Everyone is Invited to the Party!

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32
Pastor Emmanuel Jackson
Podcast from Living WOrd Lutheran Church(ELCA), Katy, TX
Date: 9/28/08
Read Matthew 21:23-32
Why did the chief priests and elders ask Jesus "by what authority
are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
What was Jesus' reply?
What did Jesus say about the tax-collectors and prostitutes?

The Case for Grace

Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcasts from Living Word Lutheran Church (ELCA), Katy, TX
Date:9/21/08
God is no longer in the "Judgement Business"
Read: John Chapter 3
Hebrews Chapter 9
Romans Chapter 8, Verse 1
Matthew Chapter 22 (All are invited, many refuse)
What does it mean to repent?
Living the "good life" is its own reward.

The Best is Yet to Come

Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 18: 15-20
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA), Katy, TX
Date:9/7/08
It's never too late to start something new.
We have a God who loves to surprise us.
Luther said: "Dare to write a new song".

Short Answers to Tough Questions

Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 16:21-28
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcasts from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA), Katy, TX
Date: 8/31/08
1. Does the Bible contain contradictions and mistakes?
2. If so, how can the Bible be believed?
3. If Jesus is sitting at the "right hand of the Father"
who sits at the left hand?
4. If only Christians go to heaven, how can we say
"God loves all people"?
5. What do Christians believe about reincarnation?