Text: Luke 2 – Christmas Eve Theme: God with us – The One-Way trip ___________________________ Intr –   Launched in 2013, it attracted more than 100,000 people eager to enroll and participate in it. It was billed as an adventurous, game-changing, innovative project. They called it Mars One. What was it...

Text: Psalm 85:4; Isaiah 40:1-7; Mark 1:1-8; 2 Peter 3:8 Theme: “Peace” ___________________________ Intr- Complete the sentence”: “I will live in peace when______________ What would come to mind at this point? A time in the future, things we need or wish to accomplish? A time when everything will be falling...

Text: Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Theme: “The End” ___________________________ Intr-  For the illustration today I will just assume that all of you like to watch movies, whether as a cinephile, a once in a while movie goer or everything in between. When you watch movies you probably get excited...

Sermon – November 19th, 2023 Hope Lutheran Church, Port Coquitlam BC Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Theme: “The Talents” ___________________________ Intr – Dear friends, I have an assignment for you today. Take the Church bulletin you have with you (the assignment is to think ways of improving the communication process of the...

Sermon – November 5th, 2023 Hope Lutheran Church, Port Coquitlam BC Text: Matthew 5:1-12; 1 John 3:1-3; Revelation 7 Theme: “Life before and after death” ___________________________ Intr – If you would make a list of forbidden topics for daily life conversations, where would you start? – politics? / -Sports /...

“Where to Find Strength When You’re Tired” – Mark 1 & Isaiah 40  Introduction: Labels There are a lot of labels floating around out there in our world – racist, introvert, hypocrite, homophobic, arrogant, sarcastic, self-centered, bossy, and the list goes on. There are some positive labels, too, but the...

“Powerful Words” – Mark 1:21-28 1. Three surprising things There are at least 3 surprising things in this brief Gospel reading today. The first surprise is a demon in the synagogue. The second surprise is the brevity and authority of Jesus’ words. The third surprise is the response of the...