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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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Is God going to do you dirty? - Follow the Story - Audio

September 27, 2020 21:15 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

Is God going to do you dirty? - We look at the parable of the Workers of the Vineyard as we continue our "Follow the Story" sermon series about Jesus' parables. Isaiah 55: 6-9 | Psalm 27: 1-9 | Philippians 1: 12-14, 19-30 | Matthew 20:1-16

What are you capable of? - Follow the Story - Audio

September 13, 2020 17:15 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

What are you capable of? - We start a new sermon series called "Follow the Story" as we look into the parables of Jesus. Genesis 50: 15-21 | Psalm 103: 1-12 | Romans 14: 1-12 | Matthew 18: 21-35

Are you asking the wrong question? - God of the Goofs - Audio

September 06, 2020 18:19 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

Are you asking the wrong question? We finish up our “God of the Goofs” series with the disciples asking the wrong question about what it means to be in the Kingdom of heaven. Ezekiel 33: 7-9 | Psalm 32: 1-7 | Romans 13: 1-10 | Matthew 18: 1-20

Are you yelling at God? - God of the Goofs - Audio

August 30, 2020 18:06 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MB

Are you yelling at Jesus? Jeremiah 15: 15-21 | Psalm 26 | Romans 12: 9-21 | Matthew 16: 21-28

What is Jesus' nickname for you? - God of the Goofs - Audio

August 23, 2020 17:57 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

What is Jesus' nickname for you? Simon's nickname was the Rock. Saul's was something like "little guy". What's Jesus' nickname for you? Isaiah 51: 1-6 | Psalm 138 | Romans 11: 33 - 12: 8 | Matthew 16: 13-20

Who have you failed to include? - God of the Goofs - Audio

August 16, 2020 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Who have you failed to include? - We talk a little bit about who we fail to include into the kingdom of God, why we fail to include them, and how God sets our mistakes right. Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8 | Psalm 67 | Romans 11 | Matthew 15: 21-28

Has fear kept you from doing something? - God of the Goofs - Audio

August 09, 2020 19:41 - 14 minutes - 9.92 MB

We start our series "God of the Goofs" by talking about Peter and his failed "water walk" and finds Jesus rescuing him - something showing him, and us, who Jesus really is.

Are you hungry? - Audio

August 02, 2020 18:49 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

We talk about hunger and how we are both fed and given the responsibility to feed others with the gifts of God's Kingdom.

What are you worth? - Audio

July 26, 2020 17:27 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MB

What are you worth? We talk about your worth to God and how our worth is always based in what Christ has done for us.

What happened? - Audio

July 19, 2020 18:04 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

We celebrate our first reopening Sunday with an appropriate talk about the Parable of the Weeds of the Field.

What makes a good king? - Audio

July 05, 2020 17:36 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

We talk about our good king Jesus

Have you heard any GOOD news? - Audio

June 28, 2020 16:52 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

We talk about when we need to bring bad news, and how Jesus really is good news. 

What hashtags are you using? - Audio

June 21, 2020 17:19 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

We talk about how our language ties us to things, and how we are tied to the Law and to the Gospel as Christians.

What is the most optimistic thing on your to-do list? - Audio

June 14, 2020 17:19 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

We consider what it means to be God's people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, His beloved disciples - even when we don't get everything done on our to-do list

Who is in charge here? - Audio

June 12, 2020 17:14 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MB

We talk about the Trinity and authority

What is your favorite cliche? - Follow Me through Exile - Audio

May 10, 2020 18:22 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

What is your favorite cliche? We talk about the cliches of the Christian faith and of our sinful lives and how Jesus brings comfort through all of those things.

When do you feel really alive? - Follow Me Through Exile - Audio

May 03, 2020 18:57 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MB

We talk about what it is that makes us feel really alive and how Jesus, the Good Shepherd, brings us real life as He puts His own on the line for us.

What are your baseline fears? - Follow Me through Exile - Audio

April 26, 2020 19:01 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MB

We talk about what fears we're responding to and how they help us to understand responding to God.

What are you exiled from? - Follow Me Through Exile - Audio

April 19, 2020 20:49 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Join us as we answer the question "What do you feel exiled from?" and how the Gospel is good news for us in our times of exile.

Is this Easter? - They Shall See Me - Audio

April 12, 2020 17:24 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

We are Easter people. And while this doesn't "feel like" Easter, that doesn't matter. Easter is a fact. Easter is a movement. Easter conquers. Christ has risen! He has Risen Indeed! Alleluia!

Do you feel entombed? - In Relation To - Audio

March 29, 2020 20:04 - 12 minutes - 8.89 MB

We continue our series about who we are in relation to certain Biblical characters, in relation to our fellow disciples, and in relation to Jesus. Today we talk about Lazarus and how his entombment shows us our own (during quarantine and out), and how Jesus calls us out into true life. 

What do you see differently? - In Relation To - Audio

March 22, 2020 16:59 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

We talk about Jesus healing the man born blind in John 9 and how we might be looking at the world a little differently now, and how Jesus' work in our lives helps us see the world differently.

What does Jesus distance from? - In Relation To - Audio

March 15, 2020 19:20 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

We talk about how Jesus walked into a situation that was normally marked by "social distancing" but that He disregarded the anxiety and connected with the woman at the well.

What isn't faith? (or, what's your favorite song?) - In Relation To - Audio

March 08, 2020 20:15 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

We talk about the best song in the world, the faith that we have in Jesus Christ.

What does your villain say about you? - In Relation To - Audio

March 01, 2020 20:35 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

We start the Sundays of Lent and a new sermon series called "In Relation To" where we examine the non-disciple characters in Matthew's Gospel and look at what they tell us about being disciples, starting today with the big bad guy himself, Satan

Weekly Readings: Lent 1 A - Audio

February 23, 2020 19:54 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MB

Readings for Lent 1 A: Genesis 3:1–21;Psalm 32:1–7;Romans 5:12–19;Matthew 4:1–11

Weekly Readings: Ash Wednesday - Audio

February 23, 2020 19:44 - 8 minutes - 5.56 MB

Readings for Ash Wednesday 2020: Joel 2:12–19;Psalm 51;2 Corinthians 5:20–6:10;Matthew 6:1–21

What is the hardest thing to give up? - Audio

February 23, 2020 19:42 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

What is the hardest thing to give up? We explore that question as it relates to Lent, spiritual practices, and our own tendencies to try to justify ourselves.

Have you been accused of hyperbole? - MADE - Audio

February 16, 2020 22:22 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MB

We talk about how Jesus ramps up the Law and how that is good news for us because it means that we can only get salvation from Him and not from our works.

What is the product? - MADE - Audio

February 16, 2020 22:18 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

We talk about how Jesus is the "product" of Christianity and how we are called to give our lives for Him.

Weekly Readings - Epiphany 4 A - Audio

January 26, 2020 20:36 - 5 minutes - 3.83 MB

The readings for the fourth week after the Epiphany in Year A: Micah 6:1–8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31; Matthew 5:1–12

Are you contagious? - MADE - Audio

January 26, 2020 20:20 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

We continue with our Epiphany series, Made (for Discipleship) as we talk about the "contagion" of the Gospel.

Weekly Readings - Epiphany 3 A - Audio

January 19, 2020 19:48 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MB

The weekly readings for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany in year A: Isaiah 9:1–4; Psalm 27:1–9; 1 Corinthians 1:10–18; Matthew 4:12–25

Are you stalking Jesus? - MADE - Audio

January 19, 2020 19:17 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

We start off our MADE sermon series talking about how we are made to Behold Jesus and to celebrate the relationship we have with Him, how He invites us to "Come and see" Him and where He is.

Weekly Readings - Baptism of our Lord A - Audio

January 05, 2020 19:20 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MB

The readings for the week beginning with Baptism of our Lord - Isaiah 42:1–9; Psalm 29; Romans 6:1–11; Matthew 3:13–17

Weekly Readings - 2nd Week after Christmas - Audio

December 29, 2019 19:12 - 6 minutes - 4.59 MB

The readings for Christmas 2 A - 1 Kings 3:4–15; Psalm 119:97–104; Ephesians 1:3–14; Luke 2:40–52

Who is your Christmas villain? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 29, 2019 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

We talk about the greatest villain of Christmas, Herod the Great, and how his sin is the same sin that lives in us, but how we are offered sanctuary for the sake of Jesus.

Where were you born? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 25, 2019 00:28 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

We talk about where we were born, where Jesus was born, and how we connect the dots.

Weekly Readings - Christmas 1 A - Audio

December 22, 2019 19:22 - 4 minutes - 3.37 MB

The readings for the First Sunday after Christmas in Year A. Isaiah 63:7–14; Psalm 111; Galatians 4:4–7; Matthew 2:13–23

Who is your Christmas Character? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 22, 2019 19:14 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

We finish up Advent by talking about Joseph and how Jesus is the ultimate Christmas character.

Weekly Readings Advent 4 A - Audio

December 15, 2019 21:40 - 4 minutes - 3.32 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 waiting for? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 15, 2019 20:01 - 13 minutes - 9.16 MB

We celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Advent and look at the connection between excitement and patience as we wait for Christmas and the return of Jesus in the Resurrection.

German Service 2019 (sermon only) - Audio

December 15, 2019 19:48 - 13 minutes - 9.1 MB

Every year at University Lutheran, we host a German language Christmas service. This is the sermon from that service. 

Weekly Readings Advent 3 A - Audio

December 08, 2019 19:37 - 5 minutes - 3.8 MB

The weekly readings for the week of Advent 3 in year A: Isaiah 35; Psalm 146; James 5:7–11; Matthew 11:2–15

Can you imagine whirled peas? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 08, 2019 19:27 - 14 minutes - 9.66 MB

We talk about the role of our imaginations in our following Jesus and how even our imaginations can fail us when we are thinking about the good things that God gives us.

Are you excited? - Follow Me to Bethlehem - Audio

December 08, 2019 19:19 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

We kick off our annual focus, Follow Me, talking about how exciting it is to hear God in Jesus call us into discipleship. 

Weekly Readings - 1st Week of Advent - Audio

November 24, 2019 20:17 - 5 minutes - 3.53 MB

We begin a new church year with readings for the 1st Sunday in Advent: Isaiah 2:1–5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:8–14; and Matthew 21:1–11

Is this the end or the beginning? - Believing the Call - Audio

November 24, 2019 19:48 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

We finish the Church year and celebrate the confirmation of Molly by considering ends and beginnings and how we understand those things as Christians.

Weekly Readings - Christ the King Sunday C - Audio

November 17, 2019 20:34 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MB

Weekly readings for the last Sunday in the Church year, aka Christ the King Sunday, year C. Readings are: Malachi 3:13–18; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:13–20; and Luke 23:27–43

What is the meaning of life? - Believing the Call - Audio

November 17, 2019 20:16 - 14 minutes - 9.7 MB

We talk about the "small" subject of the meaning of life and begin to wrap up our Annual Focus year in which we have been talking about the big idea of "vocation". 

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