Archive for March, 2015
March 22, 2015 – Guest Preacher: Pastor Ken Kuhn on Remembering Selma
Guest Preacher: Pastor Ken Kuhn Date March 22, 2015 Calendar: Fifth Sunday in Lent Church: First Lutheran, Winnipeg Texts: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John, 12:20-33 Remembering Selma Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10) An historic event: Selma-Montgomery Civil […]
March 15, 2015 – John 3:14-21
John 3:14-21 Jesus’ Theory of Everything – The Theory of Everything Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 15, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The Theory of Everything is a recent film that is about the famous physicist, Stephen Hawking. More specifically it is about his first marriage to Jane Wilde. Near […]
March 8, 2015 – I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22
I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 The Unexpected Virtue of Foolishness – Birdman Third Sunday in Lent – March 8, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) tells the story of Riggan Thomson, a washed up actor who is looking for love. Well, he’s looking to be […]
March 1, 2015 – Mark 8:31-38
Mark 8:31-38 A Self Larger than Self – Kingsman Second Sunday in Lent – March 1, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB In the new spy film Kingsman, Colin Firth has the job of recruiting a young person for a position in a secret spy organization known as the Kingsman. The Kingsman […]
February 22, 2015 – Mark 1:9-16
Mark 1:9-16 The Struggle with Satan – American Sniper First Sunday in Lent – February 22, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Clint Eastwood’s film American Sniper tells the story of Chris Kyle, a US Navy SEAL deployed on several occasions to Iraq to fight in the Iraq war. He is a […]