Sermons Out of Rural Ministry

Pastor Josh Ehrler

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Dynamic, contextual sermons from Pastor Josh Ehrler, who serves a small town ELCA Lutheran congregation in Northern Illinois. Sermons are rooted in scripture and reflect the local community, as well as the movements of the wider world. He and his congregation are affirming of LGBTQ+ personhood and live out their baptismal promise to seek (racial, economic, identity, environmental) justice and peace.

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Why Death?

A question that rises up out of the gospel reading, and lingers in the back of our minds. Why must death be the way we know Christ? Why cannot Jesus eliminate death after destroying it on the cross? The answers are distant and beyond reach. However, in our sadness, doubt and anger, Jesus listens. And responds with his presence. John 11.32-44

14 min
25 SEPT

From There

The disciples are on the move, and something has changed. Maybe it took some time to get there, but the disciples are looking at Jesus and themselves differently. As they wrestle with their place in the kingdom, they are asking a question every church secretly wonders. Is there a congregation that is greater than the others?

15 min
4 SEPT

Beyond this Moment

The reading the week of August 25 2024 closes a three part series on the letter to the Ephesians that sends us to the cosmos. We humans do like a good argument, and our reading with all of its military lingo could be used as a defense for picking a fight. But, the fight is not with other humans. The battles we wage every day are eternal. They go all the way to Creation. How can we possibly gear up for that? #sermon

16 min
4 SEPT

Don't Have to Earn It

The text for August 4 2024 is an encounter between Jesus and the crowds after he has fed them. So they know what free bread tastes like. No shame in asking again. Jesus points them past the moment to God's promises revealed, and to stories from deep in the past that still speak of grace and life. #sermon

13 min
4 SEPT

Saved by Grace

Our text the week of August 11 2024 is from Ephesians, and bears the promise that grace is a gift, unearned and undeserved. It is a promise so complete and remarkable that we choose not to believe it. We cannot abide by the notion that we are fully, eternally loved by God. #sermon

18 min

5 Episodes

Dynamic, contextual sermons from Pastor Josh Ehrler, who serves a small town ELCA Lutheran congregation in Northern Illinois. Sermons are rooted in scripture and reflect the local community, as well as the movements of the wider world. He and his congregation are affirming of LGBTQ+ personhood and live out their baptismal promise to seek (racial, economic, identity, environmental) justice and peace.

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Pastor Josh Ehrler
Years Active

2016 - 2024
Episodes

5
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Clean
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Sermons Out of Rural Ministry

Sermons Out of Rural Ministry

Episodes

Why Death?

From There

Beyond this Moment

Don't Have to Earn It

Saved by Grace

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