God told a 100-year-old man to kill the son he'd waited 25 years to receive. At first it seems like one of the most disturbing stories in the Bible. But when you see what it's really about, it turns out to be one of the most beautiful.

On the fifth Sunday of Lent (known as "Judica"), this sermon walks through Genesis 22 in vivid detail.

But the sermon doesn't stop in the Old Testament. It traces a web of connections (only son, beloved son, wood carried up a hill, a crown of thorns) that link Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac to God the Father's actual sacrifice of Jesus on the very same mountain.

Mount Moriah, it turns out, is where Jerusalem was built, where the temple stood, and where a cross was raised on Good Friday. Abraham named the place "The Lord Will Provide," and that's exactly what God did.

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At St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Gibbon, Minnesota, God has gathered a congregation where all ages are present, from newborns to grandparents. We are united in Christ through the historic liturgy. Children are a visible and joyful part of our life together, with active Sunday School and youth ministries woven into the fabric of our community. Here, every generation receives the saving benefits of Christ through His Word and Sacraments. Whether you’re listening nearby or far away, you’re welcome to join us in person or online.

Visit us: 63924 240th St, Gibbon, MN 55335 | (507) 834-6676 | splcgibbon.org

Join us Sundays:

• September–May
  • 8:30am Sunday School | 9am Bible Study | 10am Worship
• June–August
  • 9am Worship

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Isaiah 51 tells God's people to "look to the rock from which you were hewn." In this Lenten midweek sermon, we hear God redirect a people who are seeking Him but looking in the wrong place. He points them back to Abraham and Sarah (one man as good as dead and a barren woman) to show that His saving work has never depended on what He finds inside of us.

The sermon traces a line from Abraham's calling through to the means by which God's eternal salvation still reaches us today: the proclaimed Word, baptismal water, the Lord's Supper, and the spoken absolution. Everything in this world wears out: our bodies, our spiritual disciplines, even our religious momentum. But what goes out from God doesn't fade because it isn't made from the stuff of heaven and earth.

So we never "graduate" from the gospel that saves us. The righteousness of God always comes to us from the outside ("extra nos").

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At St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Gibbon, Minnesota, God has gathered a congregation where all ages are present, from newborns to grandparents. We are united in Christ through the historic liturgy. Children are a visible and joyful part of our life together, with active Sunday School and youth ministries woven into the fabric of our community. Here, every generation receives the saving benefits of Christ through His Word and Sacraments. Whether you’re listening nearby or far away, you’re welcome to join us in person or online.

Visit us: 63924 240th St, Gibbon, MN 55335 | (507) 834-6676 | splcgibbon.org

Join us Sundays:

• September–May
  • 8:30am Sunday School | 9am Bible Study | 10am Worship
• June–August
  • 9am Worship

#GibbonMN #LutheranChurchMN #LCMSWorship

Five barley loaves and two fish is all Jesus had to work with when thousands of hungry people came streaming toward Him. St. John tells us "He already knew what He was going to do." So why did He ask Philip where they'd buy bread?

This sermon from John 6 explains that Jesus deliberately tests His people with impossible insufficiency to draw their trust away from numbers and toward the Creator standing right in front of them.

But the feeding of the five thousand isn't just a story about full bellies. It's a preview of something greater. The same hands that took bread, gave thanks, and distributed it to thousands would later take bread on the night He was betrayed. This sermon traces a line from the manna in the wilderness through the miracle on the green grass all the way to the Lord's Supper and the waters of baptism. God has always sustained His pilgrim people on the journey between slavery and the promised land.

If you've ever looked at what you have to offer and thought it wasn't worth mentioning, this one's for you.

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At St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Gibbon, Minnesota, God has gathered a congregation where all ages are present, from newborns to grandparents. We are united in Christ through the historic liturgy. Children are a visible and joyful part of our life together, with active Sunday School and youth ministries woven into the fabric of our community. Here, every generation receives the saving benefits of Christ through His Word and Sacraments. Whether you’re listening nearby or far away, you’re welcome to join us in person or online.

Visit us: 63924 240th St, Gibbon, MN 55335 | (507) 834-6676 | splcgibbon.org

Join us Sundays:

• September–May
  • 8:30am Sunday School | 9am Bible Study | 10am Worship
• June–August
  • 9am Worship

#GibbonMN #LutheranChurchMN #LCMSWorship