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University Lutheran

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A multigenerational Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace located on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL

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What will you reflect on in the end? - To Live is Christ - Audio

September 24, 2023 17:56 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

We talk about what Paul reflected on at the end of his life and what we will be able to reflect on at the end of our lives, the forgiveness of our sins and our inclusion into God's Kingdom.

Who doesn't deserve to be forgiven? - Ambassadors - Audio

September 17, 2023 17:54 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

We talk about how we may secretly question if people really should be forgiven and how Jesus forgives us over and over again. 

What rules do you follow? - Ambassadors - Audio

September 10, 2023 20:36 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

We continue talking about being Ambassadors of God's Kingdom as we talk about the rules that we follow and why.

How do you talk about your country? - Ambassadors - Audio

September 10, 2023 20:24 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

We continue our "Ambassadors" series talking about the culture of our Baptized nation, the Church, and how we are called to give witness of the culture we come from.

Who has your allegiance? - Ambassadors - Audio

August 27, 2023 19:42 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

We begin our "Ambassadors" series talking about our allegiance and Christ's allegiance toward us.

Whose table is it? - Audio

August 20, 2023 20:22 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

We talk about how and why Jesus healed the Syrophoenician woman's daughter in Matthew 15.

What makes you ask "why"? - Audio

July 23, 2023 17:22 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

We talk about the parable of the Weeds and the song "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" together as we unpack how God is faithful to us in the midst of our "why's".

Where is God? - Audio

July 16, 2023 21:32 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

We talk a little bit about the parable of the Sower through the hymn "God Himself is Present"

What shines in a weary world? - Audio

October 09, 2022 21:05 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

We talk about how the integrity of certain Bible characters shine in our weary world, why those stories are so rare, and what they tell us about ourselves and about Jesus.

Are you who you are supposed to be? - Audio

October 02, 2022 21:03 - 14 minutes - 9.79 MB

We talk about our fidelity to God's design for humanity, and what happens when we find that we are not as faithful to our encoding as we should be. God brings us grace and returns us to a picture of the love and grace that He has created in us as His images and image bearers.

Is it fair? - Audio

September 18, 2022 19:09 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

We consider the unfair systems in our world and consider how Jesus has treated us unfairly….and how His unfair treatment of us is actually a good thing.

What still haunts you? - Audio

September 11, 2022 20:05 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

We talk about the sins that haunt us still and how God can use even those to display His patience with us and with all people who find themselves in sin.

Are you having a bad day? - Audio

August 28, 2022 19:08 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

A multigenerational Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace located on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL

What are you looking at? - Audio

August 28, 2022 19:03 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

We consider the Ascension of our Lord and its implications for our witness to go beyond where we live to the ends of the earth.

Who is in your family tree? - Audio

August 07, 2022 19:23 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Lydia was a powerful woman in her day who converted to Christianity and opened the door for others to become Christians. How might the stories of others be changed by the people that we witness to? Acts 16: 9-15 | Psalm 67 | Revelation 21: 9-14, 21-27 | John 16: 23-33

How does a Resurrection really feel? - Audio

August 07, 2022 19:15 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Peter shocks the church of his day with a report of something unthinkable and we consider how God's grace still continues to challenge our categories. Acts 11: 1-18 | Psalm 148 | Revelation 21: 1-7 | John 16: 12-22

4th Sunday of Easter - Audio

August 07, 2022 19:09 - 14 minutes - 9.9 MB

We celebrate "Good Shepherd Sunday" (the 4th Sunday of Easter) by talking about a lifetime full of witness and how our whole lives are to be lives of witness to Christ and His care for us. Acts 20: 17-35 | Psalm 23 | Revelation 7: 9- 17 | John 10: 22-30

How have you changed? - To the ends of the Earth - Audio

May 01, 2022 19:32 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MB

3rd Sunday of Easter

What is in your review? - To the ends of the Earth - Audio

May 01, 2022 19:28 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

2nd Sunday of Easter

How do you feel in those clothes? - Raised Imperishable - Audio

May 01, 2022 19:20 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MB

Easter 2022

What do you understand without Jesus? - Raised Imperishable - Audio

May 01, 2022 19:17 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Good Friday 2022

Where are you broken? - Raised Imperishable - Audio

April 10, 2022 20:05 - 11 minutes - 7.62 MB

We celebrate Palm and Passion Sunday, beginning Holy Week as we talk about how Jesus was broken so that we could be raised imperishable. Deuteronomy 32: 36-39 | Psalm 31: 9-16 | Philippians 2: 5-11 | Luke 23

How are your plans going? - Measuring UP - Audio

April 03, 2022 19:05 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

We finish our "Measuring UP" series looking at the parable of the Wicked Tenants and what it tells us about the character of God. Isaiah 43: 16-21 | Psalm 126 | Philippians 3: 4-14 | Luke 20: 9-20

Where do they know your name? - Measuring UP - Audio

March 27, 2022 17:30 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

We continue to use the ancient "collect" form of prayer as a guide to measure God's compassion for us. Isaiah 12 | Psalm 32 | 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21 | Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32

Do you think it's fair? - Measuring UP - Audio

March 20, 2022 20:33 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

Join us this Sunday as we talk about what repentance is like and how we are called to repent in the present moment Ezekiel 33: 7-20 | Psalm 85 | 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13 | Luke 13: 1-9

How often have you been warned? - Measuring UP - Audio

March 13, 2022 17:09 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

We talk about having a God who warns us so that we can flee evil and run to Him in times of trouble.

Where is your wilderness? - Measuring UP - Audio

March 06, 2022 21:10 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

We continue our Lent experience with a new way to consider the word of God as we look into His faithfulness.

Are you going to wear a mask? - Measuring UP - Audio

March 06, 2022 21:04 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MB

We begin our Lenten experience by talking about how wearing the ash cross is like wearing a mask.

Have you seen the trailer? - What are we waiting for? - Audio

March 06, 2022 20:57 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

We talk about Transfiguration as a trailer to our own experience of the Resurrection

How do you value this? - What are we waiting for? - Audio

February 20, 2022 21:47 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

We continue our short "What are we waiting for?" series talking about our Resurrected bodies and God's promises for us. Genesis 45: 3-15 | Psalm 103: 1-13 | 1 Cor 15: 21-26, 35-42 | Luke 6: 27-38

What are we waiting for? - What are we waiting for? - Audio

February 13, 2022 20:42 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

We start off our "What are we waiting for?" series with that same question as we take a look at what Paul is saying to the Corinthians of his day but also to us through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Is love all you need? - Life Together - Audio

January 30, 2022 19:29 - 14 minutes - 9.81 MB

We continue our "Life Together" sermon series talking about love and what it has to do with our life together. Jeremiah 1: 4-10 | Psalm 71: 1-6 | 1 Corinthians 12: 31 - 13: 13 | Luke 4: 31-44

Are you David Yankeetown? - Life Together - Audio

January 23, 2022 19:17 - 13 minutes - 9.21 MB

We continue our "Life Together" sermon series talking about the Body of Christ, confirming the faith of David Wetherington, and celebrating our newest members. Nehemiah 8: 1-10 | Psalm 19: 7-14 | 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31 | Luke 4: 16-30

Which piece are you? - Life Together - Audio

January 16, 2022 18:29 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

We continue our "Life Together" sermon series by looking at how God solves our problems of need by supplying us with gifts that bring us together. Isaiah 62: 1-5 | Psalm 128 | 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 | John 2: 1-11

What is different between you and God? - Life Together - Audio

January 09, 2022 20:22 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

We begin a new sermon series called "Life Together" as we consider how we have been planted together in the Church to receive the growth of the Spirit in our lives. Isaiah 43: 1-7 | Psalm 29 | Romans 6: 1-11 | Luke 3: 15-22

Have you watched out? cried? pouted? - Christmas Foretold - Audio

December 19, 2021 19:04 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

O Bethlehem Ephratha! We talk about the prophecy of Micah that a Savior will be born in the humble town of Bethlehem, the royal city of David. Micah 5: 2-5 | Psalm 80: 1-7 | Hebrews 10: 5-10 | Luke 1: 39-56 

When have you dodged a bullet? - Christmas Foretold - Audio

December 12, 2021 20:38 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

We continue looking at the prophetic writings of the Old Testament and what they tell us about the birth of Christ - this week we look at the book of Zephaniah. Zephaniah 3: 14-20 | Psalm 85 | Philippians 4: 4-7 | Luke 7: 18-28

Rev Dennis Meeker from 4 Kenya's Kids - Audio

November 21, 2021 19:44 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Rev. Dennis Meeker shares God's word with us from his experiences as a missionary in Kenya. Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 | Psalm 93 | Revelation 1:4-8 | Mark 13: 24-36

When is it a sure thing? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

November 14, 2021 21:29 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

DING! We talk about what it is like to be assured by Christ in the midst of a world where we are guaranteed to make wrong choices ourselves. Daniel 12: 1-3 | Psalm 16 | Hebrews 10: 19-25 | Mark 13: 1-13

What do you want to be when you grow up? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

November 07, 2021 21:39 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

We talk about the "Kingdom to Come" in the Resurrection that all of creation yearns for. Revelation 7: 9-17 | Psalm 149 | 1 John 3: 1-3 | Matthew 5: 1-12

What is in your basket? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

October 31, 2021 17:44 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

We talk about how God's Kingdom is a kingdom at hand that calls us to repent and believe the Gospel Habakkuk 2: 1-4 | Psalm 46 | Romans 3: 19-28 | Mark 1: 14-15

What can't you see? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

October 24, 2021 18:42 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

We consider how God's Kingdom is a kingdom that comes to our rescue and to rescue the world. Jeremiah 31: 7-9 | Psalm 126 | Hebrews 7: 23-28 | Mark 10: 46-52

Who is "in" for sure? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

October 17, 2021 18:21 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

We talk about how we can know who is a part of God's kingdom and how we can simultaneously say that it is impossible for us but that nothing is impossible for God, including our salvation.

What is your breaking point? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

October 10, 2021 21:15 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

We continue our "Thy Kingdom Come" series by talking about generosity and how the reign of God in our lives creates generous hearts in us. Amos 5: 6-7, 10-15 | Psalm 90: 12-17 | Hebrews 3: 12-19 | Mark 10: 17-22

How do you split the room? - Thy Kingdom Come - Audio

October 03, 2021 20:55 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

We begin our "Thy Kingdom Come" series by considering how sin brings disharmony and how God's reign reestablishes harmony among us. Genesis 2: 18-25 | Psalm 128 | Hebrews 2: 1-4 | Mark 10: 2-16

What do you expect out of others? - Hope Does - Audio

September 26, 2021 18:16 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

When we have hope, we don't worry about other people as much as we are concerned about ourselves. Hopeful people don't ignore others, but we recognize that we can change ourselves and we cannot necessarily change others. Numbers 11: 4-6, 10-16, 24-29 | Psalm 104:27-35 | James 5: 13-20 | Mark 9: 38-50

Does that sound right? - Hope Does - Audio

September 19, 2021 18:09 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

When we have hope, we don't just rely on ourselves and our own ideas, but we seek the wisdom of those who can guide us. Jeremiah 11: 18-20 | Psalm 54 | James 3: 13 - 4 : 10 | Mark 9:30-37

What happened? - Hope Does - Audio

September 12, 2021 20:57 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

We talk about the action of prayer, which many time is an action of stopping ourselves and checking in with God for His will and His grace to speak into our lives. Isaiah 50: 4-10 | Psalm 116: 1-9 | James 3: 1-12 | Mark 9: 14-29

What are your expectations? - Hope Does - Audio

September 12, 2021 20:48 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

We continue our "Hope Does" series by looking at the way that hope creates great expectations in us of what God is able to do in our lives and in the lives of others. Isaiah 35: 4-7 | Psalm 146 | James 2: 1-18 | Mark 7: 24-37

Is it a uniform or a costume? - Hope Does - Audio

August 29, 2021 20:52 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

We continue our "Hope Does" series by examining how sin tries to complexify our lives and how our hope keeps our lives simple. Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-9 | Psalm 119: 129-136 | Ephesians 6: 10-20 | Mark 7: 14-23

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