All Episodes
The Sermon in the Valley with Pastor Rob Eller — 224 episodes
Episode 221: In the Waves & Silence - Finding God in the Storm
Episode 220: Blessed, Broken, Given - Enough to Go Around
Episode 219: Hidden in Plain Sight - The Kingdom of Heaven is Like...
Episode 218: Let it Grow - You Cannot Tell Yet
Episode 217: Sow Anyway - Don't Wait to be Good Soil
Episode 216: Follow Me - And Welcome Everyone
Episode 215: Follow Me - And Speak the Truth
Episode 214: Follow Me - The Harvest is Waiting
Episode 213: Follow Me - To Where the People Are
Episode 212: Made Different, Sent Together - Grace, Love, and Communion for the Road
Episode 211: Out of the Room and Into the Streets
Episode 210: Why Are You Looking Up? - An Ascension Sermon
Episode 209: The Practice of Love
Episode 208: Stubborn Hope - Audacity in a Trouble World
Episode 207: Called by Name, Sent to Stay
Episode 206: Were Not Our Hearts Burning?
Episode 205: Raised, Reoriented, Recommissioned - An Easter Sermon
Episode 204: They Will Know We Are His Disciples: The Costly Love of the Upper Room
Episode 203: Palm Branches and Flipped Tables - A Palm Sunday Sermon of Hope
Episode 202: Wilderness to Resurrection - From Death to Life
Episode 201: Wilderness to Resurrection - Learning to See
Episode 200: Wilderness to Resurrection - Water for the Journey
Episode 199: Wilderness to Resurrection - Through the Unknown into New Life
Episode 198: Wilderness to Resurrection - Temptation in the Wilderness
Episode 197: See, Listen, & Follow Him - Transfiguration in a Weary World
Episode 196: A Faith That Stings and Shines - Being the salt and light of the world
Episode 195: Walking the Path of Justice and Mercy
Episode 194: Follow the Light - Answering an Unlikely Call
Episode 193: Behold the Lamb - A Messiah We Don't Expect
Episode 192: Marked for Love, Sent for the World
Episode 191: When Faith Says No: The Courage to Choose Another Way - An Epiphany Sermon
Episode 190: The Promise of Light - The Light Has Come: A Christmas Sermon
Episode 189: The Promise of Light - The Light Incarnate (Love)
Episode 188: The Promise of Light - The Light that Surprises (Joy)
Episode 187: The Promise of Light - Prepare the Way (Peace)
Episode 186: The Promise of Light - The Dawn is Coming (Hope)
Episode 185: No King Except Christ the King
Episode 184: Faith in the Flames
Episode 183: Stand Firm, Hope Lives
Episode 182: Remembering Who We Are - An All Saints Sermon
Episode 181: The Enduring Word That Won't Stay Silent, A Reformation Sermon
Episode 180: Faith Found in Unexpected Places
Episode 179: Faith Enough for Broken Times
Episode 178: The Good Fight of Faith
Episode 177: God Notices
Episode 176: United Around the Cross
Episode 175: God's Work Our Hands - The Way of Life
Episode 174: At the Table of Grace - Seen, Honored, Welcomed
Episode 173: The Sabbath That Sets Free
Episode 172: Living the Way of Jesus Part 6 - Fire on the Earth: The Cost of Discipleship
Episode 171: Living the Way of Jesus Part 5 - Ready and Waiting
Episode 170: Living the Way of Jesus Part 4 - The Trouble with Treasure
Episode 169: Living the Way of Jesus Part 3 - Teach us to Pray
Episode 168: Living the Way of Jesus Part 2 - One Thing is Needed
Episode 167: Living the Way of Jesus Part 1 - Who is my neighbor?
Episode 166: Two Stories, One Mission: Saints Peter and Paul
Episode 165: God Still Seeks and Unites Us
Episode 164: When Wisdom speaks, we need to listen
Episode 163: The Holy Spirit is moving you, get your shoes on
Episode 162: Stop looking up and get to work!
Episode 161: The Peace the World Can't Give
Episode 160: All Things New Through Love
Episode 159: Growth and Rebirth Through Faith
Episode 158: Hearing the Shepherd and Being the Shepherd
Episode 157: Embracing the Road to Emmaus and the Burning in Our Hearts
Episode 156: Resurrection and Rebirth, an Easter Sermon
Episode 155: The Journey to the Cross, A Palm Sunday Sermon
Episode 154: Journey to the Cross - The Cost of Transformational Faith
Episode 153: Journey to the Cross - Welcomed Home
Episode 152: Journey to the Cross - The Call to Bear Fruit
Episode 151: Journey to the Cross - Longing for God’s Protection
Episode 150: Journey to the Cross - Facing Temptation
Episode 149: Listen to Jesus!!
Episode 148: Be defiant in your love and service to others
Episode 147: Blessed are those who share their abundance
Episode 146: God's calling us, how will we answer?
Episode 145: Become refined by the light and carry it on
Episode 144: Speaking Truth to Power is Rarely Easy but Necessary
Episode 143: With God, the best is yet to come
Episode 142: Fulfilling the promises made in baptism
Episode 141: Be as brave as the Magi, An Epiphany Sermon
Episode 140: The Light has Come for All of Us, A Christmas Sermon
Episode 139: Christ is born for us all, A Christmas Eve Sermon
Episode 138: A Weary World Waits for Peace
Episode 137: A Weary World Waits and Rejoices
Episode 136: A Weary World Waits and Prepares
Episode 135: A Weary World Waits for Hope
Episode 134: Jesus is the one, true king
Episode 133: Every Ending is Just a New Beginning
Episode 132: We are to give all we have, not just some
Episode 131: The great Heavenly potluck is for everyone
Episode 130: Freedom through Christ, a Reformation Sermon
Episode 129: The overwhelming nature of being a disciple
Episode 128: Voting as an act of prayer
Episode 127: Our differences make the church stronger
Episode 126: St. Michael and the fight of good over evil
Episode 125: Who really is the greatest?
Episode 124: Using our words to show love to our immigrant neighbors
Episode 123: The cost of discipleship and burden of the cross
Episode 122: Being the hands of God through our works
Episode 121: Faith in action, not just words
Episode 120: Giving Back to God - Stewardship of Our Stories
Episode 119: Giving Back to God - Stewardship of Treasures
Episode 118: Giving Back to God - Stewardship of Talents
Episode 117: Giving Back to God - Stewardship of Time
Episode 116: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 7 - Faith Provides More Than Enough For Us
Episode 115: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 6 - Faith Gathers Us Together
Episode 114: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 5 - Faith Brings Justice
Episode 113: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 4 - Faith Sends Us Out and Sustains Us
Episode 112: We are not a Christian nation
Episode 111: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 3 - Faith Heals Us
Episode 110: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 2 - Faith Calms Our Storms
Episode 109: Live by Faith, a Summer Sermon Series Part 1 - The Power of Faith
Episode 108: We all need a sabbath rest
Episode 107: Living in the mystery of the Holy Trinity
Episode 106: The Holy Spirit is pushing us into the world, a Pentecost Sermon
Episode 105: We have work to do, an Ascension sermon
Episode 104: Love, it's what we're called to share
Episode 103: Welcoming new branches to the vine
Episode 102: The example the Good Shepherd sets for all of us
Episode 101: What it means to be a child of God
Episode 100: Christ is risen! Or is he? The gospel is unfinished
Episode 99: Jesus enters Jerusalem not as a king but as a humble servant
Episode 98: The Road to Calvary - God's Promise to Know Him
Episode 97: The Road to Calvary - God's Promise of a Second Chance
Episode 96: The Road to Calvary - God's Promise of Community Through the Law
Episode 95: Taking the Loaves and Fishes approach for church metrics
Episode 94: The Road to Calvary - God's Promise of Grace and Life
Episode 93: What will it take for us to love our neighbors?
Episode 92: The Road to Calvary - God's Promise to Protect Us
Episode 91: He still gets us, why can't we seem to get him
Episode 90: Why aren't we listening to Jesus?
Episode 89: We must dig below the surface of the Bible
Episode 88: Have you not heard how great God is?
Episode 87: Our stories shape our lives
Episode 86: Love trumps knowledge
Episode 85: The Gospel According to Ted Lasso: Not judging others
Episode 84: Come and see
Episode 83: The church must be united
Episode 82: Remembering the promises in our baptisms
Episode 81: We can never stay silent
Episode 80: The Divine Defiance of the Magi
Episode 79: Seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary
Episode 78: The Massacre of the Innocents is still happening
Episode 77: A Christmas Sermon
Episode 76: Showing love to our neighbors
Episode 75: Getting through the darkness as we prepare for Jesus' return
Episode 74: The future of small churches
Episode 73: Preparing for Jesus by being a bit rough
Episode 72: We cannot rush into Christmas
Episode 71: Was St. Nicholas really all that jolly?
Episode 70: We need to wait patiently for Christmas
Episode 69: He gets us, but do we get him
Episode 68: What are we doing as Christians?
Episode 67: We don't have much time, so we can't waste it
Episode 66: The true mark of a Christian is not how we worship but who we serve
Episode 65: Have we started to love our neighbors yet?
Episode 64: What it means to be a saint
Episode 63: What it means to be a Christian
Episode 62: The Word of the Lord can, shall, and will endure
Special Comment: The tragedy in Lewiston, ME
Episode 61: What it really means to take God's name in vain
Episode 60: Our help can come from unexpected places
Episode 59: Who is the devil?
Episode 58: The great heavenly potluck is for everyone
Episode 57: Why Jesus isn't our personal Lord and Savior
Episode 56: Don't let some sour grapes or cranky workers stop the spread of the gospel
Episode 55: We have choices to make in our lives
Episode 54: God's love and compassion is for all of us
Episode 53: Forgive others as you have been forgiven
Episode 52: Love defines us, not conflict
Episode 51: Why I'm staying in ministry and others aren't
Episode 50: We must carry our crosses and deal with the suffering of the world
Episode 49: What is our true calling and vocation?
Episode 48: Children are the future of the church
Episode 47: Our words matter
Episode 46: God is the calm in the storms of our lives
Episode 45: There will always be enough to go around
Episode 44: Be the salt of the earth but not salty
Episode 43: The kingdom of heaven is like...
Episode 42: Church and technology, helpful or harmful?
Episode 41: Weeds in the wheat, is it really all that bad?
Episode 40: The Gospel According to Ted Lasso - Learning to Let Go
Episode 39: Being the good soil to hear the word and love others
Episode 38: The intersection of faith and science: an introduction
Episode 37: Carrying the burden of being a follower of Christ
Episode 36: Taking a sabbath
Episode 35: Welcoming Jesus by welcoming everyone
Episode 34: Is that what the Bible is saying?
Episode 33: The Gospel doesn't always make us feel good, but we don't let that stop us
Episode 32: Help Wanted - We have the work, we need your hands
Episode 31: The Gospel According to Ted Lasso - Grace and Forgiveness in Grief
Episode 30: God is calling who?!
Episode 29: What the Bible really says about homosexuality
Episode 28: What it means to be a disciple and make new ones.
Episode 27: A Rural Retrospective
Episode 26: Get ready to move, the Holy Spirit is calling
Episode 25: There is work to be done
Episode 24: If we love Jesus, then we are called to love everyone else
Special Edition: A lookback at the Friends of the Homeless of Tuscarawas County and their plans for a new shelter
Episode 23: Have we learned nothing about helping our neighbors?!
Episode 22: The Way, The Truth, and The Life
Episode 21: Are you being Christlike or "Biblical"?
Episode 20: The gate that's always open
Episode 19: Do we see Jesus around us?
Episode 18: Have faith in our doubts
Episode 17: Be persistent and never never never quit.
Episode 16: Do not be afraid, an Easter sermon
Episode 15: Was Judas really the bad guy?
Episode 14: Love one another just as I have loved you
Episode 13: Be humble, like Jesus was
Episode 12: How much more do we have to endure?
Episode 11: The Life Giving and Life Restoring Breath of God
Episode 10: How I got where I am today
Episode 9: Live in the light, fight the darkness
Episode 8: Why aren't we caring for our neighbors?
Episode 7: Faith is powerful and has no limits
Episode 6: Who are we to deny communion?
Episode 5: Who are we to condemn the world?
Episode 4: Caring for our neighbors
Episode 3: Facing life's tempations
Episode 2: All are welcome...but do we really mean that?
Episode 1: We Must Be Transformed
Introduction