God Works All Things for Good A sermon preached on Romans 8:28-30 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD, on March 29, 2020. www.gswels.org It started as people insisting “it’s just the flu bro!” Suddenly we were seeing other...

A Christian’s Response to COVID-19 A sermon preached by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD, on March 22, 2020. www.gswels.org When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the...

Light in Dark Times A sermon preached on John 9:1-7, 13-17, 34-39 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on March 15, 2020. www.gswels.org As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned,...

A Tale of Two Men A sermon preached on Romans 5:12-19 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD, on March 1, 2020. – www.gswels.org 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death...

Making It  A sermon preached on 2 Peter 1:16-21 at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD, on February 23, 2020. www.gswels.org This young musician gave up everything to pursue his dreams. He was less than one semester away from graduating college, when he decided...

How to forgive a sin that is too big to forgive A sermon preached on 2 Samuel 11-12 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD, on February 16, 2020. www.gswels.org             There is sin.  And then there is SIN.  But how do you forgive a...

You Are Salt and Light A sermon preached on Matthew 5:13-20 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran on February 9, 2020. www.gswels.org Perhaps you can relate to this. As parents of toddlers, we would sometimes do anything to get them to do what we needed...

The Mystery of the Oddly Appearing Happiness A sermon preached on Matthew 5:1-12 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on February 2, 2020. www.gswels.org (the miracle of blessedness in Christ…and the double miracle that anyone believes...

A Light in the Darkness A sermon preached on Matthew 4:12-23 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church by Pastor Michael Johnson on January 26, 2020. www.gswels.org “You light up my life, You give me hope to carry on.” In 1977, Debby Boone’s rendition of You Light Up My Life...

Letters from God A sermon preached on Matthew 3:13-17 by Pastor Jonathan Were at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on January 12, 2020. www.gswels.org “In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I am a saint.  God is my Father. ...