SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 – REV. MATT LIETZEN GALATIANS 1:10-24 “For freedom Christ has set us free,” reads Galatians 5:1. But what does freedom really mean? Does it mean we can do whatever we want? Does it mean that God doesn’t care about sin in our lives? Each Sunday this fall, we will unpack Paul’s letter to the Galatians to discover what it means to h…

September 8, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Galatians 1:1-9 “For freedom Christ has set us free,” reads Galatians 5:1. But what does freedom really mean? Does it mean we can do whatever we want? Does it mean that God doesn’t care about sin in our lives? Each Sunday this fall, we will unpack Paul’s letter to the Galatians to discover what it means to have…

September 1, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing t…

August 25, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the…

August 18, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the…

August 11, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the…

August 4, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the …

July 7, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Proverbs 5:1-6, 15-23 Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing th…

June 30, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the p…

June 23, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the p…

JUNE 9, 2024 – REV. MATT LIETZEN Selected Proverbs Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the pr…

June 2, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Proverbs 1:20-33 Proverbs is a practical book of poetry that urges us to be wise and discerning in the way we live life. In this world, we inevitably encounter and make decisions about things like friendship, work, sex, and money. If we walk with God to absorb the character that Proverbs presents, developing the pra…

May 26, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Psalm 131 The Psalms are songs sung to God, but they are also songs for our souls. They give us permission to speak to our hearts, interrogate our emotions, and to apply what is true to the deepest parts of ourselves. Psalm 131 helps us experience the contentment that only God can provide.…

May 19, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Romans 8:31-39 What do you need to know that God is for you? This is the question that Romans 8 seeks to answer. Considered by many to be one of the highest points of Scripture, Romans 8 is a chapter about assurance–that because of God raising his Son Jesus from the dead by the power of the Spirit, there is for the …

May 5, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Romans 8:18-27 What do you need to know that God is for you? This is the question that Romans 8 seeks to answer. Considered by many to be one of the highest points of Scripture, Romans 8 is a chapter about assurance–that because of God raising his Son Jesus from the dead by the power of the Spirit, there is for the C…

APRIL 28, 2024 – Mr. Parker Neathery ROMANS 8:12-17 What do you need to know that God is for you? This is the question that Romans 8 seeks to answer. Considered by many to be one of the highest points of Scripture, Romans 8 is a chapter about assurance–that because of God raising his Son Jesus from the dead by the power of the Spirit, there is for …

April 21, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Romans 8:5-11 What do you need to know that God is for you? This is the question that Romans 8 seeks to answer. Considered by many to be one of the highest points of Scripture, Romans 8 is a chapter about assurance–that because of God raising his Son Jesus from the dead by the power of the Spirit, there is for the…

April 14, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Romans 8:1-4 What do you need to know that God is for you? This is the question that Romans 8 seeks to answer. Considered by many to be one of the highest points of Scripture, Romans 8 is a chapter about assurance–that because of God raising his Son Jesus from the dead by the power of the Spirit, there is for the …

March 31, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 24:13-36 Easter is an invitation to hope. Jesus came to be the king we need, the king who deals with the enemies we cannot defeat on our own. Evil, sin, and death. Journey with us this Holy Week as Christ walks toward his death and resurrection.Rev. Matt Lietzen

Good Friday – March 29, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 23:26, 32-46 Easter is an invitation to hope. Jesus came to be the king we need, the king who deals with the enemies we cannot defeat on our own. Evil, sin, and death. Journey with us this Holy Week as Christ walks toward his death and resurrection.…

Maundy Thursday – March 28, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 22:7-23 Easter is an invitation to hope. Jesus came to be the king we need, the king who deals with the enemies we cannot defeat on our own. Evil, sin, and death. Journey with us this Holy Week as Christ walks toward his death and resurrection.…

March 24, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 19:28-44 Easter is an invitation to hope. Jesus came to be the king we need, the king who deals with the enemies we cannot defeat on our own. Evil, sin, and death. Journey with us this Holy Week as Christ walks toward his death and resurrection.Rev. Matt Lietzen

March 17, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 18:18-30 Jesus came to earth to go to a cross, and he calls his followers to take up a cross as well. In this Lenten sermon series, we will unpack what Jesus says about being following him and what roadblocks stand in the way of living for him.Rev. Matt Lietzen

March 10, 2024 – Rev. Cam Brown Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 Jesus came to earth to go to a cross, and he calls his followers to take up a cross as well. In this Lenten sermon series, we will unpack what Jesus says about being following him and what roadblocks stand in the way of living for him.Rev. Cam Brown

March 3, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 14:25-33 Jesus came to earth to go to a cross, and he calls his followers to take up a cross as well. In this Lenten sermon series, we will unpack what Jesus says about being following him and what roadblocks stand in the way of living for him.Rev. Matt Lietzen

February 25, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 13:18-30 Jesus came to earth to go to a cross, and he calls his followers to take up a cross as well. In this Lenten sermon series, we will unpack what Jesus says about being following him and what roadblocks stand in the way of living for him.Rev. Matt Lietzen

February 18, 2024 – Mr. Parker Neathery Luke 10:25-37 Jesus came to earth to go to a cross, and he calls his followers to take up a cross as well. In this Lenten sermon series, we will unpack what Jesus says about being following him and what roadblocks stand in the way of living for him.Mr. Parker Neathery

February 11, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 9:18-27 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels them…

February 4, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 8:40-56 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels thems…

January 28, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 8:26-39 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels thems…

January 21, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 6:20, 27-49 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels t…

January 7, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 5:17-32 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels themse…

January 7, 2024 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 4:14-30 No one doubts that a first-century Galilean teacher casts a large shadow across Western history. But have the centuries obscured the man at the heart of the Christian faith? What can we really know about him? Join us as we examine the primary sources for the life and words of Jesus–the gospels themse…

DECEMBER 31, 2023 – REV. MATT LIETZEN Luke 2:22-35 “When we live, we talk; when we are dying, we whisper; but when there is more in us than we can contain, we sing.” -Eugene Peterson When God broke his silence to the world by giving us his Son, Jesus Christ, he also gave us songs that teach us about the nature and purposes of God and that fill us h…

December 17, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 2:8-16 “When we live, we talk; when we are dying, we whisper; but when there is more in us than we can contain, we sing.” -Eugene Peterson When God broke his silence to the world by giving us his Son, Jesus Christ, he also gave us songs that teach us about the nature and purposes of God and that fill us ho…

December 10, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 1:67-79 “When we live, we talk; when we are dying, we whisper; but when there is more in us than we can contain, we sing.” -Eugene Peterson When God broke his silence to the world by giving us his Son, Jesus Christ, he also gave us songs that teach us about the nature and purposes of God and that fill us h…

December 3, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Luke 1:46-55 “When we live, we talk; when we are dying, we whisper; but when there is more in us than we can contain, we sing.” -Eugene Peterson When God broke his silence to the world by giving us his Son, Jesus Christ, he also gave us songs that teach us about the nature and purposes of God and that fill us ho…

November 26, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Daniel 12:1-13 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and as…

November 19, 2023 – Mr. Sam Weisgarber Daniel 9:1-19 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and as…

November 12, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Daniel 7:1-14 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and as …

November 5, 2023 – Rev. Matt Lietzen Daniel 6:1-10, 16-23 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals a…

October 29, 2023 – Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove Daniel 5:1-9, 17, 24-29 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as indi…

October 22, 2023 – Rev. Cam Brown Daniel 4:24-37 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and as a c…

OCTOBER 15, 2023 – REV. MATT LIETZEN DANIEL 3:1, 13-29 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and …

OCTOBER 8, 2023 – REV. MATT LIETZEN DANIEL 2:1-3, 11-12, 24-35, 44-46 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as i…

OCTOBER 1, 2023 – REV. MATT LIETZEN DANIEL 1:1-8, 15-21 Res Pres desires to be a church for urban Madison, but what does that mean? What does it look like to be a church that’s for the city? The Old Testament book of Daniel gives us a good picture of what it looks like to follow God in the city. In this series, our aim is to grow as individuals and…

september 24, 2023 – rev. jon storck John 13:1-20 13.1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betr…

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 – REV. JON STORCK JOHN 6:1-15, 35 1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the f…

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 – REV. JON STORCK JOHN 2:1-12 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour …

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 – REV. JON STORCK ZECHARIAH 3:1-10 [1] Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. [2] And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?” [3] Now …