When Jesus' disciples are stuck in the middle of the Sea of Galilee in the middle of the night, he comes walking on the water to them. The disciples don't understand what it means because their hearts are hard, but Jesus wants them to see that he is the true God who makes a path of redemption in the water, he is the true God who alone deserves worship, and he is the true God who works for those who belong to him.

Jesus Walks on Water — Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, July 28, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-tenth-sunday-after-pentecost

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Isaiah 53:4-6
Psalm 136:1–9
Genesis 9:8–17
Ephesians 3:14–21
Mark 6:45–56


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.
    - Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness: Text by Rusty Edwards, © 1987 Hope Publishing Co.; used with permission, LSB Hymn License #110001220; tune by The Sacred Harp, 1844, public domain.
    - Forever: Chris Tomlin; © 2001 Rising Springs Music; Vamos Publishing; worshiptogether.com songs; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Lord from Sorrows Deep I Call: Text and tune: Matt Papa and Matt Boswell; © 2018 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Blessed Assurance: Text: Fanny J. Crosby, alt. Aaron Mueller; Tune: Phoebe P. Knapp; Text and tune: 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 #Jesus #walkingonwater #redemption #iam #Mark6

The Season after Pentecost (2024)

Jesus Walks on Water - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus Walks on Water - Jul 28 - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sometimes churches close for demographic reasons: a small, rural community whose citizens are moving away will perhaps struggle to keep its churches open. But the primary reason why once healthy churches shrink and die is that they stop recognizing their foundation, Jesus Christ. 

The liberal way of ignoring the foundation is to ignore his teachings, his strong Jewish commitment to the way God’s Law reveals God’s own character. The conservative way of ignoring the foundation is to ignore his mission, his desire - not to establish a theological ghetto of like-believing religious adherents - but to use his own people as his body to rescue the cities and neighborhoods where he has planted that particular church. But when God’s people remain faithful to his teaching and his mission, the Christian church grows and flourishes.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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Craving Answers, Craving God

Why Churches Die

Why Churches Die (Ep97)

Paul writes 1 Corinthians 5 to address the way the church of Corinth had neglected to hold accountable a man in the congregation who was having sex with his stepmother. Paul first points out how this sexual sin had not only violated God's will in Scripture but also the standards to which the unbelieving Corinthian culture themselves held. Paul then addresses the deeper problem with their tolerance of this sexual sin: their pride. And finally Paul points them toward the biblical standard of God's will, the lordship of Jesus over all creation (including human sexuality), and the self-sacrificial love of Jesus who became our Passover Lamb to rescue us from slavery to all sin.

A Biblical Foundation for Human Sexuality — Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 4, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost

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Zephaniah 3:14-17
Psalm 145:10–21
Exodus 16:2–15
1 Corinthians 5:1–8
John 6:22–35


Songs and Hymns:
    - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: Text and tune by Martin Luther, public domain.
    - Speak O Lord: Text and tune by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend; © 2005 Thankyou Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Press On: Ben Shive, Kristyn Getty; © 2022 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Junkbox Music; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!: Text by S. Trevor Francis; tune by Thomas John Williams; text and tune are public domain.
    - Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise: Text by Herbert F. Brokering; Tune by Carl F. Schalk; © 1983 Augsburg Publishing House; Used with permission, CCLI license #20286740.
    - I Need Thee Every Hour: Text: Annie S. Hawks and Robert Lowry; tune: Robert Lowry; text and tune are in the 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 #sex #pride #standards #Jesus #passoverlamb #1Corinthians5

Biblical Foundation for Human Sexuality - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

A Biblical Foundation for Human Sexuality - Aug 4 - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

We fallen humans are born with the propensity to worship God's good gifts instead of God himself, and this propensity includes our tendency to make an idol out of his good gift of sexuality. But since this goes against the way he designed us to be, this type of idolatry manifests itself in foolish thinking, enslaved thinking, and gnostic thinking. But when we find our identity not in God's good gifts but in Jesus, we are given a new fresh resurrection-centered and Holy Spirit-indwelt life.

Human Sexuality and the Church — Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost

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Matthew 11:28-30
Psalm 34:1–8
1 Kings 19:1–8
1 Corinthians 6:9–20
John 6:35–51


Songs and Hymns:
    - Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us: Text: Eliza S. Alderson, 1818–89, alt.; Tune: Rowland H. Prichard, 1811–87; Text and tune: 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.
    - For the Beauty of the Earth: Words: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864); Music: Conrad Kocher, 1786–1872; Words and music: Public domain; Setting: Wayne Oquin, Copyright 2006 Concordia Publishing House; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Hugh Wilson; text and turn are in the public domain.
    - My Song Is Love Unknown: Text: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624–1683; Public domain. Tune: John N. Ireland, 1879–1962, © John Ireland Trust; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Amazing Grace: Text by John Newton; tune by Columbian Harmony, 1829; 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 #sex #idolatry #identity #Jesus #HolySpirit #1Corinthians6

Human Sexuality and the Church - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Human Sexuality and the Church - Aug 11 - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

The cultural trope of the twenty-something guy living in his parents basement, not working, not exercising, and playing hours of video games, is perhaps a caricature, but it touches on a reality that is all too common today: the disillusioned and lonely young man.

Individualism has taught all of us that community responsibility and living life in relationship is unimportant, and guys who have bought into this lie pay the price of loneliness. But in addition, cultural currents which disdain the way God has created men to function (with energy, aggression, logical rigor, and decisiveness) make being a real man in public an almost impossible task. Part of this cultural pushback is, of course, a necessary reaction against the sexual aggression of some men who have felt loosed by the sexual revolution to treat women as objects. But Christianity insists that the solution to the problems of the sexual revolution is not to stifle biological manhood, but to channel the way God has made them in service of their families and community, by providing and protecting.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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What’s Wrong with Today’s Young Men?

What’s Wrong with Today’s Young Men? (Ep98)

In this third sermon on the Bible's teaching about human sexuality, Aaron Mueller looks at what Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians about how to relate to the sexual sin that's prevalent in the world. Paul insists that judging the world for its sexual sin is his job, not the job of the Christian church. Instead, the church is to constantly be deeply repentant of its own sin, strive for repentant chastity in its own personal conduct, and constantly live within the joy of the identity God has given it in her Passover Lamb, Jesus.

Human Sexuality and the World — Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

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Romans 5:8-11
Psalm 34:12–22
Proverbs 9:1–10
1 Corinthians 5:6–13
John 6:51–69


Songs and Hymns:
    - Lord, This Day We’ve Come to Worship (Hymn 911): Text: Richard C. Dickinson, 1925–2010, © 1995 Richard C. Dickinson. Tune: B. B. McKinney, 1886–1952, alt., © 1942, 1970 Broadman Press, admin. Genevox Publishing. Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - Lamb of God: Text and tune by Twila Paris; © 1985 Jubilee Communications Inc.; © 1985 Mountain Spring Music; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - Christ Is Mine Forevermore: Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, © 2016 CityAlight Music. 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.
    - Jesus, Priceless Treasure: Text: Johann Franck, 1618–77; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827–78, alt. Tune: Johann Crüger, 1598–1662. Text and tune: Public domain.
    - 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.

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

#sermon #gospel #sex #chastity #Jesus #passover #judging #repentance #1Corinthians5

Human Sexuality and the World - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Human Sexuality and the World - Aug 18 - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Paul's classic statement on the heart of marriage in Ephesians 5 can speak more broadly to how we are called to love not just our spouses but everyone else as well. The key to understanding how true love works is to recognize that true love does not respond to someone who is lovable but makes the other lovable, true love does not demand but earns submission, and true love is self-love to the extent that it is self-giving love.

The Quality of Self-Sacrificing Love — Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 25, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

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Romans 8:35-39
Psalm 14
Isaiah 29:11–19
Ephesians 5:22–33
Mark 7:1–13


Songs and Hymns:
    - Come, We That Love the Lord: Text by Robert Lowry and Isaac Watts; tune by Robert Lowry; text and tune are public domain.
    - The Church's One Foundation: Text by Samuel J Stone; tune by Samuel Wesley; public domain.
    - There Was Jesus: Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith, Zach Williams; © Anthems of Hope; Be Essential Songs; Cashagamble Jet Music; © Wisteria Drive; Little Louder Songs; Seven Ring Circus Songs; 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.
    - Ancient of Days: Jesse Reeves, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson; © 2018 CityAlight Music. Used with permission, CCLI license #20286740.
    - 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.
    - Go, My Children, with My Blessing: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919–2008, © 1983 Concordia Publishing House; Tune: Welsh, 18th cent.; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.

Liturgies:
    - Kyrie: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda; Music: Columbian Harmony; Text and music: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House; Used with permission: One License #728607-A.
    - Gloria: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License #728607-A; Tune: Felix Mendelssohn, public domain.
    - Credo: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: Welsh, pubic domain.
    - Sanctus: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: John B. Dykes, public domain.
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, CCLI license #20286740; tune: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872, public domain.

#sermon #gospel #Ephesians5 #jesus #sacrifice #submission #salvation #truelove

The Quality of Self-Sacrificing Love - Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Quality of Self-Sacrificing Love - Aug 25 - Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

When Jesus was falsely accused of sedition and blasphemy, Pontius Pilate asked him a question which has persistently confounded every thinker before and since: “What is truth?”

Pinning down truth so that everyone can have access to reality has been notoriously difficult. One option is to hold that humans can figure out the truth based upon their own observations and experiences - but the human propensity to be mistaken often demonstrates this theory’s weakness. Another option is to hold that there is no such thing as truth (or, at least, no one can know whether there is or not) - and yet we humans continue to live as though some things are true and worth giving assent to and others are not.

The Christian solution is that no mere mortal can completely know and understand the truth, but that God has made the truth known in the person of his Son Jesus. In other words, any and all truth claims must be tested not against the standard of human experience or common sense, but against the person of the One who claimed to be the way, the truth, and the life.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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How to Tell the Truth from a Lie

How to Tell the Truth from a Lie (Ep99)

When Christians engage in the battle the kingdom of Jesus is waging against the kingdom of the Enemy, they do so through the strength of Jesus, in the armor of God, and with the Word and prayer in the Holy Spirit.

The Nature of Christian Warfare — Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 1, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

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1 Corinthians 15:20, 54-57
Psalm 119:129–136
Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9
Ephesians 6:10–20
Mark 7:14–23


Songs and Hymns:
    - How Great Thou Art: Text by Carl Gustaf Boberg; tr. Stuart W. K. Hine; tune by Swedish; arr. Stuart W. K. Hine, © 1949, 1953 The Stuart Hine Trust, admin. EMI CMG and Hope Publishing Co; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - I Love Your Kingdom, Lord: Text: Timothy Dwight; Tune: Aaron Williams; Text and tune: Public domain.
    - You Are Good: Israel Houghton; © 2001 Integrity's Praise! Music; Sound Of The New Breed; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - My Worth Is Not in What I Own: Text and tune by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Graham Kendrick, © 2014 Getty Music; used with permission, CCLI license # 20286740.
    - Go to Dark Gethsemane: Text: James Montgomery, 1771–1854; Tune: Richard Redhead, 1820–1901; Text and tune: Public domain.
    - Jesus Paid It All: Text by Elvina M. Hall; tune by John T. Grape; text and tune are in the public domain.
    - Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer: Text: William Williams; tune: John Hughes; text and tune are in the public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Kyrie: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda; Music: Columbian Harmony; Text and music: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House; Used with permission: One License #728607-A.
    - Gloria: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License #728607-A; Tune: Felix Mendelssohn, public domain.
    - Credo: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: Welsh, pubic domain.
    - Sanctus: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: John B. Dykes, public domain.
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, CCLI license #20286740; tune: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872, public domain.

#sermon #gospel #Ephesians6 #armorofgod #swordofthespirit #spiritualfight #jesus #holyspirit

The Nature of Christian Warfare - Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Nature of Christian Warfare - Sep 1 - Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Isaiah pictures a world where all mental and psychological diseases have been done away with and every physical illness and deformity has been cured; a world where Jesus has turned the desert into a garden and death into life. The arrival of this world is the hope that brings the future, complete cure for all our problems rushing now into the present.

Healed by the Power of New Creation — Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 8, 2024: https://saintjamesglencarbon.org/2024-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost

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Psalm 40:1-3
Psalm 146
Isaiah 35:4–7a
James 2:1–10, 14–18
John 7:37–39


Songs and Hymns:
    - Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing: Text: Robert Robinson, 1735–90, alt. Tune: Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813, Harrisburg. Text and tune: Public domain.
    - Joy to the World: Text: Isaac Watts; Tune: George Frideric Handel; Text and tune: Public domain
    - He Will Come And Save You: Bob Fitts, Gary Sadler; © 1995 Integrity's Hosanna! Music; Used with permission: CCLI license #20286740.
    - My Song Is Love Unknown: Text: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624–1683; Public domain. Tune: John N. Ireland, 1879–1962, © John Ireland Trust; Used with permission: LSB Hymn License #110001220.
    - 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.
    - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross: Text by Isaac Watts; tune by Lowell Mason; text and tune are public domain.
    - Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow: Text by Thomas Ken; tune by Trente Quatre Pseaumes de David, 1551; text and tune are in public domain.

Liturgies:
    - Kyrie: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda; Music: Columbian Harmony; Text and music: © 1990 Concordia Publishing House; Used with permission: One License #728607-A.
    - Gloria: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License #728607-A; Tune: Felix Mendelssohn, public domain.
    - Credo: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: Welsh, pubic domain.
    - Sanctus: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, One License 728607-A; tune: John B. Dykes, public domain.
    - Agnus Dei: Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, © 1990 Concordia Publishing House, used with permission, CCLI license #20286740; tune: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872, public domain.

#sermon #gospel #Isaiah35 #Jesus #healing #newcreation

Healed by the Power of New Creation - Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Healed by the Power of New Creation - Sep 8 - Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Virtue, in the ancient world, was the word for moral and physical excellence. Those who were brave, those who were honest, those who accomplished great things, were excellent, therefore virtuous.

The Bible, too, picks up on this ancient idea and calls humans to pursue virtue. But the Bible, unlike the Stoics and other ancient philosophies, holds that virtue is something that is only located in God’s character. In 2 Peter 1, Peter first claims that glory and virtue are something that are God’s alone, and then calls God’s people to live in His virtue, making ever effort to supplement our faith with this excellence. And if Christians are living in Christ’s virtue, then there is no need for “virtue signaling” - having to tell people we have virtue, to cover up our lack - because the genuine virtue and excellence of Jesus will be manifest in our day to day living.

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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Virtue

Virtue (Ep100)

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.

Jesus Walks on Water - Jul 28 - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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