Hope Lutheran Church

Sermon 05/12/13 – One Church!

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Pastor Wayne Puls – One Church!
How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Apparently, there’s more than one
answer to this question. Pentecostals: “One hands are already in the air…

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Sermon 05/05/13 – Filled Up to be Fired Up

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Filled Up to be Fired Up
As some of you know, I drive a Toyota Prius. It has a digital dashboard and the gas gage on the 2004 model I have, when full, has ten short bars that run horizontal across a portion of the
driver side dashboard console…

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Sermon 04/28/13 – Participation

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – Participation
A young couple was discussing returning to church after being away for a few years. They
had both grown up attending church. In fact they had both been very active in church but as many
of us have experienced first hand, once they reached their early twenties…

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Sermon 04/21/13 – The Easter Effect Giving

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Pastor Wayne Puls – The Easter Effect: Giving
If ever there was a man “effected” by Easter, it was this man, Paul. In today’s lesson,
Paul is saying a sad farewell to the leaders of the Ephesian church. He reflects upon…

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Sermon 04/14/13 – The Easter Effect Overhaul

admin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:37:08 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – The Easter Effect Overhaul
Last week when I was on vacation I had the opportunity to try something I had never done before. I went fly fishing…

Sermon 04/07/13 – Easter Effects – Peace

admin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:55:26 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Easter Effects – Peace
According to the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, which is made up of noted historians from England, Egypt, Germany, and India, since 3600 B.C. the world has known only 292 years
of peace as they define…

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Sermon 03/31/13 – Clueless Christians

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Pastor Wayne Puls – Clueless Christians
A very joyous, happy, and blessed Easter to all of you! I pray that the Lord’s Easter victory
is ringing and singing and alive in your heart!…

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Sermon 03/29/13 – GOOD FRIDAY

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Pastor Wayne Puls – GOOD FRIDAY
I’ve never worked as a lifeguard. I’ve never been rescued by a lifeguard, either. But I’m told that one thing that all lifeguards know is that you can’t save people as long as they’re …

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Sermon 03/28/13 – Reclining at Table

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Reclining at Table
Have you noticed that wherever you go you’re bound to find a table? And there are all types.
There are night tables, end tables, coffee tables, work tables, picnic tables, Hand Bell tables,
tripod, Pembroke, gateleg and drum tables…

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Sermon 03/24/13 – The Ladder Principle

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – The Ladder Principle
This is the step-ladder I have at home (show wooden step-ladder). It’s been around awhile, but for the most part it does the trick. I use this for a variety of jobs but the one job it comes in handy
the most is when I need to get up on…

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Sermon 03/13/20 – FACING OUR SUFFERING

admin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:49:55 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – Facing Our Suffering
I was playing basketball one night recently with some guys who are not part of this church. I happened to be wearing my old Detroit Lions T-shirt. One of the guys came up to me and
asked me, “Are you really a Lions fan?…

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Sermon 03/13/17 – The Prize Worth Pursuing

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:53:32 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – The Prize Worth Pursuing
Picture a man running a long, grueling race. He pushes himself, and gives the race his maximum effort. His body tires, his lungs burn, his legs ache; but he doesn’t quit. He keeps striding along.
Step by step, mile by mile…

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Sermon 03/13/13 – Facing One Another

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Facing One Another
In the late 1950’s a French inventor, named André Cassagnes, created a plastic device with a glass screen on which children could draw by turning little knobs. The inside surface of the screen was coated with an aluminum powder. When the little knobs were turned…

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Sermon 030313 – Prodigal Love

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Prodigal Love
Before we begin I would like to define prodigal so we have an understanding of it as we reflect on this parable. Prodigal is an adjective that means recklessly extravagant; having spent everything. Prodigal certainly describes the younger ….

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Sermon 030313- Unless You Repent

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Pastor Wayne Puls – Unless You Repent
An elderly man goes to see the doctor. “I love my wife, but she’s driving me crazy,” he exclaims. “What’s the problem?” asks the doc. “Her hearing is terrible!” the man says. “Here’s what you do,”
says the doc….

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Sermon 022713- Facing Our Fears

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:20:21 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Facing Our Fears
Two weekends ago I was in Columbus, IN as part of my ongoing Pastoral Leadership Institute education. I was there with 5 other pastors observing a large-sized church and their worship styles,
their operation and ministry structure…

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Sermon 022413- Imitating

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:17:16 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Imitating
Have you found yourself repeating those things to your kids that your parents used to say or do to you? I think we do that because we tend to imitate the attributes and traits of that which we grow-up
with or are around…

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Sermon 022013- Facing Temptation

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – Facing Temptation
If you dominate a world sport you will always have questions and doubts. Perhaps at the end of the day we were too successful. When you win the Tour once, twice, seven times, it is just too hard to believe…

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Sermon 021713 The Word is Near You

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Pastor Wayne Puls – The Word is Near You
For many years a woman who loved birds longed to own a parrot that could really talk. Finally,
after a long search, she found the parrot of her dreams, a bird that could talk and talk and talk.
Unfortunately, the parrot had been previously…

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Sermon 021013 It is Good that We are Here

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – It is Good that We are Here
To me, exploring the mountains offers an escape from the rigors of society- a chance to
experience the natural world outside the confines of an office or car. Those mountain experiences
always make me feel more alive…
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Sermon 020313 Life Without Love

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Pastor Wayne Puls – Life Without Love
I want to show you this, as well. My wife and I have this framed cross-stitch version of 1 Corinthians 13, the “love chapter,” hanging in our bedroom…
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Sermon 012713 Attentive

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Attentive
According to a couple of different sources on the internet, 3-5% of school-aged children have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and 60% of that group experience symptoms as adults. 1-5% or roughly…
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Sermon 012013 Water Into Wine

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:24:34 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Water Into Wine
From the beginning of chapter 2 of the Gospel of John through the end of chapter 12 is often referred to as the “Book of Signs.” This is so because John labels the miracles of Jesus as “signs.”
It’s important to understand that John…

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Sermon 010613 Mystery Revealed

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:57:56 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Mystery Revealed
For almost 70 years people have been trying to be the first to decipher all the clues and solve the mystery of who killed tycoon millionaire Mr. Boddy with what weapon and in what room…

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Sermon 123012 Cling to Christ

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Vicar Lew Upchurch – Cling to Christ
I recently heard of a man who went into a little bit of detail on his wish for a happy new year. My personal wish in 2013, he said is “for a big fat bank account and a nice slim body.
I just hope these two wishes …

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Sermon 122512 Christmas Day – God’s Delivered Message

admin — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:24:08 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – God’s Delivered Message
Christmas Day
John doesn’t tell us much about the Christmas story at all but he writes in
Verse 14 some powerful words…

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Sermon 122412 The Word of the Day

admin — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:17:17 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – The Word of the Day
What about this one? What if you were asked to choose just one word to describe this night, Christmas Eve? What word might you pick? Go ahead, call them out…

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Sermon 122312 Learning To Love

admin — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:12:53 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – Learning To Love
Knowing how to love them doesn’t always come naturally, does it, or happen easily?
For most of us, learning to love is a lifelong process…so this sermon is only for those
of us who are still learning to love…

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Sermon 121512 #Glory

admin — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:09:02 +0000

Vicar Lew Upchurch – #Glory
I give you this background on Twitter because of the title of tonight’s message-not “number sign glory” but “#Glory.” What would you expect to read in a Tweet that ended with the hashtag “glory?”…

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Sermon 120912 A Lesson of Faith

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Pastor Tab Cosgrove – A Lesson of Faith
Today we continue looking at the details of our Lords birth by reflecting on the account of the shepherds in the fields outside of Bethlehem..

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Sermon 120512 Bethlehem Ephrathah

admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:35:14 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Bethlehem Ephrathah
We continue tonight with the Advent theme of exploring the details of our Lord’s birth. On Sunday we took a look at Mary’s response to the Lord’s announcement…

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Sermon 120212 Mary Christmas

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:08:54 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – Mary Christmas
Spelling is important! How do you spell “Merry,” as in “Merry Christmas”? Me-r-r-y, right? Those of you who read the bulletin..

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Sermon 112512 King Jesus?

admin — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:57:23 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – “King Jesus?”
How many of you remember watching a TV series from the late 60’s called Get Smart? How many of you will admit to liking Get Smart? OK, now we’re not only showing …

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Sermon 112212 Thanksgiving 2012

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:53:48 +0000

Pastor Wayne Puls – A Story of Trust
I have a sad confession to make. As a native of Detroit, Michigan, I have always been and I remain a loyal but down-trodden Detroit Lions fan. The Lions last won a championship in 1957…

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Sermon 111812 Out of the Box

admin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:46:29 +0000

Pastor Tab Cosgrove – Out of the Box
This week we wanted to continue our series on Trust. My goal was to give a sermon, using the lessons from today, on getting us to consider stepping outside the boxes we often put ourselves in
intentionally or unintentionally and trusting in the Lord for…

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