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Lightly Salted
by Jim Neubauer
Words of encouragement for all who are called the salt of the earth and the light of the world. This podcast has the three Scripture readings and the sermon from St. Johns Lutheran Church in Park Rapids, MN.
Episodes
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Sowing Generously
Have you written a text or letter and then never sent it? We sometimes hesitate wondering how it will be received. But sowing God's word is to be done almost recklessly not knowing the results ahead of time. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If…
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Tending God's Field
It's been a year since we started our capital campaign to refresh the building at St. Johns. It's been a great year, but a nice building was never the end goal. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry,...
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Supporting Missions
The theme for LWML Sunday is one of their main national goals. Having been the beneficiaries of mission work we gladly and joyfully support ongoing missions here and afar. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support…
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Households of Faith
Pastor Chad Lakies from Lutheran Hour will encourage us as we gather together in order to go out to share.
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Giving It Your All
Giving it your all is great advice for live in so many situations. But does it work before God? For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website. Sorry about…
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The King's Joy
Have you ever wondered why the king settled accounts and not his financial minister? Maybe he wanted to forgive the large debt of his servant? For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give…
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On Riding Bikes
Bike riding is one of the most liberating feelings of childhood, but the Gospel is even better! For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Peter, Peter, Peter
Peter goes from a great confession to a great resistance when Jesus starts talking about He will face suffering and death as the Christ. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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The Rock
What are you building your life on? And more broadly, as St John's Lutheran Church and as a part of the body of Christ, what are we building our hope on? The answer is most important when things seem to be falling apart. Personally, when we receive that diagnosis, when the accident happens, Most...
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Characters
As we encounter the Canaanite women and the reactions of all the characters, we see a reflection of ourselves, and finally the fullness of God's grace. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can...
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What to do when You're Sinking
Peter demonstrates great faith walking on the water, until he doesn't! But he immediately shifts his sight to the One Who is the source of that faith! For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can...
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Buried Treasure
Who is the active agent in our parables today? Jesus, of course!
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A Shepherd Like No Other
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, takes action when he sees the people "harassed and helpless" by sending the apostle's on their first mission. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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Creation's Psalm
As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, we praise the name of the Lord, exulting and magnifying His creating and redeeming us and all of creation. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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Clear Communication
As we celebrate the pouring our of the Holy Spirit in a unique way on Pentecost, we see that God continues to provide the Holy Spirit to clearly communicate the good news of salvation in Jesus. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like…
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Victory
Peter doesn't end his first letter with a sentimental farewell. Instead, he speaks with the urgency of a commander preparing his troops for the final push. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you...
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Confessing Hope
Peter calls us to be prepared to tell people about the Living Hope we have with gentleness and respect. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Living Stones
We celebrate with Peter the truth that Christ is the living cornerstone and that through the word and sacraments we, as living stones, are being built up into at spiritual house, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people belonging to God to declare his excellencies!
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The Scars
On Good Shepherd Sunday we follow the Shepherd who bears the scars of his work for us that we might die to sin and live to righteousness For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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The Price
God yanks off all the "price tags" the world would put on us to give us the one that matters: "ransomed by the blood of Christ." For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through…
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The Past and Future Present
For Christians, the present time that we live in is clearly defined by the past and the future. Our life in the present is rooted resurrection of Jesus from the dead and looking forward to the inheritance kept for us in heaven - life. This gives us a Living Hope even when we face suffering. For...
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Sit, Rest, and Rejoice
It's a small detail, but it means a lot, that the angel was seated on the stone that was rolled away. Christ's word is finished. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through…
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Making Every Day and Easter Day
Each and every day is Easter for those who have received new life in Christ! For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Five Words For Life
Words are important and among the most important words fo\\come from Romans 5, "While we were still sinners. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Child Like Faith
Children trust that what their parents say is true. And that is what we should do with the word of our Savior For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Humility vs Humiliation
Humiliation is something we endure. Humility is what Jesus demonstrated his whole life through, counting us as more significant than his own life. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give...
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Jesus: Victory for Life
We come full circle from the first Sunday in Lent to the last midweek service with the reading of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. The victory he won there, he won again at the cross where he secured our victory for life. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website…
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The Breath of Resurrected Life
From the Valley of the Dry Bones through Lazarus' tomb to us we see how the word of God brings the breath of life. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our...
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Elijah: Food for Life
After defeating 450 prophets of Baal, Elijah didn't find boldness, he fled to the wilderness wanting to die. Join us as we explore why miracles aren't enough to fuel your faith and how the Word of God provides the "bread" you need for the journey from death to life. For more information about St....
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I Was Blind
As Jesus heals the man born blind, we learn that seeing is not believing. Rather believing is seeing the Light of the World. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco…
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Jonah: Repentance for Life
It's probably the shortest sermon ever, "Yet forty days and you will be overthrown." And yet that word produced repentance from the King down to the cattle in the stall. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our...
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From Hope to Hope
Romans 5 takes us through the beauty of a hope that is grounded in the accomplished fact of Jesus' death and resurrection. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on...
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It’s All His Doing!
We’ll explore how God’s grace turns our self-reliance upside down, showing that new birth, forgiveness, and eternal life are not achieved by our effort, but received as God’s free gift in Christ. You’ll be encouraged to fix your eyes on Jesus, not your performance, and to rest in the Good News…
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Moses on Mt. Sinai: Gods' Word (Presence) for Life
Moses was on the mountain 40 days and nights in the very presence of God. Why? To receive the law of God AND to receive the instructions for God dwelling with His people. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our...
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The Tree of Life
This morning we use Stephen Starke's hymn "The Tree of Life" to journey through three distinct landscapes to see how the "awful poison" of sin is neutralized by the "living fruit" of the Cross and delivered to us even today. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or…
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Forty for Life - Noah
Our Lent journey begins with the 40 days and 40 nights of the raging rain of the flood. The flood which Peter says, points to our baptism that saves us. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can...
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Look Up
The glory of transfiguration is fulfilled in the cross. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Raising the Bar
In the sermon on the mount, Jesus raises the bar of righteousness so high that it seems as if we are supposed to do a pole vault without the pole! For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give...
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Starting at the End
Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, the merciful... Those words of Jesus don't seem like they bring blessings. But starting at the end, "for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" shows us just how blessed they are. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our...
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Lament and Life
God the Son was not born into a silent night holy and bright. He was born into a world that needed to be saved from its own evil endeavors. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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In the Beginning
Christmas Day Service For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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The Light Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve worship we join in a Lessons and Carols based the the theme of Light. Not only does Christmas celebrate the coming of the true Light, Jesus, we are called to reflect that light into the dark world. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.…
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Lord of Life
God the Holy Spirit is very active in the Christmas story as the Lord and Giver of Life. We see this with Elizabeth, Mary and with ourselves as well. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can…
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Just Be Patient
James encourages us that just like the farmers who have to be patient for the crops to ripen, so also, as Christians we are to wait patiently and with certainty for Christ's return. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to...
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Hope Remains
When you think there is nothing left, there is still God. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online through Vanco on our website.
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Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord!
Isaiah proclaims the word of God pointing to the time when peace will prevail and we will finally walk clearly in the light of the Lord. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you can give online...
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It's Not Fair!
Complaining is easy and it's been done for eons. But when we are tempted to complain, "It's not fair!" we look to the cross and see God starting to set everything right. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support our...
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Leap Like a Calf!
You've seen the clips of calves newly released from the stall, jumping and excited at their freedom. When Jesus comes again, Malachi prophecies, we will be as exuberant as those calves. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate...
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God of the Living
We have questions about the resurrection and the life of the world to come, but in the Gospel reading today, we hear the most important thing of all: The Lord is God of the living. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to...
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Blessed Are You
As Jesus speaks the Beatitudes, we remember that these blessings are for us now already by faith, and we celebrate their final fulfilment when Jesus returns in all his glory. For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook. If you would like to donate to support...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Words of encouragement for all who are called the salt of the earth and the light of the world. This podcast has the three Scripture readings and the sermon from St. Johns Lutheran Church in Park Rapids, MN.
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Jim Neubauer
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