A sermon preached on Matthew 1:18-25 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on December 22, 2019. www.gswels.org The best thing that could ever happen to you also makes life harder.  And that’s OK. Intro Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran...

A sermon based on Isaiah 35:1-10 preached by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on December 15, 2019. www.gswels.org “A highway will be there, a road that will be called the holy way.  The impure will not walk there.   It will be...

Keep Watch A sermon preached on Matthew 24:37-44 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on December 1, 2019. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people...

Our Lord would have us look forward to death A sermon preached on Isaiah 65:17-25 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on November 17, 2019. When we think death is the worst thing that can happen to us It was a deep but scratchy...

Free At Last A sermon preached on John 8:31-36 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD on November 3, 2019. 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you...

WHEN THE GOSPEL PUTS US AT OUR BEST A sermon preached on Luke 5:1-7 by Pastor Jonathan Werre at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD on October 27, 2019. At Our Best When We Trust the Word Over Everything Else This is Peter at his best—“Master, we’ve...

Jesus Welcomes Sinners A sermon preached on Luke 15:1-10 by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on October 6, 2019. www.gswels.org Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the...

Job 38:1-7, “Where do angels come from?” One of the reasons you want to keep reading the Bible regularly is for all the little details.  There are so many interesting little details in the Bible.  Details that we so often miss because so many bigger things are going...

Got Humility? A sermon based on Luke 14:1, 7-14 preached by Pastor Michael Johnson at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Sioux Falls, SD on September 22, 2019. www.gswels.org You ever hear the story about the guy who was awarded a special honor? He was given a special pin of...

Make every effort to get through the narrow door A sermon preached on Luke 13:22-30 by Pastor Jonathan Were at Good Shepherd Lutheran on September 15, 2019. www.gswels.org The thing about doors is that they not only let you in, they can also keep you out.  The door...