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Listen to weekly sermons from Cornerstone Lutheran Church Carmel. Cornerstone Lutheran Church is a multisite congregation in Central Indiana with worship sites in Carmel, Fishers, and the Fletcher Place neighborhood in Downtown Indianapolis. Our mission is to reach out, care for, and build people towards maturity in Christ. For more information, please visit us at http://www.CornerstoneLutheran.church or on Facebook at @CornerstoneFishers.
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Satan, the world, and our own sinful flesh are bent on leading us astray. Their intent is to have us believe all sorts of lies about the God who created us and to thereby separate us eternally from him. But the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ...Di Scott Giger
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As our Good Shepherd, Jesus showed how great the Father’s love for us is and how we are to model that love in our daily lives. This includes putting aside petty differences and avoiding jealousies that create division in interactions with others...Di Daniel Schumm
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Even as Easter people, our sinful human nature still leads to brokenness and separation in our relationships with God and with one another. Our heavenly Father, in his overwhelming love for his children shown ultimately on the cross, restores those...Di Luther Brunette
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Our joyous celebration of the Resurrection continues! As we ponder this miraculous turning point in human history, we witness God’s power even in our own lives. Christ is risen among us and assures us of his Spirit and his peace.As Easter people...Di Max Murphy
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“Alleluia! Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!” That Easter greeting, proclaimed throughout the ages of the Church, takes root in our hearts so that we understand that the resurrected life is now our own. Jesus has wiped away all fears, all...Di Luther Brunette
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At the heart of the Good Friday liturgy is the passion according to John, which proclaims Jesus as a triumphant king who reigns from the cross. The ancient title for this day—The Triumph of the Cross—reminds us that the Church gathers not to mourn...Di Daniel Schumm
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This is the last weekend in Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. With Christians around the world we begin the liturgy remembering Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we join in the exuberant praise that the Church has echoed through the...Di Luther Brunette
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God promises the prophet Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by heart. The Church sees this promised fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is lifted up on the cross...Di Daniel Schumm
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As we learn from all the Scripture readings today, those who look up to the bronze serpent/the Cross are saved. When we received the sign of that cross in baptism, that cross became the sign we can look up to in faith, for healing, for restored...Di Luther Brunette
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In today's Gospel reading Jesus vehemently exposes the sinful intent of the moneychangers in the temple. God's Law has a way of doing that-boldly showing us our sinful lives for what they really are. But the Cross of Christ bestows both the...Di Scott Giger
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The season of Lent allows us to put a laser focus on the source of our hope-the Cross. The Cross tells us everything we need to know about the character of God and his presence in our lives. It is central to our life as a Christian, our faith, and our...Di Daniel Schumm
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"And lead us not into temptation", Jesus taught us to pray. Martin Luther reminds us that in the Lord's Prayer "we ask that God would guard us against the devil, the world, and our sinful nature." So confident is Satan in his...Di Luther Brunette
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Sometimes, like for Abraham, the God of clear promises becomes a God who is hard to understand. We even find ourselves struggling with God's will. Abraham agonized over the command to offer up Isaac as a sacrifice. Just as the Lord provided the...Di Luther Brunette
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In this week's Gospel reading there are more stories of Jesus healing the sick, including Peter's mother-in-law. In an odd twist it's the demons who recognize who Jesus truly is. But Jesus will not let them speak. He is following a...Di Daniel Schumm
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In this week's Gospel reading there are more stories of Jesus healing the sick, including Peter's mother-in-law. In an odd twist it's the demons who recognize who Jesus truly is. But Jesus will not let them speak. He is following a...Di Luther Brunette
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In Deuteronomy God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses, who will speak powerfully for God; in Psalm 111 God shows the people the power of his works. For the Church these are ways of pointing to the unique authority people sensed in Jesus...Di Scott Giger
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In this weekend’s Gospel reading, we hear more stories of Jesus calling his disciples. What a strong, attracting message he had—calling people to a life, not of riches nor fame, but rather one of service. It is that same calling into which we have...Di Luther Brunette
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“Come and see!” Philip excitedly told Nathaniel after meeting Jesus. “Encounter the Christ for yourself!” Do you think you know Jesus? Come and listen these weeks of the Epiphany season as He is revealed to us once again. You may be surprised!Di Daniel Schumm
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The word “epiphany” means “the sudden manifestation of the true essence of something.” During the weekends of this Epiphany season, the real Jesus is revealed in a variety of subtle ways. Today the visit of the Three Wise Men shows how remarkably...Di Luther Brunette
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New Year’s Eve & Day help us to remember God’s presence throughout our lives. While another year has passed, and we look forward to the coming of the year 2018, we recognize that in both our joys and in our sorrows, God has been, and will continue...Di Max Murphy
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“Today…(a gift has been given to you)…a Savior…he is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) In this season of gift giving we praise our God for his gifts of grace, and we grace one another with gifts small and lavish, heartfelt and fun. When we do...Di Luther Brunette
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The readings today all emanate a message of pure and eternal joy—deeply resonating feelings which fill our hearts and minds as we once again contemplate how God came to dwell among us in the person of Jesus Christ.Di Luther Brunette
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As we get closer to our celebration of Christmas, we sometimes lose sight of our Christmas preparations are all about and stress levels begin rising. Today, John the Baptism calls us back to the season of Advent with the words, “Repent, for the...Di Max Murphy
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“Stir up your power and come!” We hear that plea in much of the Scripture for this day. We’re starting a new sermon series—"Advent Encounters”. In today’s message we recall one of the striking images of the book of Revelation, that of the new...Di Luther Brunette
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On this final weekend of the Church Year our Gospel reading is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by ministering to those who are poor, hungry, naked, sick, or estranged. In the first reading God is...Di Max Murphy
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As the church year begins to come to a close, we remember that Jesus is not only in our midst when we gather for worship, he is also coming again. In the mean time, we remain faithful, being watchful and joyfully, generously responding to his great...Di Luther Brunette
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As the church year begins to come to a close, we remember that Jesus is not only in our midst when we gather for worship, he is also coming again. In the mean time, we remain faithful, being watchful and joyfully, generously responding to his great...Di Daniel Schumm
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“Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify your glorious name…” It is at that point in each communion service where we most identify ourselves in that long continuum of all the saints who ever were and...Di Luther Brunette
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The Reformation brought profound change to the institutional church. Simply stated, it restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ to its pre-eminent place. Then as now, this Gospel changes more than an institution, it changes people. We are transformed by...Di Scott Giger
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We praise God for the mission we have to reach out with the Gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Like the Thessalonians, we welcome the message of the Gospel with joy so that we are known for our faith in Christ and our outreach to others.Di Luther Brunette
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“As our heavenly Father has in Christ freely come to our aid, we also ought freely to help our neighbor through our body and its works, and each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ may be...Di Daniel Schumm
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Vine branches grow; we see it all around us. And at a certain point, they begin to bear fruit. That’s the way of life. In our spiritual lives, God also expects us to grow, to mature in faith nourished by his Word and sacraments…and to bear fruit...Di Luther Brunette
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The Reformation 500 years ago had a major impact on the world and the church. What a privilege to know that God has forgiven us because of Jesus! He has given his people this promise and the gift of sharing that message to the world. The office of the...Di Max Murphy
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Today, we consider the third of the three “solas” of the Reformation—that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, as found in Scripture Alone. God’s Word shows us our sins and leads us to the grace of God in Christ Jesus our Savior. Not only...Di Luther Brunette
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We are saved by faith alone. And by our faith in Jesus, God has accepted us. What a wonderful gift this is! We can trust in our God to lead and guide us in all things while our lives tell the story of our faith to others. We can have confidence to...Di Scott Giger
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Conflict is a part of family relationships and common also in community life. That is the reality addressed in today’s Scripture readings. The prophet Ezekiel calls us to be watchmen—warning those who persist in sin because God wants all to repent and...Di Luther Brunette
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The Scripture readings today all remind us that, even when life presses down on us—at home, in relationships, at work, or while driving through construction—the Lord is there with his good Word, lifting us up and sustaining us to “bear our own crosses.”Di Luther Brunette
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We live in a world surrounded by so many voices that seek to drown out the life-saving word of Almighty God. As we worship today, may we be reminded anew of the blessings that are ours through faith in Jesus as our Savior, and may we keep our eyes...Di Luther Brunette
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Today’s readings remind us of a great paradox—although Jesus is our personal savior and friend, always close at hand, he is also the promised Christ, the Redeemer of the entire world, all humankind. “God wants all to be saved and to come to the...Di Luther Brunette
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So many forces within and without want to diminish our faith in Christ Jesus and the role that faith should play in our daily lives. Today’s readings again remind us of how God creates faith in us and then strengthens that faith through his Word and...Di Daniel Schumm
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As God’s people gather together as the Church, we come with the expectation of meeting Jesus. He has promised to bless us with his presence in Word and Sacrament. In this meeting we encounter blessings Greater than we can ever imagine!Di Max Murphy
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Our summer sermon series—Reformation Truths for Today—comes to a conclusion as we consider with Martin Luther a great paradox. Even after our baptism, we are totally sinful human beings (because of fallen nature) and yet totally righteous before God...Di Scott Giger
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It’s difficult for us to imagine now, but the world at the time of the Reformation was much different. The papacy wielded great power in the secular world and other earthly powers ruled matters of the Church. Martin Luther brought back the idea that...Di Luther Brunette
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Our summer sermon series—Reformation Truths for Today—continues. A teaching of Martin Luther that has had far-reaching historical effect is his teaching on vocation. Luther taught that all Christians have callings or vocations, and that all callings...Di Luther Brunette
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Among the many changes which came with the Reformation was Martin Luther breaking down the wall between the clergy and laity, between the “spiritual” and “secular” classes. From Holy Scripture he argued that all of us, by our baptism into Christ...Di Daniel Schumm
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Our summer sermon series, “Reformation Truths for Today”, continues with our understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit as he “calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies” us and the whole Christian Church on earth. What a fascinating mystery of...Di Max Murphy
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2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Christians around the world, including Roman Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Reformed, and Evangelicals are finding ways to celebrate this special occasion. At CLC we’re taking these...Di Daniel Schumm
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2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Christians around the world, including Roman Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Reformed, and Evangelicals are finding ways to celebrate this special occasion. At CLC we’re taking these...Di Daniel Schumm
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On Pentecost our Lord sent the promised Spirit to lead us into all truth. Most basic and central to the Christian truth is the affirmation of one God who reveals himself to us in the three persons of the Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy...Di Luther Brunette
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On Pentecost we celebrate God unleashing his Spirit, igniting the growth of the Church through the proclamation of disciples into every known region of the world. So also today Christ’s Church continues to expand and spread as his followers share with...Di Daniel Schumm
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