Image: World Can’t Keep Jesus Dead
Image: Light of the World
“I Am the Light of the World” From an “I Am” Lent series. John 8:12 We all know darkness in different parts of our lives, but when we open our eyes to the light of Christ, we find that the darkness scatters.
Image: Finding Jesus in an Apple
“Whom do you seek?” Sometimes when we look for God, we find the unexpected. Should that bother us?
From a Lenten service based on John 18:5-6 from an “I Am” series. Uses the image from the Shroud of Turin.
Church Web People
Church Web People is a group of Christian geeks who in one way or another either work on one or more church websites or provide technical assistance at their church … Continue reading →
Image: Word in my Heart
For sermon based on Romans 10:8-13 that happens to fall on Valentines Day
Description: “How can I be sure of love?” In our world, love and broken promises seem to go together. But when want to be sure about love, how can we know?
(Psalms 119:11) I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Image: 10 Commandments Heart
For my sermon on Psalm 19:7-14
Description: “The Sweet Law” Does obedience excite you? Probably not. But the better we know God, the more we desire obedience to Him.
Images: Buried and Raised with Christ
This week’s sermon title is, “What is the Baptized life?” based on Romans 6:1-11. Here’s some graphics I created for it.
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Benediction: A Sonnet
Benediction: A Sonnet Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Text: (Num 6:22-27 ESV) “The LORD spoke … Continue reading →
How the Grinch Missed Christmas
Here’s my Christmas Eve sermon from 2009: How the Grinch Missed Christmas Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus … Continue reading →
Image: Manger/Cross
I’m preaching on Christmas Eve on Isaiah 9:2-7, and I created this image for use in it. Help yourself if you find it useful.
Growing in Christ Sunday School Lesson Notes
This is supplemental information for our Sunday School teachers using Concordia Publishing House’s Growing in Christ Sunday School curriculum. I write this up each month for our teachers and discuss … Continue reading →
Image: Thankful for Adversity?
This Thanksgiving, I’m preaching on Deuteronomy 8:1-10:
It’s hard to be thankful in the hard times even when we know God is with us. So what needs to change so we can be truly thankful?
Here’s the image I created for it—feel free to use it.
Tomb of Wealth
An image designed for a sermon based on Ecclesiastes 5:10-20, depicting how our wealth can leave us trapped in a tomb, but in Christ, God gives us new life and frees us.
Worship Planning – ServiceBuilder Online Software
ServiceBuilder provides free service planning & scheduling software, enabling churches to coordinate volunteers and more. Added Fall 2015: an automatic website creation tool for churches with neither budget nor expertise. … Continue reading →
Handbell Sheet Music To Accompany Congregational Hymn Singing
Handbells and voices lifted in song to praise God! All the arrangements are based on hymns in Lutheran Service Book, are in public domain and are made available for free … Continue reading →
Plumb Line
The Plumb line image from the Amos 7:7-15 pericope. Using earth’s tilted axis as a metaphor for the warped nature of the world and the love of Christ as the standard.
Live Streaming Services
The following lists known LCMS & affiliated churches that offer live streaming of their services so you and your members can attend virtually. Note that this does not include those … Continue reading →
Strepitus
Tenebrae “herse” (candelabrum) used during Holy Week, Mainz Cathedral (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’ve never been satisfied with the sound of a slamming book for a Strepitus sound in the Good Friday Tenebrae service. I like the sound of a closing grave, so I created this sound effect, which sounds pretty good over most church sound systems.
PrayerMate Christian Prayer App | Geero.net
So many people ask me to pray for them. With this, not only does it help me keep track of them, linking right with my address book if I want, … Continue reading →
Online Giving Options
When our congregation looked into the various online giving/offering options, here’s our research, based on a small church and not expecting a lot of buy-in to start with, since we … Continue reading →
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