Sermon from Sunday, November 7, 2021(All Saints’ Sunday)

by Pastor Scott Grorud on Matthew 5:1-12
“Achieving Receiving Sainthood”
1) What is your initial reaction to the Beatitudes?
2) What did the Beatitudes declare about God’s Kingdom at the time Jesus spoke them?
3) Why it is more difficult for us to make sense of the Beatitudes?
4) What is the key to finding joy, rather than condemnation, in the Beatitudes?

 

 

Sermon for Sunday, October 24, 2021
By Pr. Scott Grorud
on Mark 10:46-52
“Blessedly Blind Bartimaeus”
1) What purpose does the healing of blind Bartimaeus serve in the overall story of the Gospel?
2) What ironic contrast lies at the center of Bartimaeus’ healing?
3) In what four ways did Bartimaeus prove to be a model for discipleship?
4) As Jesus calls to you today, what do you most “want (Him) to do for you”?

Sunday, October 3, 2021
Sermon by Pr. Scott Grorud
on Mark 10:2-16
“The Race of Faith: Cramps and Blisters”
1) What kinds of “cramps and blisters” have you endured in your life?
2) Why did Jesus refuse to give the Pharisees proper grounds for divorce?
3) What common thread ties Jesus’ opposition to divorce and his concern for children?
4) What empowers us to keep running the race of faith despite the “cramps and blisters” of life?

Sunday, September 19, 2021
Sermon by Pr. Scott Grorud
on Mark 9:30-37
“The Race of Faith: Feeling Strong”
1) Why can “feeling strong’ sometimes be a problem for athletes?
2) What were some of he positive developments at “Main Street Lutheran” at a time when it was “feeling strong”?
3) When Jesus had just predicted his suffering and death, why would his disciples have argued about who was the greatest?
4) In “The Race of Faith” how does Christ promise to keep us “feeling strong”?

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