Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Bible Study | March 3

Sermon | "Cleaning House" | March 3

Very few people are ready for Jesus with whips. And yet, this is exactly what we get when Jesus comes into the house of the LORD to find people behaving outside of the ways of the LORD. Jesus cleans house - not only of the temple, but of the hearts of those who follow Him.

Bible Study | February 25

Sermon | "All Roads Lead to the Same Place" | February 25

The way has been clear...from the very beginning: Jesus was born to die. For Jesus, the Messiah, all roads lead to the cross of Calvary.  And, for those of us who, by God's grace, choose to follow Him - the road leads to the same place. 

Bible Study - February 18

Sermon | "Testing & Shaping" | February 18

This text sounds shockingly similar to the beginning of Epiphany, when God revealed Himself in Jesus. That is true. Yet, in the text today, Jesus is led into the wilderness where He will be tested. Can we agree nobody likes a test? And yet, this testing is a part of the pilgrimage; it is a time of shaping and molding. When we follow Jesus, we are certain to go through our own seasons of testing and shaping.

Bible Study | February 11

Sermon | "God is Transforming" | February 11

Who could have imagined? Jesus took a small group of His disciples up a hill to witness a transformation...that was other-worldly. And how do these disciples react? Like most people who see transformation...they want to stay and bask in the glory. And who wouldn't?! But Jesus took them back down the mountain - back in the humdrum of ordinary life. Was the transformation all for naught? Jesus' transformation isn't meant for the mountains only - but for every ordinary moment. 

Bible Study | February 4

Sermon | "God is Holy" | February 4

We know that God is good and that He’s holy. But trying to understand how those go together in one God is often puzzling. We wonder, if God were really “good”, wouldn’t He just welcome everyone into heaven? It seems like God’s holiness gets in the way of His love. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The God that is revealed by Jesus is a God whose love is demonstrated in His holiness. His desire to make everything right…to keep injustice from continuing is at the core of His holiness and His love.