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Sermons from St Paul Lutheran Church of Bismarck, ND — 317 episodes
2026-8-16 "The Silent Treatment"
2026-8-9 "Don't Play God"
2026-8-2 "Let the Goal Dictate the Moment"
2026-7-12 "Undiminished Wisdom and Power"
2026-7-5 "The Unavoidable Civil War"
2026-6-21 "God's Directions"
2026-6-14 "Joyful, No Matter What"
2026-05-31 "This Commission Is Truly Great"
2026-5-24 "You Will Receive"
2026-5-17 "Necessities"
2026-5-3 "One Chance, One Way"
2026-4-26 "Mind Full of God"
2026-4-19 "Some, But Not All"
2026-4-5 "The Resurrection Changed Everything"
2026-4-3 Good Friday Meditations of the Seven Words of Christ
2026-4-2 Maundy Thursday: "Forgetting to Remember"
2026-3-29 Palm Sunday: "The Epic Miscalculation"
2026-3-25 The Lessons of Lent: "Pointless Bravado"
2026-3-22 "Emotions and the Long Game"
2026-3-18 The Lessons of Lent: "Worthless Goals"
2026-3-15 "Good and Bad Guilt"
2026-3-11 The Lessons of Lent: "Ignored Warnings"
2026-3-8 "Happily Ever After"
2026-3-4 The Lessons of Lent: "False Assumptions"
2026-3-1 "Simple Directions"
2026-2-25 The Lessons of Lent: Bad Company
2026-2-22 "The Great I Am or the Great I Feel"
2026-2-15 Transfiguration "Look, Listen, Learn"
2026-2-8 "Simple, But Never Easy"
2026-2-1 "Why Me?"
2026-1-18 "Yes, You"
2026-1-11 "Recalibrate Your Tare Weight"
2026-01-04 "Looking for Jesus"
2025-12-25 "The Word Became Flesh"
2025-12-24 Christmas Eve "The Quiet Chamber"
2025-12-21 "What Did God Mean by 'Peace on Earth'?"
2025-12-17 "It was never going to look like hope"
2025-12-14 "Would You Trade?"
2025-12-10 "It Was Never Going to Be Easy"
2025-12-07 "Worst Possible Enemy or Best Possible Friend"
2025-11-30 "The Quartermaster"
2025-11-26 "Rightly Condemned, Rightly Pardoned" (The Basis for All Thanksgiving)
2025-11-2 "The Present"
2025-11-16 "The Active and Passive of True Christianity"
2025-11-9 "Around or Through"
2025-11-2 "The Full Counsel of God's Word"
2025-10-26 "Listen, and Live"
2025-10-19 "Now"
2025-10-12 "The Sure Thing"
2025-10-5 "I Mean It"
2025-9-28 "No. That's Not for You."
2025-9-21 "What Do You See?"
2025-9-14 "Think Small and Aim Low"
2025-9-7 "The Cost - Of Everything"
2025-8-31 "Watch, Humbly"
2025-8-24 "The Great Transition"
2025-8-17 "The Real Jesus"
2025-8-10 "The True Character of Saving Faith"
2025-8-3 "Worthy of Worship"
2025-7-27 "Complete"
2025-7-20 "Work Heartily, as for the Lord"
2025-7-6 "A Patient Savior for an Impatient World"
2025-6-29 "Where Were You?"
2025-6-22 "Real and Present"
2025-6-15 "God Knows"
2025-6-8 "The Vision of Pentecost"
2025-6-1 "Simply Amazing"
2025-5-25 "The Encounter"
2025-5-18 "Says God"
2025-5-11 "The Life Well Lived"
2025-5-4 "Solutions"
2025-4-27 "The Power Trip"
2025-4-20 Easter Sunday - "The Justifier"
2025-4-18 Good Friday
2025-4-17 Maundy Thursday
2025-4-13 Palm Sunday "What Would They Say?"
2025-4-6 "Dead Ends - that Aren't"
2025-3-30 "Controlled"
2025-3-23 "Self-Discipline"
2025-3-16 "Conformation Prevents Transformation"
2025-03-09 "Seen and Unseen"
2025-03-02 "Through or Around" (Transfiguration Sunday)
2025-2-16 "Are You Working against Yourself?"
2025-2-9 "On Earth as It Is in Heaven"
2025-02-02 "Only What Is Broken Can be Fixed"
2025-01-26 "Teamwork"
2025-01-12 "Lighted Signs"
2015-01-11 Jody Blumhardt Memorial Service
2024-12-29 "God's Incredible Christmas Offer" -Prof. Paul Naumann
2024-12-25 "To Know the Answer, First Know the Question"
2024-12-24 "From Sentience to Sapience"
2024-12-22 "Sin and Forgiven Both Have an I"
2024-12-15 "The Challenge of Tradition"
2024-12-8 "What About Me?"
2024-12-01 "The Switch and the Dimmer"
2024-11-27 "The 'Why' of Thanksgiving"
2024-11-24 "King, not Lamb"
2024-11-17 "Stirred Up"
2024-11-03 "With Mite of Ours"
2024-10-27 "I Didn't Know!" (Reformation)
2024-10-20 "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go"
2024-10-13 "Occupied with Joy"
2024-10-06 "The Little Things"
2024-9-29 "The Other End of the Arm"
2024-9-22 "Mouths Open When They Should Be Closed, and Closed When They Should Be Open"
2024-9-15 "Chief of Sinners"
2024-9-8 "Are You Okay?"
2024-9-1 "Guided or Misguided Enthusiasm"
"Escape"
2024-8-18 "Recklessness" (8th Commandment)
2024-8-11 "Shocking"
2024-8-4 "God in Christ Forgave You"
2024-7-28 "The Way Things Are"
2024-7-21 "From Hopelessness to Confident Expectation"
2024-7-14 "The Name of the Lord Your God"
2024-7-7 "The Difference between Potent and Impotent"
2024-6-30 "There Is No Sitting on the Fence" - Prof. Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker
2024-6-16 "Tremendous Appeal"
2024-6-9 "Trained to See"
2024-6-2 "Above and Beyond"
2024-5-26 "Holy, Holy, Holy" Prof. Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker
2024-5-12 "The Ascension Is Still Relevant"
2024-5-5 "Tone-Deaf"
2024-4-28 "Guilt by Association and Hidden in Plain Sight"
2024-4-21 "Sheep of the Good Shepherd"
2024-4-14 "The Upgrade"
2024-4-7 "Mop-up Action"
2024-3-31 "Easter - The Day of Days"
2024-3-29 Good Friday Meditations on the Words of Christ from the Cross
2024-3-28 Maundy Thursday "Today Needs Tomorrow"
2024-3-24 "Here's What' Going to Happen"
2024-3-20 "The Glory of the Cross Hidden in Our Savior's Stumbling"
2024-3-17 "Asking for It"
2024-3-10 "The Glory of the Cross Hidden in the Savior's Powerful Words"
2024-3-10 "Connected"
2024-3-6 "The Glory of the Cross Hidden in the Rejection of Jesus by His Own"
2024-3-3 "Foolishness or Wisdom"
2024-2-28 "The Glory of the Cross, Hidden in the Savior's Rejection by the World"
2024-2-25 "The Process"
2024-2-18 "God Himself Will Provide"
2024-2-11 "The Great Transformation"
1-28-2024 "Test Results"
2024-01-07 "Epiphany"
2023-12-31 "Dedication"
2023-12-25 "The Consequences of Christmas"
2023-12-24 (Christmas Eve) "Why?"
2023-12-24 "No Way!"
2023-12-17 "Christianity, Inside and Out"
2023-12-10 "The Sky's the Limit"
2023-12-3 "Longing"
2023-11-29 "Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me: Come with Your Rod
2023-11-26 "Who Cares"
2023-11-22 "Then, Now, and Later"
2023-11-12 "The Door Will Close"
2023-11-05 "The Saints Are Hiding"
2023-10-29 "Is It Time to Declare Bankruptcy?"
2023-10-22 "Theology of Glory or Theology of the Cross?"
2023-10-15 "Immunized or Vaccinated"
2023-10-8 "What Will He Do?"
2023-10-01 "Let Us Not Be Ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ"
2023-9-24 "The Cost of Mercy"
2023-9-17 "Sin's Delusions"
2023-9-10 "Offense and Defense"
2023-9-3 "Necessary"
2023-8-20 "Silent Instruction"
2023-8-13 "God, and Not God"
2023-8-6 "Get to the Point"
2023-7-30 "Power Undiminished"
2023-7-23 "Friend or Enemy"
2023-7-16 "Trust God's Wisdom and Power"
2023-7-9 "Prisoners of Hope"
2023-7-2 "Where Is Your Home?"
2023-6-25 "One Way Only"
2023-6-18 "Choose Joy with Confidence"
2023-6-11 "If Only It Were True"
2023-6-4 Trinity Sunday (Prof. Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker)
2023-5-28 "Keep the Change" (Pentecost Sunday)
2023-5-21 "Flawless" (Ascension Service)
2023-5-14 "Provoked"
2023-5-7 "Harmony and Balance"
2023-4-30 "Connected"
2023-4-23 "Some, but Not All"
2023-4-16 "Fading?"
2023-4-9 Easter Sunday "Victory!"
2023-4-7 Good Friday "Do You Understand What You are Reading?"
2023-4-2 "Strength"
2023-3-29 "A Part for the Whole"
2023-3-26 "The Mind of the Spirit"
2023-3-22 "Seized with Remorse"
2023-3-19 "Everything (and Nothing) to Lose; Nothing (and Everything) to Gain"
2023-3-15 "The Semblance of Legality"
2023-3-12 "Sin Requires Pain"
2023-3-5 "Guilt"
2023-3-1 "Satan Has Asked to Sift You Like Wheat"
2023-2-26 "I Will Keep the Passover"
2023-2-19 "Look, and Listen"
2023-2-12 "Spiritual, Religious, Christian"
2023-2-5 "If Only vs Only If"
2023-1-29 "Trust Requires Humility"
2023-1-22 "For Thine Is the Power"
2023-1-15 "Let Me Repeat That"
2023-1-1 "Perspective"
2022-12-25 "The Question, and the Answer"
2022-12-24 "Is It Still a Wonder?"
2022-12-18 "Are You Hearing This"
2022-12-11 "Think About It"
2022-12-4 "See"
2022-11-27 "The Deadline Needs the Lifeline"
2022-11-24 "The God-Pleasing Perspective of Thanksgiving"
2022-11-13 "Direction"
2022-11-13 "God's Promises"
2022-11-6 "The Astounding Miracle of One Rescued Sinner"
2022-10-30 "Reformation - Straightforward"
2022-10-23 "What are you doing here?"
2022-10-16 "The Lord's Gift of Redemption" Pastor Nathanael Mayhew, Guest Speaker
2022-10-9 "The Sure Thing"
2022-10-2 "Literally True"
2022-9-25 "Trust Worthy" - Pastor Caleb Schaller, Guest Speaker
2022-9-11 "Surely not, Lord"
2022-9-04 "Because Paul"
2022-8-28 "Yours to Lose?"
2022-8-21 "From Fear to Fear"
2022-8-14 "Life Is Not 'Whatever'" Layman Timothy Meyer, Guest Speaker
2022-8-7 "Faith: Humble, Blind, Indigent"
2022-7-31 "God and the Seventh"
2022-7-24 "Pride Hates Jesus"
2022-7-17 "Elevators"
2022-7-10 "Know Your Place"
2022-7-3 "The Finger of God"
2022-6-19 "Legion vs One"
2011-6-12 "Because God Said So" (Trinity Sunday)
2022-6-5 "Because You Got It, You Get It"
2022-5-29 "The Ascension Gives Us Our Perfect Pitch" - Professor Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker
2022-5-22 "Pointless Persistence"
2022-5-15 "Says Who?"
2022-5-8 "Confident Communicators"
2022-5-1 "Expect to be Surprised"
2022-4-24 "The Reality Check"
2022-4-17 Easter Sunday "The Hill that Must Be Defended"
2022-4-15 Good Friday "Who Is to Blame?"
2022-4-10 "Stones that Cry"
2022-4-3 "The New Path"
2022-3-27 "New and Clean"
2022-3-20 "Different by Association"
2022-3-13 "Focus"
2022-3-6 "The Simple Joy of the Christian Faith"
2022-2-27 "Avoid Confront Embrace"
2022-2-22 "God Is Good - Always"
2022-2-16 "You Don't Really Mean That"
2022-1-30 "Break It to Fix It"
2022-1-23 "What Went Wrong?"
2022-1-16 "Neither Miss, nor Misunderstand, the Signs"
2022-1-9 "Keep the Change"
2022-1-2 "God's Signs"
2021-12-26 "How Does It Fit"
2021-12-25 "Proclaim the Royal Birth"
2021-12-19 "Hearts that Simply Believe"
2021-12-12 "Confront Your Doubts"
2021-12-05 "The Refiner"
2021-11-28 "Why God"
2021-11-24 "The 'Why' of Thanksgiving"
2021-11-21 "Jesus Christ, the King of Kings"
2021-11-14 "Invited by God"
2021-11-7 "The Miracle of God's Rescue"
2021-10-31 "The Word"
2021-10-24 "What Do You Want Jesus to Do for You?"
2021-10-17 "Joyful Contentment"
2021-10-10 "Trending"
2021-10-3 "Little Things"
2021-9-19 "The Savior's Arms"
2021-9-12 "Beyond Repair"
2021-9-5 "There Is No Such Thing as a Partial Christian" - Professor Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker
2021-8-29 "Our Rescue, God's Guarantee"
2021-8-22 "The Poor Substitute"
2021-8-15 "Shocking"
2021-8-8 "God in Christ Forgave You"
2021-8-1 "What Christian Excellence Looks Like"
2021-7-25 "The Way It Is"
2021-7-18 "Poured Out"
2021-7-11 "Frustration"
2021-7-4 "The Difference Between Potent and Impotent Is Mostly the 'I'"
2021-6-20 "Pure Gospel"
2021-6-13 "Appealing"
2021-6-6 "See the Unseen"
2021-5-23 "God's Great Gift of Clarity"
2021-5-16 "The Ascension Is Still Relevant"
2021-5-2 "The Solid Connection"
2021-5-9 "The Victory that Is Saving Faith"
2021-4-25 "The Comfort of Sheep with a Shepherd"
2021-4-18 "Better"
2021-4-11 "Eliminate Ignorance"
2021-4-4 Easter Sunday "Holding Jesus' Hands"
2021-4-2 Good Friday "What Does 'Finished' Mean to You?"
2021-4-1 "The Devil's Board Meeting"
2021-3-28 Palm Sunday "A Mind of Your Own"
2021-3-21 "Jesus and the Use of Force"
2021-3-14 Well Connected
2021-3-7 "God's Views on Foolishness"
2021-2-28 "Who Do You Say Jesus Is?"
2021-2-21 "Focus on Reaction, not Cause - Trusting that God Will Provide"
2021-2-14 "Light Hearted"
2021-2-7 "Lord and Servant"
2021-1-31 "It Goes Without Saying"
2021-1-24 "God's Plan for Anxiety-free Living"
2021-1-17 "Temples of the Holy Spirit"
2021-1-10 "Epiphany vs. Entitlement"
2021-1-3 "The Boy Jesus - Atypical Adolescent" - Professor Paul Naumann, Guest Speaker
2020-12-25 Christmas has Consequences
2020-12-20 Wow
2020-12-13 Christianity, Inside and Out
2020-12-06 The Equation of Hope
2020-11-1 The Door Will Close
2020-11-8 Toward the Smoke
2020-11-15 Saints, Now and Then
2020-11-26 The Good, the Better, and the Best
2020-11-22 The King
2020-11-29 Stand Together or Fall Apart