Second Sunday of Easter

Bible Readings: Acts 2:14a,22–32, 1 Peter 1:3–9, John 20:19–31

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 20:19–31

Behind Locked Doors

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! Just as the Father has sent me, I am also sending you.” 22 After saying this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 Whenever you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Thomas Finally Believes

24 But Thomas, one of the Twelve, the one called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26 After eight days, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Take your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue to doubt, but believe.”

28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of John’s Gospel Account

30 Jesus, in the presence of his disciples, did many other miraculous signs that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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Bible Readings: Jonah 2:2-9, Matthew 28:1-10, Colossians 3:1-4

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 20:15

15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”

Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you carried him off, tell me where you laid him, and I will get him.”

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Bible Readings: Luke 13:34-35, Luke 23:32-34, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Matthew 27:35-36,39-44, Luke 23:35-38, Matthew 6:9-13, John 19:25-27, Luke 23:35-43, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Matthew 27:45-46, Matthew 26:36,39,42, John 19: 28-30, Psalm 53, Luke 23:44-46, Worship Folder: https://bit.ly/4mbPhBl

Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: Luke 23:44-46

Jesus’ Death

44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

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Holy Thursday

Bible Readings: Exodus 24:1-11, 1 Corinthians 11:23-28, John 13:1-15,34

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Pastor John Melke

Sermon text: Zechariah 13:1-3

A Fountain to Wash Away Sin

1 On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

2 In that day, declares the Lord of Armies, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the impure spirit from the land. 3 If anyone still prophesies, his father and his mother who gave birth to him will tell him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord!” Then his father and his mother who gave birth to him will stab him when he prophesies.

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Palm Sunday

Bible Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10, Matthew 21:1–11, Philippians 2:5–11

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: Isaiah 40:8

8 Grass withers, flowers fade,

but the Word of our God endures forever.

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Passion History of our Lord – Part Six

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Pastor Dennis Valleau

Sermon text: Zechariah 12:10–13

They Will Mourn for the One They Pierced

10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace, who pleads for mercy. Then they will look at me, the one they have pierced.”

They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child. They will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves over his firstborn. 11 On that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, as great as the mourning for Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;

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Fifth Sunday in Lent

Bible Readings: 2 Kings 4:17–37, John 11:17–27,38–45, Romans 8:11–19

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Pastor Paul Tullberg

Sermon text: John 11:17–27,38–45

17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, while Mary was sitting in the house.

21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the Last Day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even if he dies. 26 And whoever lives and believes in me will never perish. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

38 Jesus was deeply moved again as he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.

Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, because it has been four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone.

Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

44 The man who had died came out with his feet and his hands bound with strips of linen and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus told them, “Loose him and let him go.”

The Plot

45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.

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Passion History of our Lord – Part Four

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Pastor John Melke

Sermon text: Zechariah 6:9–13

The Crowning of Joshua

9 The word of the Lord came to me:

10 Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and on that very day go into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and place it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

12 Tell him that this is what the Lord of Armies says:

There is a man whose name is the Branch, because he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. 13 He is the one who will build the temple of the Lord. He will be clothed with majesty, and he will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful relations between the two offices.

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