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Sermons

by TJ Johnson

TJ currently serves as Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Redmond, Oregon. Website: www.zionrdm.com

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  1. Unfathomable Peace

    Unfathomable Peace — Philippians 4:4-9 What does it mean to receive “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding”? In this sermon, Pastor TJ Johnson explores Paul’s promise of a peace we cannot manufacture but can receive from the Spirit of God. Through his grandmother’s simple...

  2. Stewarding God's Vineyard

    What if creation isn’t something we possess, but something entrusted to our care? Jesus said, “Look at the birds of the air.” St. Francis took him seriously. The birds, flowers, animals, forests—even the creatures we find inconvenient—invite us to pay attention to the love of the Creator woven...

  3. God's Mind-blowing Abundance

    Jonah 3:10–4:11; Matthew 20:1-16 What happens when our scarcity-shaped imagination collides with the infinite mercy of God? Through Jonah, Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard, and a personal story about the surprising way love expands, Pastor TJ explores a grace that refuses to keep...

  4. What can God make of this?

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  5. Relationship Matters

    In Matthew 18:15-20, Jesus offers more than a step-by-step approach to conflict. He invites us into relationships marked by honesty, courage, tenderness, and reconciliation. In this sermon, Pastor TJ Johnson explores what it means to become a “sacred companion”: someone who cares enough to tell…

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  6. What is your soul worth?

    What is your soul worth—and what are you tempted to trade it for? In this sermon on Matthew 16:21-28, Pastor TJ reflects on Jesus’ challenging words about denying ourselves, taking up the cross, and not gaining the whole world at the cost of our souls. Drawing on insights from Richard Rohr and...

  7. More than crumbs

    More Than Crumbs Matthew 15:21–28; Isaiah 56:1, 6–8 A Canaanite woman refuses to believe that God’s grace is scarce. When others see an outsider, she sees an abundant God—and Jesus praises her faith. In this sermon, we reflect on the danger of imagining God’s mercy too narrowly and the surprising...

  8. Peace in the Midst of Storms

    Matthew 14:22–33; 1 Kings 19:9–18 — When life feels unstable, Elijah and Peter remind us that our sure footing is found in the steadfast presence of Christ.

  9. Before the Bread Was Broken

    Our scarcity is met by Jesus’ compassionate abundance.

  10. Too Deep for Words

    Sometimes Prayer begins where words end.

  11. A Tree Growing Out of Rock

    Hopeless landscapes are God’s specialty.

  12. Soulful Rest

    When religion feels heavy, Jesus offers rest for the soul

  13. A cup of cold water

    What can a cup of kindness hold besides water?

  14. Every Bird, Every Hair, Every Soul

    Nothing to prove. Nothing to earn. Already known.

  15. Wise and Unhardened

    The wolves do not get to define the sheep

  16. Love not sacrifice

    Christ sets a table of grace where all are welcome.

  17. Awestruck

    Infinite Love that holds the stars and you

  18. Wounded Prince of Peace

    Christ breathes peace through his and our wounds.

  19. Bearing Witness

    The Spirit widens the circle through ordinary lives bearing witness.

  20. One

    Unity is the prayer of Jesus and the witness of the church.

  21. Divine Presence

    Christ in whom we live draws us into the Divine Dance.

  22. The Way of Surrender

    Sometimes the deepest prayer is simply letting go.

  23. Recognizing Christ

    Sometimes the heart knows before the mind understands.

  24. Indescribable Joy

    The risen Christ meets us with a joy beyond words.

  25. Fear and Great Joy

    The resurrected Christ still meets us on our paths.

  26. Into your hands

    Surrender is prayer.

  27. Rejected

    The world's "no" is met with God's "yes."

  28. Jesus wept

    Big girls and big boys do cry.

  29. Now I see

    Sometimes Jesus uses the mud of the earth to open our eyes.

  30. Behold your mother

    God is knitting a new family together in Christ.

  31. Living Water

    The Living Water gushes out of us forgiveness, life, and joy

  32. Paradise Now

    In the Garden with Jesus.

  33. Not to condemn

    Jesus undoes our misconceptions of God.

  34. Forgive them

    First of seven last words of Jesus on the Cross.

  35. Through the wilderness

    Why does the Spirit lead us through the wilderness? That the Spirit leads us is enough.

  36. Dust and Ashes

    The gift of mortality awareness.

  37. Eyewitnesses of Divine Majesty

    Have you had a mountaintop experience?

  38. Christmas Lamentation

    The Christmas story includes our tears

  39. Awakened by a Dream

    Wake up into God's larger, unfolding story.

  40. The Wolf and the Lamb

    The Spirit heals our wolfish and sheepish ways.

  41. Keep Awake

    God loves us too much to let us live unconsciously.

  42. Christ the Cosmic King

    Christ's Kingship is unveiled by his cosmic mercy and grace.

  43. A new song

    Wiser and lovelier than what our anxious minds can manufacture

  44. Children of the Resurrection

    In Christ we find deeper belonging to God.

  45. The eyes of your heart

    The deathless presence of the heavenly host

  46. Be still and know

    Be still and know that I am God. —Psalm 46:10

  47. Wash and be clean

    How can water do such great things?

  48. Pass it on

    Who has loved you into being?

  49. Lovers of Money

    The chasm between self-absorption and selfless love.

  50. Lovers of Money

    The chasm between self-absorption and selfless love.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

TJ currently serves as Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Redmond, Oregon. Website: www.zionrdm.com

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