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Listen to sermons from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Sep 30, 2019

God has already chosen us and offers, without reservation, the abundance of life. This is eternal life because it is rooted in God. The world offers us life we can struggle for without promise, leaving us at the end with nothing that survives our death. “We brought nothing into this world. We can take nothing out.”...


Sep 23, 2019

Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, an apostle and evangelist. The first gospel found in the New Testament is named after him, but mainly we remember Matthew as the tax collector called by Jesus. Tax collectors  were considered cheats and would use every opportunity for theft and extortion. They were needed by the...


Sep 16, 2019

The Cross of Christ is so familiar a symbol it is hard to think of it as controversial or strange. Yet, Paul tells the Corinthians that it is “foolishness.” It rebukes the wisdom of the world. It judges human pretensions. To find the grace, mercy and radical, life changing love of God in the cross does require a...


Sep 9, 2019

Life is full of decisions, from determining what to make for dinner, to determining whether a job change is in order, or whether to relocate. Decisions require weighing the cost of our choices. But how do you determine how to weigh the cost and count the cost? What variables need to be considered? Listen to hear what...


Sep 3, 2019

On the cross, Jesus gave birth to a community born to emulate His love to the world. We often sing the glories of love, but living it out is what changes things. Love provides shape to the relationships we have, the values we trust and even the morals and ethics that define what is right. Too often, however, love...