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240630 Sermon on God working contrary to expectations (Pentecost 6) June 30, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - June 30, 2024 16:22 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” A person might feel jealous hearing our Gospel reading today. There was a lot of healing. Jesus was told about Jairus’s little girl who was extremely sick. While he was on his way to heal her, a woman who had a f...
240623 Sermon on lamenting to God (Pentecost 5) June 23, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - June 23, 2024 16:23 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: “When I am weak, then I am strong.” “Don’t you care that we are dying?” That’s what the disciples said. The wind was too strong. The waves were too high. Some of them were probably trying to use anything they could find to bail out the boat. They were fight...
240602 Sermon on why the Pharisees wanted to destroy Jesus (Pentecost 2) June 2, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - June 02, 2024 16:27 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: “The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against Jesus, how to destroy him.” Perhaps you’ve noticed before that there are some people who like laws and rules, and there are others who don’t. Those who like laws and rules usual...
240519 Sermon for Pentecost, May 19, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - May 19, 2024 16:24 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord with all your graces now outpoured. Amen. Christians celebrate three major festivals. Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birth. Easter is the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection. Today’s festival is Pentecost. It doesn’t ...
240509 Sermon for Ascension of our Lord May 9, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - May 10, 2024 11:50 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? Maybe some of you remember a commercial for the powerball lottery. In the commercial different people catch the powerball, which had lightning coming from it if I remember correctly. With that powerbal...
240428 Sermon on the costs and benefits of church membership (Easter 5) April 28, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - April 28, 2024 15:23 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: [Jesus said,] “Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.” There was once a man who I thought might be interested in joining the congregation. He had attended services. He had family who were members. So I was talking to him about ho...
240414 Sermon on talking about God (Easter 3) April 14, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - April 14, 2024 16:31 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Talking about God can be difficult. I’ve seen how talking about God can cause tenseness and awkwardness. People’s defenses go up. What is this person going to require of me? What is this person going to accuse me of? Am I supposed to be converted? People usu...
240331 Sermon on Jesus being Lord (Easter) March 31, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - March 31, 2024 15:45 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: “And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” Everybody inevitably learns that there are some things you can’t change. Things have been written into our DNA, for example. One is predisposed for this. Another is predisposed for that. It’s disappoi...
240317 Sermon on greatness in the Kingdom of God (Lent 5) March 17, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - March 17, 2024 16:20 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: People want to be the greatest because being the greatest is a lot of fun. It is fun to be the best at a sport. It is fun to be the best at an activity. Jesus’s disciples, James and John, wanted to be the greatest. That is what they are driving at when they ...
240310 Sermon on believing in Jesus (Lent 4) March 10, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - March 13, 2024 14:03 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Our Gospel reading proclaims well-known and well-loved promises: Whoever believes in Jesus will have eternal life. John 3:16 is perhaps the most well-known verse in the Bible: “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes...
240303 Sermon on why Jesus was upset (Lent 3) March 3, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - March 03, 2024 17:14 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Picture in your mind’s eye the scene described in our Gospel reading. It’s Passover. Many people, like Jesus and his disciples, have come to Jerusalem. It’s a busy place. The temple area has many tables and booths set up. Some were exchanging foreign money f...
240225 Sermon on confessing Jesus as the Christ (Lent 2) February 25, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - February 25, 2024 17:31 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: In our Gospel reading Peter confessed Jesus to be the Christ. This is important and life changing because it is by our confession of Jesus as the Christ that we are saved. However, as we also heard, Peter ran into some difficulty when Jesus spoke about the c...
240218 Sermon on fighting temptation (Lent 1) February 18, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - February 18, 2024 17:17 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Today I’d like to address something that all people must face: Temptation. Temptation is when we are lured and enticed to do something that is wrong. Where does temptation come from? It doesn’t come from God. James says in our reading, “God tempts no one.” I...
Sermon on same-sex attraction and gender confusion (special sermon series) February 4, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - February 04, 2024 17:13 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: When Pastor Bertram and I were discussing what we might like to accomplish with this series on marriage, sexuality, and so on, we both thought that it would be good to address what is known as LGBTQ concerns. LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen...
240121 Sermon on what marriage is (Special Sermon Series) January 21, 2024
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - January 21, 2024 17:18 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Today we have begun a three week series on marriage, sexuality, and various issues that go along with these things. To do a series like this is a little unusual for us. We tend to follow the lectionary. The lectionary is a list of readings from the Bible tha...
231231 Sermon on the importance of being redeemed from the Law (Christmas 1) December 31, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - January 02, 2024 14:40 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: Our Gospel reading this morning tells the story of what happened not long after Jesus’s birth. The Law of God, given to the Old Testament people, required that eight days after Jesus’s birth he needed to be circumcised. Then, forty days after Mary gave birth...
231224 Sermon on the birth of the King (Christmas Eve)
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - December 31, 2023 14:10 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: He rules the world with truth and grace. That line comes from the well-known and well-loved Christmas hymn, “Joy to the world.” “He rules the world with truth and grace.” Who rules the world? Jesus rules the world. Jesus being the king who reigns and rules...
231213 Sermon on Ruth 3-4 (Advent 2 Midweek) December 13, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - December 20, 2023 20:20 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: I’d like to begin tonight by orienting ourselves. Last week we heard the first two chapters of the book of Ruth. The two most important people in this book are Naomi and Ruth. Naomi used to live near Bethlehem with her husband and two sons, but they needed t...
231206 Sermon on Ruth 1-2 (Advent 1 Midweek) December 6, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - December 20, 2023 20:15 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: The book of Ruth is about poor people. Being poor can lead to desperate actions. The book begins with a desperate action. A poor family leaves their homeland when they can no longer make ends meet. A famine struck the land. Naomi and her husband Elimelech ha...
231126 Sermon on Christ's Second Coming (Last Sunday of the Church Year) November 26, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - November 26, 2023 17:18 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: One of the unusual features of the times we are living in is how many different beliefs there are. Perhaps you had a taste of that at your Thanksgiving gathering. Your cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws might have very different understandings about what is r...
231123 Sermon for Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - November 23, 2023 15:50 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. Our country has been celebrating the National Day of Thanksgiving since 1863. In October of 1863 President Lincoln called ...
Season 5, Ep. 12: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - November 18, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
231112 Sermon on Matthew 25:1-13 (Pentecost 24) November 12, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - November 12, 2023 17:26 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: What are you looking forward to? Is there a family gathering coming up? Christmas is around the corner. What gifts would you like to receive? Retirement? Weddings? Children or grandchildren? There are a lot of things to look forward to. What about Jesus Chr...
Season 5, Ep. 11: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - November 10, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
Season 5, Ep. 10: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - November 03, 2023 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
231029 Sermon for Reformation Day 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - October 29, 2023 16:32 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: “Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” Today we commemorate the Reformation. One of the greatest consequences of the Reformation ...
Season 5, Ep. 9: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - October 27, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
Season 5, Ep. 8: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - October 24, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
231022 Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22 (Pentecost 21) October 22, 2023
Rev. Michael Holmen's Sermons - October 22, 2023 16:22 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAudio recording Sermon manuscript: For better understanding what is going on in our Gospel reading, it is helpful to know the context. Our reading today is during Holy Week. Jesus entered Jerusalem a couple days before on Palm Sunday. The people hailed him as king. He then went to the Temple,...
Season 5, Ep. 7: CSP Football Coaches Show with Shannon Currier
CSP Bears - October 13, 2023 23:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWally Langfellow of Minnesota Score hosts the Shannon Currier Coaches Show on AM 1440 KYCR typically on Friday nights. While the show airs locally in the Minneapolis-St. Paul media market, it can also be heard live online at twincitiesbusinessradio.com and is uploaded to CSP Bears Podcast lat...
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