Christmas is about communication. Treasure this clear message in your heart: “The Word became flesh.”
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What do you think it is that moves people to put up lights at Christmas time? Is it simply tradition? Is it just a fun thing to do that breaks up the monotony of everyday life? Or is there something deeper, something more?
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For Micah and for you and me, this small village isn’t just the location of Jesus’ birth. Bethlehem is really the key to understanding the implications of our Savior’s advent.
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What does it mean that Isaiah calls our Redeemer, the LORD Almighty? Let me describe three scenes for you: A barren woman who has always longed for a child kneels...
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2018-12-19 15:30:502018-12-19 10:57:12The LORD Almighty
What is the first feeling that comes to mind when you hear the word “repentance”? Pain? Sorrow? Grief? What about joy?
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2018-12-16 08:08:012019-01-01 09:23:01The Joy of Repentance
Tonight we focus on the climactic fourth name given to the coming Messiah from Isaiah’s familiar words in chapter 9. The promised child, the Son which is given, will be called the “Prince of Peace.”
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Paradoxically, despite the daily distractions and disasters we face, with our Savior on the way we can all assume a posture of hope. Sermon based on Luke 21:25-36.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2018-12-02 08:00:342018-12-04 10:12:40A Posture of Hope
Once upon a time, there were two men who had a meeting. One didn’t really want to be there, the other wouldn’t have missed this meeting for the world.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2018-11-25 08:00:242018-11-24 13:11:59What Kind of King is Christ?
he Marshmallow Test was a psychology experiment from the late 1960s designed by a guy named Walter Mischel. The idea is you place one marshmallow in front of a young child and say, “You can eat it right away or if you don’t eat...
It happens every year, at least for me. At some point during the season of Lent, I really feel the guilt and the sadness that my sins have brought to me. Maybe you do to? If you do, that’s good and healthy.