Community Of Grace Audio Podcast

The Bible can be hard to read, hard to understand. Many people read the Bible and don’t know what to do with it. Jesus is not only the subject of the BIble, but he himself was a Bible reader and can teach us how read the Bible for life and grace. Join...

Up until now, the book of Isaiah has been filled with warnings to the people, to turn back to the Lord. At this point, disaster has fallen on the people. In times of disaster, what is needed are not warnings, but the comfort of hope. In Second...

When something is wrong, it really helps to know what that something is. A long time ago, God gave the prophet Isaiah an insight into what was wrong in his culture that still applies to our world today. Join us for this message as we learn not only...

It’s human nature. So often we tend for forget what God really wants from us is a surrendered heart. When we bring him the true worship of surrender, Jesus himself works in us, whether we worship through traditional forms, or simple tears, God will...

Have you ever wondered how the God of the Old Testament relates to what Jesus came to do in the New Testament? Join us this way as we begin our series of Isaiah and explore how Jesus fulfilled God's promised to bring beauty out of the ashes of...

How does money move inside a church family? Where does it go and what does it do? Join us for this message to learn the basic Biblical model for how money is given to God’s service and how money actually gets handled and spent in our own church family.

Can money be spiritual? Most of us struggle to connect our money and financial tools with our spiritual life. Join us for this message to learn how the gift of God’s Spirit provides spiritual direction for managing our material resources.

Churches sometimes have bad reputations for talking about money, but Jesus himself taught about it all the time. Jesus taught about money because it both reveals who we are and shapes who we are becoming. Join us for this message to learn what Jesus...

How does Sunday connect with Monday? How might a few hours a week spent “at church” empower us to “be the church” in the world? Join us for this message as we learn how Jesus’ vision for the Kingdom of God can change our world - and our whole lives.

Jesus didn’t call us to keep his love to ourselves. He calls and sends us OUT. Join us for this message as we learn two more of our church’s core values: “Love pours out” and “We invite everyone to take their first and next steps with Jesus.”

It’s easy to feel disconnected sometimes, from people and from God. Join us for this message as we learn the first two of First Lutheran’s core values, values that spring from Jesus’ work to heal these disconnections: Jesus Makes Us Family & Deep...

What we do is just the outward shape of who we are. This is the first message in a 4-part series that helps us see what God is doing in us.

The future always feels uncertain. And what happens after death is a question everybody has to face. Join us for this message as we learn what the resurrection of Jesus says about our sure and wonderful future...and also about our present!

We live in a world that gets more and more divided. We’re better at making enemies than making friends. But this too is a sickness that that the cross of Christ can heal. Join us for this message to learn how Jesus can move us from enemies to friends.

Relationship is central to the purpose of the Cross. The Cross was God’s instrument used to restore our relationship with God, and to draw us back into relationship with each other. What might it look like to live as family to each other as God’s...

Join us this week as we continue our series Because He Died. This week, we see that God is not indifferent to the world, but came to show us His compassion. Because He died, we know God cares and wants to move our heart to care like His.

Freedom. Did you know that the cross of Christ brings not only forgiveness for sin but freedom from it? Join us for this message as we learn how God invites us to walk one step at a time in His freedom.

Why did Jesus die? Was he a tragic hero? A martyr? Was execution by crucifixion really necessary? Join us this week as we start a new series called Because He Died, to learn about the many things that Jesus’ death means for us and our world.

Our world today is constantly bombarding us with the message that we are not enough- selling us a lifestyle of lack. But in Christ Jesus, we have been given the gift of a new identity. We are the beloved. And as we dare to trust, and live out that...