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  • Author: Pastor Phil Peterson is a pastor at Faith Lutheran Church, Forest Lake, Minn.
  • Updated: 07/09/2008
  • Copyright: Pastor Phil Peterson
Where Your Treasure Is (The Lyric of Abundance)

Texts: Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 33:12-22, Hebrews 11:1-3 and 8-16, Luke 12:32-40

The myth of scarcity reigns. But when I see more clearly that God provides countless leaders in sharing the gospel, I can celebrate the goodness of God in giving to us the kingdom. Then Faith becomes a treasure.

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Bill Lorimer
  • Updated: 07/09/2008
  • Copyright: Bill Lorimer
Gifts

A temple talk.

There are three key thoughts in this message:
1. God is Gift
2. Giving is getting, and
3. You and I are God's gifts to this world.

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Mike Foss is the Senior Pastor at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Burnsville, MN
  • Updated: 07/09/2008
  • Copyright: Mike Foss
offline Affluenza - 2002 Eternal Treasures: The Great Delusion

In this sermon, Pastor Foss tackles the challenge of materialism (Afluenza): 

"The great delusion we live with is that we really can buy happiness. So, let's listen to those who had incredible wealth in the past. W. H. Vanderbilt said, "The care of $200 million is enough to kill anyone. There is no pleasure in it." John D. Rockefeller put it this way, "I have made many millions, but they have brought me no happiness." Andrew Carnegie said, "Millionaires seldom smile." (Alcorn,The Treasure Principle, p. 50) And when we look at those who have come into sudden wealth-lottery winners, for example-we discover that their lives are more miserable after the windfall than before. The happiest billionaire I know is a man who has decided to "die broke" by giving away his entire estate while he is still alive. His joy is now in giving to great causes for Christian ministry."


This is the third of four sermons on the theme, 2002 Eternal Treasures.

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Lee Ann Machosky did her internship at Parish Prairie Lutheran Parish, a 5-point parish in NE Montana.
  • Updated: 07/09/2008
  • Copyright: Lee Ann Machosky, E-MAIL: lmachosk@luthersem.edu
Tear Down Your Barns and Build New Ones

The following sermon won Honorable mention in the 2004  annual intern Stewardship contest. The prize is designed to enrich and strengthen the practice of stewardship in the church by advocating preaching and teaching that promotes the stewardship for financial resources.

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Rev. Gary L. Langness ELCA Pastor and Stewardship Leader
  • Updated: 07/09/2008
  • Copyright: Pastor Gary Langness
Whose Ball Is It?

1 John 3:17-18

When you and I acknowledge that God is the owner there is peace and enjoyment in life. If we think it belongs to us, then we spend much of our life rationalizing, arguing, hoarding and trying to hold on to what we think is ours. Life is not enjoyed, instead life becomes chaotic.