (sts. 1-3), Charles Wesley (st. 4); tune by Lyra Davidica, 1708; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - This Is the Feast: Text: John W. Arthur, 1922-1980, © 1978, Lutheran Book of Worship. Music © 1975, Richard Hillert. Exclusive agent: OCP. Used with permission, One License #728607-A.
    - Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia: Text by Bernard Kyamanyway, (trns.) Howard S. Olson; tune by Tanzanian, © 1977 Howard S. Olson; used with permission, LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Easter Song: Music and Words: Anne Herring, © 1974 Latter Rain Music. Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen: Text: Herbert F. Brokering, 1926–2009; © 1995 Augsburg Fortress; Tune: David N. Johnson, 1922–87, © 1968 Augsburg Publishing House; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Ed Cash; © 2012 Alletrop Music  |  © 2012 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - I Know That My Redeemer Lives: Text by Samuel Medley; tune by John C. Hatton; text and tune are in the public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Nunc Dimittis

#Sermon #Gospel #Easter #resurrection #Jesus #emptytomb #Mark16

Easter Season (2024)

The Unexpected Resurrection of Jesus

The Unexpected Resurrection of Jesus - Mar 31

John's church was attacked from within by teachers who taught that Jesus was not actually a physical being and that salvation was not about a restored relationship with God but about secret knowledge of God gained privately by the enlightened initiated. John attacks this false teaching with the reality of Easter: the God-man Jesus breaks through the barrier between us and him, revealing the light of truth to all men, forgiving our sins, and restoring us to a relationship with him and each other.

Our Sin, Our Savior, and Complete Joy — Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-second-sunday-of-easter

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Matthew 11:28-30
Psalm 148
Acts 4:32–35
1 John 1:1—2:2
John 20:19–31


Songs and Hymns:
    - 10,000 Reasons: Text and tune by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, © sixsteps Music; © Said & Done; © 2011 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light: Text and tune: Kathleen Thomerson, 1934; © 1970, 1975 Celebration. Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth: Tune: Messiah, George Frideric Handel, 1741. Text: George Frideric Handel, Charles Jennens, 1741. Tune and text: Public domain.
    - In Christ Alone: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, © 2001 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - There Is a Redeemer: Melody Green; © 1982 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing; © 1982 Birdwing Music, © 1982 Ears To Hear; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing: Text: Latin, c. 5th–10th cent.; tr. Robert Campbell, 1814–68, alt. Tune: Kirchengeseng, 1566, Ivancice. Text and tune: Public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Gloria in Excelsis: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Nunc Dimittis

#Sermon #Gospel #Easter #Jesus #light #life #fellowship #sin #forgiveness #1John1 #1John2

Our Sin, Our Savior, and Complete Joy - Second Sunday of Easter

Our Sin, Our Savior, and Complete Joy - Apr 7 - Second Sunday of Easter

The question of whether Christians should go to church or not can only be answered by answering the question, are Christians the church or not.

Once again, Western-style individualism blocks us from even understanding the nature of the problem. The Bible insists that our highest value comes not from our individuality but from how our individuality flourishes in community. By ourselves we have no way of overcoming our personal weaknesses, but in community others cover up these weaknesses with their strength, as we do for them.

Unfortunately, Christians in America tend to be more individualistic than biblical: the notion that we can be Christians on our own outside of the Christian church creates a personal atmosphere of isolation and ignorance, but embracing the strange and scary reality of Christian community leads to flourishing and knowledge.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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Why Go to Church

Why Go to Church (Ep89)

God wants us to stop sinning, but how can we even begin this impossible task? John's answer: look to the cross of the crucified Jesus who died to sin for us, look to the new creation where our destiny as full-formed children of God will become a reality, and look to our heavenly Father whose deep and forgiving love for us constantly woo us to himself.

How to Stop Sinning — Third Sunday of Easter, April 14, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-third-sunday-of-easter

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Romans 5:8-11
Psalm 4
Acts 3:11–21
1 John 3:1–7
Luke 24:36–49


Songs and Hymns:
    - Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: Text by Henry F. Lyte; tune by John Goss; text and tune are public domain.
    - Come Ye Souls By Sin Afflicted: Joseph Swain, Kevin Twit; © 2013 Twit, Kevin; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Jesus Paid It All: Text by Elvina M. Hall; tune by John T. Grape; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - My Savior's Love: Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa; © 2019 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Messenger Hymns; Used with permission, One License #728607-A.
    - What Wondrous Love Is This: Text is from A General Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1811; tune is from Southern Harmony, 1835; text and tune are public domain.
    - All You Works of God, Bless the Lord: Text: Stephen P. Starke, 1955, © 1995 Stephen P. Starke. Tune: Jamaican; adapt. Doreen Potter, 1925–80, © 1975 Hope Publishing Co. Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.

Liturgies:
    - Gloria in Excelsis: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Nunc Dimittis

#Sermon #Gospel #Easter #1John3 #Jesus #sin #children #love

How to Stop Sinning - Third Sunday of Easter

How to Stop Sinning - Apr 14 - Third Sunday of Easter

The false teachers John is defending his church against made much of their own leadership, creating doubt in the minds of her members by causing them to selfishly look for the locus of their relationship with God inside themselves. But John draws them back by making much of Jesus' love for them, a love which works in their own hearts to pull them outside of themselves to love and serve each other, and find their status before God in his declaration of his love for them.

Who Are the True Christians? — Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 21, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-fourth-sunday-of-easter

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Romans 8:35-39
Psalm 23
Acts 4:1–12
1 John 3:16–24
John 10:11–18


Songs and Hymns:
    - Crown Him with Many Crowns: Text by Matthew Bridges (sts. 1-3, 5) and Godfrey Thring (sts. 4); tune by George J. Elvey; public domain.
    - The King of Love My Shepherd Is: Text: Henry W. Baker, 1821–77; Tune: Irish, c. 18th cent.; Text and tune: Public domain.
    - The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want: Stuart Townend | © 1996 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing); Getty Music Hymns and Songs (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.); used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Before the Throne of God Above: Text by Charitie Lees Bancroft; tune by Vikki Cook; © 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - There Is a Balm in Gilead: Text and tune are African American Spiritual; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - Just as I Am, without One Plea: Text by Charlotte Elliott; tune by William B. Bradbury; text and tune are public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Gloria in Excelsis: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Nunc Dimittis

#Sermon #Gospel #Easter #Jesus #love #salvation #faith #commandments

Who Are the True Christians? - Fourth Sunday of Easter

Who Are the True Christians? - Apr 21 - Fourth Sunday of Easter

For the past three hundred years it has seemed obvious to many modern Westerners that cataclysmic, global floods are impossible, and so the biblical story of the great flood has been seen as a legendary myth highlighting the vindictive judgment of the Bible’s angry God.

But this assumption fails to acknowledge the existence of great flood narratives spread throughout the ancient world - from the Cheyenne in North America, to the Chinese, to the Mesopotamians. How could all these different groups tell such similar stories? Is this a coincidence? Or instead does there remain in the collective memory of all these people groups the flood event described in Genesis 6-9?

This last option seems more likely than the myth that modern, scientific man is more right than the remembered and recorded experiences of all these ancient peoples. But the larger question is not, did the flood happen? But, what does the flood mean? And in the Bible, the great flood happens because the creator God simultaneously refuses to tolerate sin, and also loves to create salvation from that destruction. Like the Red Sea crossing, God drowns those who hate him, but saves - through that same water - those who trust him. The culmination of this truth is the redemption given to those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus, in the water of baptism.

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The Great Flood

The Great Flood (Ep90)

The perfect love we have been given in Jesus is able to cast out our fear of judgment by putting us into a community of forgiven sinners, whose unconditional love for us is a constant manifestation and reinforcement of God’s infinitely forgiving love for us in Jesus.

What is Perfect Love? — Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-fifth-sunday-of-easter

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1 Corinthians 15:20, 54-57
Psalm 150
Acts 8:26–40
1 John 4
John 15:1–8


Songs and Hymns:
    - My Savior's Love: Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa; © 2019 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Messenger Hymns; Admin. by Music Services, Inc.; Used with permission CCLI license #20286740.
    - Oh, How Good It Is: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ross Holmes, Stuart Townend; © 2012 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Magnificent Marvelous Matchless Love: Aaron Keyes, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Luke Brown, Matt Papa; © 2018 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing; © 2018 Love Your Enemies Publishing, 10000 Fathers, Common Hymnal Publishing; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Chief of Sinners Though I Be: Text: William McComb, 1793–1873, alt.; Tune: Richard Redhead, 1820–1901; Text and tune: Public domain.
    - The Compassion Hymn: Text and tune by Stuart Townend, Kristyn Getty, Keith Getty; © 2008 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI License # 20286740.
    - Drawn to the Cross, Which Thou Hast Blessed: Text by Genevieve M. Irons; tune by Joseph Barnby; text and tune are public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Gloria in Excelsis: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Sanctus: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Stephen P. Starke
    - Nunc Dimittis

#Sermon #Gospel #Easter #judgement #loveoverfear #Godislove #community #relationship #fearlesslove #perfectlove #1John4

What is Perfect Love? - Fifth Sunday of Easter

What is Perfect Love? - Apr 28 - Fifth Sunday of Easter

St. James Lutheran Church was established in 1982. We are a church rooted on Grace Alone, Faith Alone, and Scripture Alone. And we are a body of sinners and saints focused on spreading the Good News in the Greater Glen Carbon community.

St. James is located in Glen Carbon, IL at 146 North Main Street. We are located across from Glen Carbon Village Hall and right next to Schon Park.

The Present and Future Kingdom - Nov 21 - Last Sunday of the Church Year

St James Lutheran Church

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