Sandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast Series Pastor Jon Oetting

(II Corinthians 4:13-5:1) The old building looks a little long in the tooth. I am passing away along with everything else. Mortality seems to cling to me heavily these days. Yet, God has made a promise and I turn my faith to things unseen, yet expected.

Mark 2:23-28 (See also the Old Testament reading for the second Sunday after the Pentecost: Deuteronomy 5:12-15).“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” God gave His people the Sabbath as a time of rest to remember the greatthings He has done for us. In receiving Word and Sacrament, we find true Sabbath rest—Jesus Christ.

Acts 2:14a, 22-36. Theme for Holy Trinity Sunday (May 26, 2024): The Father, by raising Jesus from the dead, has revealed Jesus of Nazareth to be the Son of God and the LORD of all and that this same Lord Jesus has poured out the life-giving Spirit on us.

I John 5:9-15. John wants to address that fearful person today who has doubts, “I feel like I am an imposter.” John’s answer is to believe the stronger testimony of God.

I John 3:1-7Theme: God has called us His children. And so we are. Our own eyes are still of this world and we struggle to see it ourselves. But the one who believes/hopes in this, is being made like that (purifying self).

John 20:19-31 Theme: The world loves the idea of peace, but most of the solutions which it offers are really just a form of coping with problems. Jesus bestows peace upon his disciples, real peace. And in the middle of that peace are the wounds of Christ and holy joy.