St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, Illinois

St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Weekly Sermons from St. Peter Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Episodes

Bringing the Jesus of Easter into Focus!

April 22, 2025
John beholds quite a sight: he turns and sees the exalted Son of Man in full glory in the midst of the seven lampstands (i.e., the seven churches which also represent the universal church)...meaning this Jesus is right here among us. His picture in Revelation 1 is nothing short of stunning. Jesus has a robe reaching to His feet (Priestly), a golden sash girded across His chest (King), head and hair white as snow (Honor), eyes like...
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To His Church in Laodicea

April 14, 2025
This letter from Jesus has the harshest tone of them all and is the only church in which Jesus finds nothing to commend. An aqueduct from hot springs in the south brought water rich in minerals to the city; however, because the hot springs themselves were 5 miles away, the waters were lukewarm by the time they reached Laodicea. In His concerned love, Jesus condemns the church in Laodicea for its ineffective witness and deplorable s...
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Guided to Perseverance

April 10, 2025
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To His Church in Philadelphia

April 7, 2025

Inscriptions in Philadelphia mention the worship of Zeus and Hestia; the Roman imperial cult was present too. A nearby inscription mentions a synagogue as well. Jesus, who holds the key of David, sets before His church an open door – a phrase in the NT for spreading the gospel and giving witness to Christ. Though they have little power in themselves, probably for lack of numbers, He commends them for keeping His Word an...

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Guided to Trust

April 3, 2025
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To His Church in Sardis

March 31, 2025
Sardis’ ‘s capture twice in its history while watchmen neglected their duty became a cautionary tale of misguided complacency and lack of vigilance. As a result, while Sardis once enjoyed a famed past, its glory had since faded. Jesus comes in the presence of the Holy Spirit (the seven spirits of God) and warns His church that they face a similar predicament. He separates their reputation from their reality: though they have a repu...
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Guided to Peace

March 31, 2025
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To His Church in Thyatira

March 24, 2025
Thyatira was a politically and culturally marginalized city, finding its identity economically, with guilds dealing in metals and fabric (Acts 16:14). Guilds celebrated their patron deities in periodic festivities, so Christians may have been tempted toward the message of a “prophetess” who advocated participation in illicit sex and food sacrificed to idols, both staples of the social scene. Excavated coins point to the ongoing NT-...
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Guided to Love

March 20, 2025
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To His Church in Pergamum

March 17, 2025
The church at Ephesus resisted false teaching, and Smyrna endured persecution. Believers at Pergamum battled both fronts. Twice Jesus acknowledges Satan’s throne and presence in their midst (the only city where Satan is said to have his throne!). Pergamum was the first city in Asia Minor to build a temple for emperor worship, boasting of itself as a “temple-warden.” As such, it became a leading center for this idolatrous practice. ...
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Guided to Hope

March 14, 2025
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To His Church in Smyrna

March 11, 2025
When Jesus speaks to His church in Smyrna, He acknowledges the reality and increasing intensity of Christian hardship, poverty, and suffering at the hands of Satan’s scheming and cohorts. Jesus specifically mentions prison time, testing, and 10 days of tribulation. Believers (then/now), however, who are faithful in Him unto death will receive the crown of life. The result: the second death – the Lake of Fire – will not harm them.
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Guided to Forgiveness

March 6, 2025
In this service for Ash Wednesday, we are drawn to Calvary to receive forgiveness. In word and song, we contemplate how to live lives of forgiving one another as we have been forgiven by Christ through the cross.
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To His Church in Ephesus

March 3, 2025
Following the prologue, John greets the seven churches on behalf of the Father, Spirit, and Son, whose redemptive work has released us from sin and given us new status as a kingdom and priests to God (1:4-6). For the church to persevere in the midst of tribulation and culture’s pressure to compromise, we need God’s grace and peace. Moreover, despite overwhelming odds and difficulties which try faith, Jesus stands victorious and pre...
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A New City

February 24, 2025
Ezekiel closes his book with a description of God’ new city. The city is described as a perfect cube (a new Holy of Holies) with gates assigned to each of the 12 tribes – 3 gates per side. Moreover, Ezekiel saves the best for last. The city has a remarkable name: “The LORD Is There.” (Heb: YHWH Shammah). The name indicates its true character and recalls the observation in the introduction to this vision complex: this vision, and by...
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A New River

February 19, 2025
The LORD God brings Ezekiel back into the inner court of the temple where he sees water flowing from below the threshold of the temple which goes down into the Arabah and brings the Dead Sea to life. “Wherever the river flows, everything lives!” So says Ezekiel (v9). Where is this river of life today? Ezekiel’s river flows into John’s gospel (and Revelation). From Jesus, the ultimate temple (Jn 2/Rv 21:22), flows streams of living ...
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A New Glory

February 10, 2025
Ezekiel 43 essentially begins: “Behold, the glory of the God of Israel.” These eight words will change one’s life forever. The return of God’s glory to the temple is one of the most dramatic moments in the book–the undoing of its prior departure in 10:18-22 and 11:23. After all, the only thing lacking from this sacred space was God Himself. This temple transformation signals a new beginning, a new era between the LORD and His peopl...
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A New Life

February 4, 2025
Ezekiel – whose name means “God strengthens” – lives out his prophetic ministry among God’s people while they are exiled in Babylon. Ezekiel’s vision likens the Israelites in captivity to very dead, very dry bones. The Spirit of the LORD asks him, “Son of man, can these bones live?” Then the Spirit tells Ezekiel to speak the word of the LORD upon them, and when he does, this valley of dead, dry bones comes back to full life, meanin...
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A New Heart

January 27, 2025
So far, Ezekiel’s focus on God’s work of restoration has been externally focused (i.e., new shepherd, new covenant). In Ezekiel 36, God’s work of making “all things new” encompasses the internal too. What God’s people in Babylon really need is a new heart! True transformation happens only by divine intervention from the inside-out. Through His Spirit, God promises His people heart surgery – removing their hard, unbelieving stone-li...
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A New Covenant

January 21, 2025
God says, “I will cut with them a covenant of peace.” (Ezekiel 34:25) What does that mean? A covenant in the OT was not an impersonal contract, informal agreement, or word-of-mouth handshake; rather, covenants were cut and binded two sides via animal blood. With His persistently rebellious people, God promises a covenant of peace (shalom). Peace is not simply an absence of conflict; peace means wholeness, safety, and security. In J...
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