Sermons | St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa

This is Pastor Daniel Flucke’s final weekend as pastor at St. Peter, and today’s sermon covers the (hopefully) familiar topics of God’s love and faithfulness to us, and our response to God’s love, which is loving our neighbors. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/st-peter-finale/. 

Today at St. Peter (in addition to the Cheesesteak Dinner & Silent Auction youth fundraiser at church), we’re celebrating Confirmation Sunday, with 7 of our students affirming their baptisms. Today’s Scripture reading is from John 21:1-19, where the risen Jesus has a picnic on the beach with his disciples and calls Peter and us to feed his sheep.

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! ...Are you sure?  Today's Easter sermon from Pastor Daniel Flucke looks at the story of Jesus' resurrection and its implications for us today. Happy Easter! The text of this sermon is available at https://www.danielflucke.com/easter-2022/

Tonight’s Maundy Thursday message from Pastor Daniel Flucke is in three parts: Remembering God’s Salvation (Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14), Responding to God’s Salvation (John 13:1-17, 31b-35), and Reunited in God’s Salvation (1 Corinthians 11:17-26). 

Our Scripture reading today from Isaiah 43:16-21 declares God is doing a new thing, and calls us to trust that as God has been faithful in the past, God will continue to be faithful and present with us in the future. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/a-new-thing/. 

For this week’s sermon, Pastor Daniel shares a powerful reflection by Chad Bird of 1517.org on Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. Our Heavenly Father is always calling us to come home, to return to the One who loves us unconditionally. Repent, and return to the Lord your God. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/prodigal-son-returns/. 

Today is the third Sunday in Lent, and today’s sermon looks at the themes and purpose of this season. In Lent, we are called to repent and return to the Lord our God, to recognize and turn away from our sin, and to turn instead towards God’s mercy and forgiveness. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/lenten-repentance/. 

On this second Sunday in Lent, we’re exploring what it means to have faith through the lens of Abram’s story in Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18. Abraham is one of the greatest examples of faith in the Bible, but in this story, even he wrestles with doubt and questions—what an encouragement for us! Text at https://danielflucke.com/abram-faith-questions.

Today is the first Sunday in Lent, and we’re looking at Luke’s account of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness, the paradoxes of faith, and the good news that Jesus chooses to deny the temptations of earthly glory and empty himself for our sake. The text of this sermon is available at https://danielflucke.com/temptation-paradox/. 

The story of Joseph is a story of God’s faithfulness despite challenging circumstances. In everything Joseph went through, God was with him. And when Joseph could have chosen vengeance, he chose to offer forgiveness. 

Today, we read from 1 Corinthians 13 (the “love chapter”) and hear Paul calling the Body of Christ (us!) to our primary mission of reflecting God’s love for the world. All of our spiritual gifts are useless without love. This is the conclusion of a three-week sermon mini-series looking at Paul’s image of the body of Christ. 

Today, we continue in 1 Corinthians 12 as Paul expands his image of the Church as the Body of Christ. In Christ’s body, we are joined together. Every part of the body is important, and together, we are called to join in Jesus’ mission of liberation, healing, and proclamation in the world.

For the next three weeks, we’re going to be reading from 1 Corinthians and considering how Paul’s instructions for the first-century church in Corinth apply to us today. This week, we look at 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and how the Holy Spirit gives each of us spiritual gifts to be used for the common good. God gives each of us gifts, blessing the community with everything needed to fulfill the mission we are given.