Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana Podcast PodPoint

We believe, teach, and confess: "I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith." On Pentecost we rejoice that God the Holy Spirit is still poured out upon us through the Gospel preached, poured, read, and fed us in Christ reconciling us to our God and Father. Sermon Text: John 14:23-31. Sermon Theme: "Reunited!" Preached for The Feast of Pentecost, 28-May-2023, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

The world and our fallen flesh long for a kingdom we can see and a cross that is hidden or non-existent. King Jesus gives us a Kingdom we can't see and a cross that we see, feel, and experience daily. Sermon Text: John 15:26-16:4. Sermon Theme: "Christ's Hidden Kingdom!" Preached for Exaudi, The Sunday after the Ascension, 21-May-2023 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana LCMS, br Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Christ Jesus ascends not to get away from His creation, but to fill it with His Divine and Human Nature to save sinners. Sermon Text: Mark 16:14-20. Sermon Theme: "King Jesus' Saving Rule!" Preached for the Ascension of our Lord, 18-May-2023, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"Rogate" "Pray ye!" Ascension is coming and our Lord Jesus to teaches us to pray in a world where we will have tribulation. Still praying to our Father through His only begotten Son we have joy and peace through His Holy Spirit. Sermon Text: John 16:23-33. Sermon Theme: "Learning To Pray Under The Cross!" Preached for Rogate, The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 14-May-2023, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

Dr. Martin Luther wrote, "23. He deserves to be called a theologian, however, who comprehends the visible and manifest things of God seen through suffering and the cross." He comments: "The manifest and visible things of God are placed in opposition to the invisible, namely, his human nature, weakness, foolishness. The Apostle in 1 Cor. 1:25 calls them the weakness and folly of God. Because men misused the knowledge of God through works, God wished again to be recognized in suffering, and to condemn »wisdom concerning invisible things« by means of »wisdom concerning visible things«, so that those who did not honor God as manifested in his works should honor him as he is hidden in his suffering ( absconditum in passionibus). As the Apostle says in 1 Cor. 1:21, »For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.« Now it is not sufficient for anyone, and it does him no good to recognize God in his glory and majesty, unless he recognizes him in the humility and shame of the cross. Thus God destroys the wisdom of the wise, as Isa. 45:15 says, »Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself.«"(Heidelberg Disputation, 1518).
Jubilate Sunday calls us to shout in joyous triumph in the midst of suffering for Christ crucified lives - He has won for us the eternal victory. Sermon Text: John 16:16-23a) Sermon Theme: "A Little While - What Does This Mean?" Preached for Jubilate, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, 30-April-2023, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.

"I am Jesus little lamb" the Christian confidently sings through the waters of Holy Baptism. Christ Jesus is The Good Shepherd. Apart from Him the old evil wolf Satan devours humanity and destroys creation. Our Good Shepherd lays down His life for sinful straying sheep on Calvary. Then He takes His life up again to be with us always through His Word and in His Sacraments within the green pastures of His Church. Sermon for Misercordias Domini, The 3rd Sunday of Easter, 23-April-2023, preached at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Tell City, Indiana by Rev. Nathan J. Rusert.