Grace Alone Online

Dec 08 2024 327 ep. 19 mins 1

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Weekly sermons from Grace Lutheran Church, 195 Alvarado Avenue, Pittsburg, California, 94565

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"Which Messenger is Which?" - Malachi 3:1-7 - (December 8, 2024 - Advent 2)

Dec 08 2024 19 mins

Today we have three messengers to deal with in our text from Malachi. How do you distinguish between these three is important, for only one is the messenger of the covenant who will be born on December 25th. Why is Malachi's prophecy so important in helping us know who to follow and when?

"The Sky Is Falling!" - Mark 13:24-37 - (November 24, 2024 - Christ the King Sunday)

Nov 24 2024 38 mins

Wow. What an election year. The legacy news and social media alike brewing and breeding fear across the nation. FEAR! "Be afraid for whoever wins will destroy your world!" I swear, it's as if the sky were falling in on all of us. What should you do?

"Strange Fruit" - Luke 13:1-9/Isaiah 5:1-7 - (November 17, 2024 - Pentecost 25)

Nov 17 2024 19 mins

The 4 last Sundays of the Curch year, before Advent begins, are difficult texts to deal with. They talk about the Lord God's return to the final judgment in which those who believe in Him will go to eternal life with Him, but those who do not will face their judgment. To that end, Jesus tells the parable of the Fig Tree, providing one last chance for eh Jewish unbelievers to faith

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - Revelation 7:2-17 - (November 3, 2024 - All Saints' Day)

Nov 03 2024 17 mins

All Saints' Day is the day we Christians remember those who have passed from this world into their eternal rest, having confessed Christ as their Savior. An old hymn refrain sings, "How I want to be in that number." But "want" seems to imply that there might be some doubt that you will be numbered with the saints. Scripture offers you tokens to claim when doubt enters in so that yo

"Just Call Out My Name" - Luke 11:1-13 - (October 13, 2024 - Pentecost 21)

Oct 13 2024 18 mins

We know the parable as the importune or badgering neighbor. Is it about the neighbor? Or is it about his neighbor whom he wakes up at midnight for a loaf of bread? How does this relate anything to the Lord's Prayer? Middle Eastern context gives us clues as to what Jesus was getting at, and it has nothing to do about persistence or badgering.

"I Do Believe in Angels, I Do. I Do." - Luke 10:17-20 - (September 29, 2024 - St. Michael and All Angels)

Sep 29 2024 19 mins

This 19th Sunday in Pentecost is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels. September 29 is the Archangel Michael's time to shine along with all the angels who protect Christians daily in their walk through life. What is YOUR angle on angels? Listen up.

"Hear, Comes the Judge!" - Luke 18:1-14 - (September 1, 2024 - Pentecost 15)

Sep 02 2024 16 mins

In the 1960s, I believe it was comedian Flip Wilson who coined the phrase, "Here comes the judge!" He used it often in his routines. Today, in Jesus' parable, a widow seeks justice against her adversaries from a judge but barely finds it. The Lord promises that justice will come quick when he returns to the earth. Will God's children be spared? Will they also be j

"Stuff, Stuff and more Stuff?" - Luke 12:13-21 / Eccl 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-26 - (August 25, 2024 - Pentecost 13)

Aug 26 2024 19 mins

Decades ago, George Carlin had a comedy sketch about "stuff". The accumulation of "stuff", the storage of "stuff", etc. why do we have so much "stuff" AND what are we going to do with it? Jesus parable answers that question.

"Cry As You Might" - Luke 18:1-17 - (August 18, 2024 - Pentecost 13)

Aug 18 2024 19 mins

Are you a baby? Do you cry all the time? Why?

"The Better Samaritan" - Luke 10:25-37 - (June 30, 2024 - Pentecost 6)

Jun 30 2024 18 mins

We all know the story of the Good Samaritan. But who is the Good Samaritan? Do you want to be like him, rather than the priest and the Levite who pass by the injured man on the road? Well, you can't, and you never will. Here's why...