Last night, Pastor Patrick Lohse, from Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Morris, IL was at Grace. He preached the second message of our Lenten series focusing on the cross. His message is titled "The Centrality of the Cross" and can be heard and downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/PatrickLohseTheCentralityoftheCross

Yesterday, we began a Lenten series on brokenness. We looked, in yesterday's message, at the spirit of brokenness. Many people in the church today simply go through the motions. It looks like they're living a life of faith, but the reality is much different. If our repentance is to be accepted by God, it must flow from the heart. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryASpiritofBrokenness

Last night, several pastors from the Illinois district of the AFLC began a Lenten series that'll be shared in each our churches. The first message, heard last night at Grace, is titled "The Crime of the Cross." We looked at the fact that Jesus was completely innocent of any crime when he was convicted to death and that a murderer was released in his place. We also looked at the fact that each one of us are guilty and deserving of death, but Jesus, even though he was without sin, took the penalty of sin upon himself. He died in our place that we might have life. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryTheCrimeoftheCross

We all know that we're imperfect, but most of us take our sin too lightly. We don't understand that our struggle with sin is a life and death struggle. We see this reflected in the life of Cain as we look at Genesis 4:1-7. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryRulingOverSin

Our children's message for the day, focusing on Valentine's Day, can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumFeb14childrensmessage

In Psalm 139 we see that God is the author of life. He creates each person who is born into the world, and he decides when our time in this world is over. Because of this, life belongs to him and we are his. We have no right to decide who should live and who should die; we have no right to decide how long a person should be allowed to live. We must respect the author of life and the gift he's given. This message can be heard and downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryTheAuthorofLife

What attitude should be possessed by those in church leadership? We see it in three commands that Peter gives to the elders of the church in 1 Peter 5. This message can be heard and downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryChurchLeadership

Our children's message for the day can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumJan31childrensmesssage

Yesterday, we finished up our series on faith. What are we to do when we find that our faith is lacking? What do we do when we find that we have doubts? This question is answered in an encounter Jesus had with the father of a demon possessed boy. This message can be heard and downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryLimitingGod

This week's message is part four of our series on faith. In Mark 4 we learn that fear reveals a lack of trust in Jesus. We must instead look to him regardless of our outward circumstances. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryNoReasontoFear

Our children's message for the day, about paying attention, is found at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumJan17childrensmessage

This week we looked at yet another aspect of faith. We saw that faith means believing the unbelievable. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryBelievingtheUnbelievable

Our children's message for this week can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MarkFagerstromJan10childrensmessage

This week, we continued our series on faith. Looking at Hebrews 3:12-19 we saw that faith is not something we believed a long time ago; it's not a decision that we made at one point in our life. It's a continuing belief that we hold to every moment of our life. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryAContinuingBelief

Yesterday, we began a new series of messages on faith. Yesterday, we looked at what faith is and the blessings of faith. It can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryTheSubstanceofFaith

On Christmas Day, I finished up our series, "The Names of Jesus", with a message titled "The Name of Jesus." In this message, we heard why God chose this name for his Son. It can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryTheNameofJesus

Our children's message for this week is a continuation of last week's, and discusses prayer. It can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumDec27childrensmessage

This week was part 4 of our series, "The Names of Jesus", where we looked at the name Wonderful Counselor. It can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryWonderfulCounselor

Our children's message discussed the prayer chain and can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumDec20childrenssermon

Our look at the names of Jesus continued this week with a look at the name "Prince of Peace". This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryPrinceofPeace

Our children's message can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumDec13childrensmessage

The second part of our Advent series, "The Names of Jesus", was on the name "Christ". It can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryChrist

I had a family emergency last week, so today I have two weeks of downloads for you.

Yesterday, I began a series of Advent messages titled "The Names of Jesus". The name we looked at was "Immanuel." This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryImmanuel

Our children's sermon for Nov. 29th can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumNov29childrensmessage

Last week, I talked about the fact that there are so many people in the world today who claim to speak for God. So who are we to believe? This message can be downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryWhotoBelieve

Our children's message for the 22nd of November, where they kids expressed what they're thankful for, can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumNov22childrensmessage

People have all kinds of beliefs about Jesus; they have all kinds of ideas about who he is. But having a right understanding of Jesus is essential. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryTheFoundationofOurFaith

Our children's sermon, based on the same theme, can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumNov15childrensmessage

In 2 Timothy 3, Paul tells Timothy about the difficulties of the last days. He then gives two pieces of advice for living in those times. When we look to Scripture, it's clear that we're living in the last days, so we'd do well to heed his advice. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryLivingintheLastDays

Our children's message for the day is about forgiveness. It can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumNov8childrensmessage

We began a series of messages with Pastor Chuck Sampson titled, "Our Great Heritage." The focus of these messages is the authority of Scripture. For some reason, the host site is giving me problems with these. They're each about 50 minutes long. The first says it's well over an hour and the second that it's 3 hours. For some reason, it's putting his message back to back two or even three times.

His first message is titled "It Is Written" and can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/ChuckSampsonItIsWritten

The second message is titled "Through One Man" and can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/ChuckSampsonThroughOneMan

The third part of this series is titled "Accountable to God" and can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/ChuckSampsonAccountabletoGod

Part 4 of the series is titled "Denfending the Hope That Is In Us" and can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/ChuckSampsonDefendingtheHope

Tolerance has become the greatest virtue of our day. And because of this, when someone we care about falls into sin, we say nothing. We think that tolerating their choices is the loving thing to do. However, as we see in James 5, we must try to bring them back. This is a matter of life and death. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryBringThemBack

Most people today entrust the education of their children exclusively to others. They have little, if any, involvement in it. And we've also done the same thing when it comes to instruction in the Word of God. We leave that to pastors, Sunday School teachers, and youth group leaders. But, according to Scripture, this is the role of the father in the home; this is the role of the parents. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryWhoseJobIsIt

Our children's message can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumOct25childrensmessage

In Deuteronomy 4, Moses tells the people of Israel that they must listen to God. They were not to add to his Word nor take away from it. This is a timely message when we see what's happening in the church in our country. Many within the church are doing exactly what God forbids in this passage. They do not truly listen to God. This message can be heard or downloaded at http://www.archive.org/details/KentSperryListeningtoGod

Our children's message for the day can be heard at http://www.archive.org/details/MollyBlobaumOct18childrensmessage