Sermons on Acts

The Acts of the Apostles

Pastor Chris Heller

ESPERANZA LUTHERAN CHURCH https://myesperanza.org

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Well, fortunately, after all of that, I’ve managed to get the need to relate everything to Star Wars out of my system for today. After all, a reading from Acts involving a person who has ruthlessly …

Pastor Chris Heller

ESPERANZA LUTHERAN CHURCH https://myesperanza.org

Alleluia! Christ is risen! So… now what? The truth is, the disciples themselves weren’t sure what to do after they had received the news that Christ was alive again. Mary Magdalene, after seeing Jesus alive in the garden in John’s …

Pastor Chris Heller

ESPERANZA LUTHERAN CHURCH https://myesperanza.org

Sometimes we don’t know when the Holy Spirit is going to show up and do something unexpected. That’s the case for the disciples in our scripture reading today. The eleven disciples, with other followers alongside them, are in one place …

Pastor Sarah Stadler

ESPERANZA LUTHERAN CHURCH https://myesperanza.org

Pentecost A2023 Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Pentecost makes me giggle. As Lutherans, we come into the worship space, pleasant and chatting with our neighbors and nicely dressed. When the prelude music concludes and I stand, the room obediently hushes. …