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Immanuel Lutheran Loveland

by Immanuel Lutheran Church

This podcast is from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Loveland, CO. These weekly sermons/messages are based upon Biblical text and themes for personal spiritual formation and discipleship training. Gather through the common grace of technology with us when you're unable to join in person. New episodes are typically published on Mondays.

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  1. 10-18-2026 “The Face of Grace: Jesus” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Isaiah pulls no punches when it comes to expressing very clearly in his prophetic writing who the Messiah, the Promised One is – Jesus, the one true God! There is a richness beyond measure that we receive in these opening verses of chapter 45. And then St. Paul, in his first letter to the...

  2. 10-11-2026 "Radical Hospitality" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    This week’s readings have us thinking about banquets – first the banquet that our Lord is preparing for all His people, which we read about in Isaiah 25. And then in the Kingdom of Heaven stories Jesus tells in today’s Gospel reading, what we read about Radical Hospitality and the invitations God...

  3. 10-4-2026 “The Face of Grace: Throw Out the Trash” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians makes an apt comparison between Jesus and everything else in life – everything else is garbage! He does a beautiful and powerful job of expressing the absolute difference The Face of Grace makes in our lives – there is no comparison when it comes to...

  4. 9-27-2026 “Repentance, Humility, and Living Grace” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel lays it out in no uncertain terms – “Repent! Turn away from all your offenses!” He expresses the outcome of repentance, which is, by God’s help and by His grace, a changed life – a new heart and a new spirit. Paul in Philippians 2 expresses more of the sentiment…

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  5. 9-20-2026 “The Face of Grace: It’s Not Fair!” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Grace isn’t fair. Period. And thank God it isn’t! Jonah absolutely did not want God to show any sort of grace or compassion to the people of Nineveh – they didn’t deserve it! The Lord called Jonah out on his self-pity and hypocrisy. Still Jonah complained, even to the end! The parable Jesus told…

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  6. 9-13-2026 “The Face of Grace: Forgiveness and Relationships” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    All three readings for this Sunday speak to the critical importance of forgiveness, in particular as it’s tied into relationships. From Joseph and his brothers at the end of Genesis and the assurance of how God uses all things for good, to Paul’s question of why we judge each other and treat each...

  7. 9-6-2026 “Hope Even When We’re Wrong” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Right after Peter makes his profound and powerful statement of faith in Jesus, it seems he turns right around and puts his foot in his mouth. Jesus shares with His disciples what had to be a very intimate moment for the group when He told them what was going to happen to Him with His coming...

  8. 8-30-2026 “Hope in Jesus” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    It seems like a rather obvious matter, that we would hope in Jesus. We’ve been talking about that very thing all summer long. And yet it’s worth taking time to reflect on a critical question Jesus asked His disciples – “Who do you say I am?” We’ll consider not only what Peter’s answer was as well...

  9. 8-23-2026 "Hope in the Face of Success and of Depression” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The Old Testament reading in 1 Kings 19, which follows directly on the heels of one of the prophet Elijah’s greatest victories, puts us face-to-face with one of God’s most powerful prophets. And what we see in Elijah could be a mirror where we see ourselves – both the good and the bad. Hope comes...

  10. 8-16-2026 “Wanna Walk on Water?” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Peter was bold. Peter was brash. Once he got over his initial fright at seeing Jesus coming to them walking on water, he challenged Jesus – “If it’s You, Lord, invite me out to join you on the water!” He did it – but that was a short walk. What do we learn about hope in the face of the scary…

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  11. 8-9-2026 “Hope with Empty Hands” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We know that spiritually-speaking, we have nothing – empty hands as we stand before the Lord. In Isaiah 55, He invites us to come to Him to buy, eat, and drink, even though we have nothing in-hand to pay for it. In the Gospel, Jesus ordered His disciples to feed 5000 people, even though their…

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  12. 8-2-2026 “Hope in the Kingdom of Heaven” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Today’s Gospel in Matthew 13 is Jesus telling a series of very short parables in quick succession – all of them about the Kingdom of Heaven. What do we learn about hope from what He shares with us? We’ll couple those short parables with the Old Testament reading and one of many beautiful images…

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  13. 7-26-2026 “Hope Through What We Cannot Understand” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Romans 8:28 is one of those well-known and oft-quoted passages of Scripture. It is a passage that is filled with hope! The verses that follow build on those promises and give reason for our hope to grow and flourish – because of the love we know in Jesus. It’s a love that no one can take away.…

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  14. 7-19-2026 “Hope in the Unseen” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    In Romans 8, Paul speaks about the tension between the flesh and the Spirit. We hear confident promises that we ARE God’s children! He expresses how even creation itself is groaning, awaiting redemption and Christ’s return. He ends this section by speaking about hope – we can’t see it, but we…

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  15. 7-12-2026 “Hope in God’s Word” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The analogy that Isaiah spoke of connecting the rain and the snow with God’s Word is picked up by Jesus in the well-known parable of the sower and the seeds. We’ll look at both of those reading this day and be reminded of the power that comes to us in God’s Word – and the hope we find in it. Old...

  16. 7-5-2026 “The Devil Made Me Do It!” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    St. Paul expresses a frustration that we all feel – we want to do good, we want to do better, we want to be better. But it just seems like we keep falling in the same hole over and over and over again. We’ll explore that frustration (and reality) that is very much part of our lives. Where can we...

  17. 6-28-2026 “Hope Through Baptism” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    With two baptisms on this day, the profound way that Paul instructs us regarding baptism brings hope – the life-giving connection our baptism makes directly to Jesus and His death and resurrection. How does He do it? We’ll dig deeply into these amazing words and promises from our Lord here in...

  18. 6-21-2026 “From Suffering to Hope?” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    In Romans 5 St. Paul speaks clearly of the unusual place from where our hope originates – from suffering! It’s surprising and unexpected, even unbelievable, from a human vantage point. But this is the way our Lord works and how He chooses to bring hope into our lives – even in the most unusual of...

  19. 6-14-2026 “He’ll Take Anyone!” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The Gospel reading is the short account of Jesus calling Matthew to come and follow Him and be one of His disciples. Many looking on would likely question Jesus’ decision in a significant way – “Don’t you know who this man really is? Why would you select Him as one of Your disciples?!” The hope...

  20. 6-7-2026 "Faith that Brings Hope" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We begin this series on hope with the “father of hope,” Abraham, focusing on God’s call to Abram that we hear in Genesis 12, and the accompanying promises God poured out on Abram. We’ll lean heavily on Romans 4 as St. Paul expounds on the significance of what God was doing through Abraham. The...

  21. 5-31-2026 “Keep Running with Perseverance” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Keeping Immanuel’s Mission and Vision in mind, on this Trinity Sunday, we offer our thanks and praise to our wonderful, mysterious, powerful Triune God, who is right here in our midst, who has blessed us with this marvelous creation, and has promised to be with us always – no matter what! On this...

  22. 5-24-2026 “Eyes Fixed on Jesus” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Pentecost Sunday is all about the Holy Spirit – His dramatic coming on Jesus’ disciples 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead as well as His ongoing coming into our hearts and lives still today through Word and Sacrament. We aren’t able to Run with Perseverance or “fix our eyes on Jesus” on our...

  23. 5-17-2026 “Run Together” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We’re not in this on our own. Immanuel’s Mission and Vision are both intended to be carried out by all of us – in our individual lives, but more importantly in our life together as God’s people in this place and time. Hebrews 12 speaks of that great cloud of witnesses that we will think more…

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  24. 5-10-2026 “Run with Perseverance” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Perseverance is key for us as followers of Jesus. Life isn’t always going to be easy or fun, new or flashy. Our life of following Jesus can be pretty challenging from multiple angles. We’re reminded in 1 Peter 3 that we always have to be prepared to give an answer to the hope that lies within us....

  25. 5-3-2026 “Joy in the Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    All three readings will come into play again this Sunday with many reminders of the joy the Lord brings to us in this journey we are on with Him. There will be three youth who will confirm their faith on this Sunday and all these readings speak directly to them as well as to us. The Gospel…

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  26. 4-26-2026 “A Joy-FULL Life” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Jesus speaks about the imagery of sheep and shepherds. Where does joy come from? It comes in knowing our Shepherd, listening to His voice, trusting Him, and following Him. In the Acts reading, we’re reminded of the joy that comes as we live this life together in community, living life around the...

  27. 4-19-2026 “Joy in the Ordinary and the Extraordinary” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    In each of the readings for this Sunday, we hear of the means of grace – God using ordinary elements (water, words, bread, and wine) to accomplish the extraordinary. Acts 2 speaks of baptism; 1 Peter, the “living and enduring Word of God”; and in Luke 24, Jesus reveals Himself by way of the…

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  28. 4-12-2026 “An Inexpressible and Glorious Joy" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The first letter Peter wrote to his fellow believers was written in the face of extreme persecution. There is, humanly speaking, an irony for Peter to begin this letter with these words of praise and thanks to God – these people were suffering and going through unspeakable horrors because of…

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  29. 4-5-2026 “The Journey from Wilderness to Joy” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Multiple times around Jesus’ resurrection, we hear the words, “Don’t be afraid!” Why? Because this journey we are on takes us from the wilderness into the joy the Lord has brought to us by His Easter victory. The women who had come to prepare Jesus’ body properly for burial, after seeing Jesus,...

  30. 3-29-2026 “A Surprising Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Holy Week is finally here. This is arguably the most moving week for us as followers of Jesus. It’s a week that changed the course of history. It’s a week that defines us, inspires us, and gives us life as we hear, observe, and celebrate everything Jesus accomplished on our behalf to bring hope,...

  31. 3-22-2026 “A Truth-Speaking Journey” by Pastor Kent Schnegelberger

    We continue with our Lent series, Worship in the Wilderness, thinking about the wilderness and about this journey we are on with our Lord together. This week we’re going to focus on the need to speak Truth in our increasingly secular society. We live in a wilderness, of that there is no doubt.…

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  32. 3-15-26 “A Sacrificial Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We continue with our Lent series, Worship in the Wilderness, thinking about the wilderness and about this journey we are on with our Lord together. This week we’re going to focus on the sacrificial journey Jesus took for all of us. We’ll look more closely at what that journey looked like. We’ll...

  33. 3-8-2026 “A Sorrowful Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We continue with our Lent series, Worship in the Wilderness, thinking about the wilderness and about this journey we are on with our Lord together. This week we’re going to focus on how hard this journey in the wilderness can be. We’ll think about lament and sorrow that we feel at different times...

  34. 3-1-2026 “A Simple Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We continue with our Lent series, Worship in the Wilderness, thinking about the wilderness and about this journey we are on together and with our Lord. This week we’re going to focus on simplicity. We’re going to simplify the worship service a bit and we’ll take a look at how our Lord calls us to...

  35. 2-22-2026 “A Spirit-led Journey” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Our new Lent series, Worship in the Wilderness, began on Ash Wednesday. This Sunday we’ll begin exploring what being in the wilderness can entail. We’ll consider the different kinds of roads that have brought us to worship and to the place we’re at in this season of our lives. We’ll look at what...

  36. 2-15-2026 “Blinding Light and Darkness Overcome” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We hear about Jesus’ transfiguration as we wrap up the Epiphany season. This miraculous and spell-binding experience for three of Jesus’ disciples is almost beyond description. Peter tries to explain it in his second letter as he reminds us where we need to remain grounded – in God’s Word. It is...

  37. 2-8-2026 “The Darkness of Injustice” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Isaiah is preaching a very harsh sermon – one where he is uncovering all manner of darkness in the form of injustice. Do we see it? Do we care about it? Or are we letting that darkness simply cover us and cover up sin and evil and brokenness all around us? It’s not all doom-and-gloom, though,...

  38. 2-1-26 “Foolishness and Darkness: Two Peas in a Pod” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    The church in Corinth was a real mess! In the opening verses of St. Paul’s first letter to them, he expresses pretty clearly and pretty quickly the bottom-line of the Gospel – that is, the message of the cross. He contrasts God’s wisdom with human wisdom and there’s not much comparison to be…

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  39. 1-25-26 “You Can’t Follow in the Dark!”  by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    From Isaiah, we hear a refrain about darkness and light that we heard from Isaiah 60 on the first Sunday of the series. We’ll revisit that but from the context of following Jesus. We hear Jesus’ invitation to Peter and Andrew to come and follow Him. We also hear St. Paul in the 1 Corinthians 1...

  40. 1-18-26 "Seeing in the Dark" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    In John 1, Jesus is beginning to call and gather His disciples. He’s going about it all backward in comparison to the “regular” rabbis of the day. Normally students or disciples seek out a teacher or rabbi to follow but we see Jesus seeking the disciples and inviting them to follow – and they, in...

  41. 1-11-26 “Darkness Washed Away” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We hear of Jesus’ baptism by John in the Jordan and the beginning of His public ministry. This Sunday provides the opportunity to talk about the blessing and the gift of baptism, even though the baptism Jesus institutes at His ascension is different than the baptism He received from John. In…

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  42. 1-4-26 "Darkness Overcome" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We start this Epiphany series with this powerful prophecy from Isaiah. He speaks very directly of darkness, a deep darkness God’s people were mired in because of the exiles and the horrors of those experiences. The darkness runs deep but the light is not overcome. We hear from Isaiah the...

  43. 12-28-25 "The Thrill of Hope" by Pastor Robin Dugall

    It seems like every keen cultural observer has joined many of us in noting that we are living in a world that is filled with hopelessness. Hope might be in short supply in society at large but it is the lifeblood of followers of Jesus. The Bible unapologetically and joyously proclaims what each…

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  44. 12-25-25 "Home at Last" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    We are home at last as we celebrate Jesus coming into His world. On this Christmas morning, we rest in the wonder, the peace, and the joy that is ours in Jesus! Old Testament: Isaiah 9:6-7 Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 Gospel: John 1:1-14 Sermon Title: “Home at Last”

  45. 12-24-25 "A Light that Leads Us Home" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    This night is filled with lights and singing – from the angels proclaiming that the time has come. It is The Light that has now come into the world – the Light that will lead us home. We join our voices with the angels that night, singing their praises with the shepherds over the King who has…

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  46. 12-21-24 “A Home Unbroken”  by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    For all of us, we strive for and desire a peace-filled, unbroken home. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case as we all struggle with the brokenness that sin has brought into our world and into our lives on this side of eternity. What we hear today is the promise and assurance of what the...

  47. 12-14-25 "The Gift" - A Cantata by Llyod Larson Performed by Immanuel's Christmas Choir

    Christmas is a season of celebration, gratitude, and giving, and this cantata focuses on the ultimate Christmas gift...Jesus. Brimming with beloved carols and exciting new songs, The Gift traces the ageless Christmas story through the lens of gratitude and our response to the Greatest Gift. As...

  48. 12-7-25 "No Place Like Home" by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    While we won’t be talking a lot about clicking the heels of our ruby red shoes, as followers of Jesus, we know that there’s no place like home! We’ll focus on the blessings that we can experience in our times of worship, when we gather here at “home” with the Lord, and are reminded of the…

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  49. 11-30-25 “Far From Home” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    Using the prophet Isaiah and the pending exiles of God’s people, the messages the Lord provides are messages that revolve around “home.” This week, the first of our Advent series, we recognize how, at Christmas, God leaves his home to enter our exile so that, by grace through faith, we might be...

  50. 11-23-25 “Stand Firm on Christ the King” by Pastor Glen Schlecht

    On this last Sunday of the Church Year, we celebrate Christ the King Sunday. The end of each church year typically touches on end times. We’ll take that focus based on Jesus’ words in the Gospel reading from Luke 21. He offers us so much direction and wisdom and love, all of which flow so…

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This podcast is from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Loveland, CO. These weekly sermons/messages are based upon Biblical text and themes for personal spiritual formation and discipleship training. Gather through the common grace of technology with us when you're unable to join in person. New episodes are typically published on Mondays.

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