The message of grace is central to everything we do. Not law, but grace. Not what we can do, but what Christ has done. Not niche interests, but the universal gospel of salvation through Jesus. The whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation is about the work of the Savior, and so our goal, day after day, week after week, year after year, is to listen to God’s voice speaking grace in the Scriptures.
At All Souls we hear God’s word faithfully preached every Sunday. Our most recent sermons are available below. You can also find all of our sermons by viewing our past sermon series or browse sermons by Scripture passage:
Christ Will Bring Us Through
Revelation 7 • Pastor Luke Herche
The book of Revelation is a book of hope. It contrasts pictures of divine judgment with pictures of God’s care for his people in the midst of that judgment. Wars... and rumors of wars, bloodshed, economic disparity, sword, famine, pestilence, wild beasts, death—these judgments on the earth are meant to lead all people to repent, to turn from trusting in this world which is passing away and to trust in Christ our solid rock.
But what of the church in the midst of this? If Christ has given the world over to itself in judicial abandonment, what does that mean for us? Have we no hope in the present age? Is our only hope that one day all this will be over? Or is there some hope in the present even for today? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Revelation 7, showing three things: if you are in Christ, you are protected by God; you will one day sing with angels; and Christ will bring you through.
Christ the Perfect Son
Matthew 5:33–48 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
In one of the most difficult verses in all of Scripture, Jesus says you “must be perfect, as your heavenly Father... is perfect.” The standard could not get any higher. Jesus does not mince words, and he is not using a hyperbole. He wants his hearers to know that perfection is our calling. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo helps us to understand this challenging verse in four points: first, we are called to reflect our Father’s perfection; second, we try to be perfect in the wrong way; third, Christ, the perfect Son, gives us his perfection; and fourth, we are accepted and loved as children.
Keep Your Heart
Proverbs 4 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
People were made to grow. This is true not just physically, but spiritually. When talking of the walk of the Christian faith, the expectation... is growth, maturing in the faith. But how do we grow as a Christian? How do we keep from becoming stagnant and complacent? In this sermon on Proverbs 4, Pastor Josué Pernillo encourages us that we can grow, mature, and day by day become more like Christ as we learn what it means to keep our hearts. Listen as Pastor Josué explains in four points: We are to keep our hearts, but we struggle because there is a battle, so we fix our eyes on Jesus, and grow in keeping our hearts.
To the Praise of His Glorious Grace
Psalm 150 • Pastor Ethan Brown
It is instructive that the book of Psalms ends in praise. Everything that we do together on Sunday mornings and throughout the week ought... to be for the praise of God, to glorify him, to delight in his goodness as our creator and our redeemer. Listen as RUF Campus Minister Ethan Brown preaches on 150, showing that, as the book of Psalms ends in praise, so all of history is to the end of praising God’s glorious grace. Pastor Ethan focuses his teaching on this Psalm into two main points: praising with the cosmic choir and praising for the right reasons.
Commission and Benediction
Romans 12:1–2; Numbers 6:22–27 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
In this penultimate installment of a sermon series on our Worship Service (Rhythms of Grace), Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on the Commission... and Benediction, looking at Romans 12:1–2 and Numbers 6:22–27 and showing that we are sent out with God’s blessing to be a blessing.
Offering Ourselves
1 Chronicles 29:1–22 • Pastor Luke Herche
Giving is a part of our worship. Whether we pass the plate or drop money in a box or click a button online, it is a part of dedicating... ourselves to our God. In this sermon on 1 Chronicles 29:1–22, Pastor Luke Herche focuses on the offering within our Worship Service, explaining the purpose of our giving, the model of our giving, the content of our giving, the manner of our giving, the source of our giving, and the result of our giving.
The Lord’s Table
Ex. 24:1–11; 1 Cor. 10:16–18; Rev. 19:9 • Pastor Luke Herche
In this sermon on the Lord’s Table, Pastor Luke Herche condenses 14 weeks’ worth of sermons into just 9 points:...
1) The Lord’s Table is table fellowship.
2) The Lord’s Table is a covenant meal.
3) The Lord’s Table is a celebratory feast.
4) The Lord’s Table is a community supper.
5) The Lord’s Table is God’s gracious hospitality.
6) The Lord’s Table is a spiritual encounter.
7) The Lord’s Table is a holy banquet.
8) The Lord’s Table is pilgrim food.
9) The Lord’s Table is a rehearsal dinner.
Him We Proclaim
Colossians 1:28 • Pastor Luke Herche
As we gather together to worship each week, the single longest element of our service is the sermon. Without it, we could get out of church a good 30 minutes... earlier. Not to mention, preaching is seen by many as a tedious, moralistic, and condescending way to tell people what to do. So why, oh why, do we have a sermon? Continuing in a sermon series on our weekly Worship Service, Pastor Luke Herche comes to the sermon on the sermon. Listen as Pastor Luke preaches on Colossians 1:28, looking at the author of preaching, the act of preaching, the agenda of preaching, and the audience of preaching.
Confession of Faith
Exodus 13:14–16; 1 Timothy 3:14–16 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
Do you want to be a deep person? A thoughtful person? It’s actually quite difficult, requiring time and practice and trial and oftentimes error. It’s not... something you can learn from an article or a podcast or a book. It’s something you have to live out over time. In our weekly worship service, it is the Confession of Faith that calls us to be deep and thoughtful people as we consider what we believe and why. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo explains in this sermon on Exodus 13:14–16; 1 Timothy 3:14–16, highlighting two reasons we confess our faith together each week: we are witnesses to the truth of the gospel, and we are witnesses together with the church throughout the ages.
House of Prayer
1 Kings 8:22–53; Isaiah 56:6–8 • Pastor Luke Herche
For many Christians, prayer feels a little like being the new kid in school: unsure of what to say and a little afraid to speak up. Prayer can sometimes feel empty, unnecessary..., rote, awkward, boring, or scary. You read a prayer, but it feels inauthentic. You try to come up with your own words, and nothing comes. But what if, rather than inauthenticity or awkwardness or anxiety, you could draw near with confidence to God’s throne of grace and be sure to find the mercy and grace you need to help in your time of need? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 1 Kings 8:22–53 and Isaiah 56:6–8, helping us think about our corporate prayer life under four headings:
· Our Need for a House of Prayer
· Solomon’s House of Prayer
· The True House of Prayer
· The Church as House of Prayer
Trusting God’s Word: A Matter of Life and Death
1 Kings 17:17–24 • Luke Lustfeldt
The path we each walk between our birth and our death is filled with all kinds of trouble and sorrow and suffering. So how... do we handle all of this pain? The world offers many methods to escape and cope, but to really deal with our sufferings rightly, we need a savior. The true meaning of suffering can only be found in Jesus Christ. In this sermon on 1 Kings 17:17–24, in which the widow of Zarephath’s son dies and brought back to life, Pastoral Intern Luke Lustfeldt teaches us that God’s grace will meet you in your suffering and he will strengthen your faith in the supremacy of Jesus Christ, which is the only real source of healing for our suffering. Listen as Luke unfolds this idea in three main headings:
· Crisis in Suffering
· God’s Grace in Suffering
· Faith in Suffering
The Beauty of Baptism
1 Cor. 6:9–11; Eph. 5:25–27; 1 Cor. 12:12–13 • Pastor Ethan Brown
God is at work among us at All Souls in all sorts of ways, including in baptism. Whether it’s covenant children being welcomed publicly into the family... of God or teenagers and adults who have professed their faith in Jesus for the first time, witnessing baptism together as a church is a gift. Listen as RUF Campus Minister Ethan Brown preaches on the beauty of baptism, helping us to love the Lord who washed us and the Body to which we belong as we consider that we’ve been prepared as a bride and brought into the Body.
Confession and Assurance
Nehemiah 9:1–3; Romans 5:1–2 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
Do you see yourself clearly? In order to gain a true, clear, honest, perspective of yourself, you need God’s Word. As Christians, we want to see ourselves... in the light of the truth of God as seen in the gospel of our Savior Jesus, and we see that most clearly within our Worship Service in the Call to Confession and the Assurance of Grace. As we practice these truths each week, as we see God who is merciful, we become more aware of our sin and we experience the grace of God in our lives. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo explains through a series of questions: First, why do we have a confession and assurance week by week? Second, what do we get wrong about the confession and the assurance? Third, how does that fit into our weekly worship? And fourth, where in our life does that make an impact?
Sing to the Lord
Psalm 98 • Pastor Luke Herche
You were created to sing. Singing is not something reserved for the immensely gifted or the attention-seekers, but rather all people were created to ... sing––including you, no matter how off-key you might be. It is not an unnecessary diversion. It is key to God’s purposes for creation. But when sin entered the world it changed our tune, and instead of harmony, there was discord. Instead of rejoicing, we sang songs of lament. Instead of celebrating God, we celebrate sin. In this sermon on Psalm 98, Pastor Luke Herche helps us to better understand the role of songs in our worship services via three questions: Why should we sing? How should we sing? And what’s the point?
The Call to Worship
Isaiah 55:1–5; John 4:23 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
First impressions matter. How you start something sets the tone for the whole. This is even true of our weekly worship service. At All Souls, our service... begins with the Call to Worship, which is biblically rooted, deeply meaningful, and significant. Pastor Josué Pernillo explains more in this sermon on Isaiah 55:1–5 and John 4:23 through four points: God is the one who calls us to worship; we are hearing that call weekly; in worship, we receive the welcome of God; and in response, we worship and welcome.
The Wisdom of Humility
Proverbs 3:13–35 • Pastor Ethan Brown
RUF Campus Minister Ethan Brown preaches on Proverbs 3:13–35 in three points: the search, the... spoils, and the signs.
Worship Is Remembering Grace
2 Peter 1 • Pastor Luke Herche
Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 2 Peter 1, teaching us what we remember, why we remember,... and how we remember.
Worship Is Rehearsing Grace
Exodus 13:3–10 • Pastor Luke Herche
Pastor Luke Herche continues our sermon series on Worship, preaching on Exodus 13:3–10 and teaching us that we remember God’s redemptive... work as we rehearse it, receive it, and then respond in kind, following in the footsteps of Jesus.
Worship Is Covenant Renewal
Hebrews 12:18–24 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
Why do you go to church? What is its importance? Why, for 2,000 years, have Christians gathered on the first day of the week to worship together? In this sermon... on Hebrews 12:18–24, Pastor Josué Pernillo teaches us that we gather as the people of God to be renewed in our relationship to our Father and to be sent out in response to his grace. Listen as Pastor Josué addresses this important topic via three questions: Who is worshiping? What is the purpose of our worship? And how do we worship?
Worthy Is the Lamb
Revelation 5 • Pastor Luke Herche
Where are you struggling right now? Where are you weary and beaten down? Where are you tempted and tried? The book of Revelation was written to a suffering... people. People who suffered persecution and temptation. And it’s into this that the book of Revelation comes to give encouragement and hope, and to engender faithful perseverance in witness. The main call of Revelation is this: Don’t give in and don’t give up. Christ has overcome. Our champion and defender is on the throne. And as you cling to him, you will overcome as well. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Revelation 5, John’s vision of the scroll and the Lamb who was slain, focusing on God’s purpose, our sorrow, Christ’s worth, and creation’s joy.
A Glimpse into Glory
Revelation 4 • Pastor Luke Herche
Do you have questions about heaven? It is good to be curious—curiosity is a gift of God—and it is good to ask questions. We should learn all that we can, plumbing... the depths of what God has shown us in his world and in his Word. But we must also recognize our limits, that we can’t know everything and that there are “secret things” that “belong to the Lord our God.” The book of Revelation is a place in the Bible where God pulls back the curtain just a little, just enough to give us glimpses that tend to leave us with more questions than answers. In this sermon on Revelation 4, Pastor Luke Herche invites you to bring your questions as he preaches on this glimpse of the heavenly throne room of God, focusing on a heavenly vision, the glorious King, angelic worship, and why even all this is not enough.
A Heart for the Lord
Proverbs 3:1–12 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
The good life is founded in a heart for the Lord, but our hearts are easily distracted—so Jesus gives us a new heart... that we may live in him. Learn more as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Proverbs 3:1–12.
Disgusting “Christianity”
Revelation 3:14–22 • Pastor Ethan Brown
In the first century AD, the church at Laodicea seemed to have it all. They had some measure of acceptance in their city, some influence, some worldly... wealth. Yet they were not pleasing to their Lord. Their Christianity was respectable in the eyes of the world, but it was disgusting to Jesus. Listen as Pastor Ethan Brown preaches on Revelation 3:14–22, calling our attention to three problems (bad worship, bad riches, bad witness) and one answer: the love of Christ.
Pillars in the Temple
Revelation 3:7–13 • Pastor Ethan Brown
Because Jesus loves his people, he speaks with them honestly about their sin. As uncomfortable as that can be, some people find it even more difficult to receive... Jesus’ words of encouragement and affirmation. But in Revelation 3, we find that Jesus does not have a word of rebuke for the believers in Philadelphia. Instead, he encourages them, affirms them, and celebrates his love in their lives. Listen as Pastor Ethan Brown preaches on Revelation 3:7–13, the letter to the church in Philadelphia, inviting you to consider the master of the key, the purpose of the door, and the pillars in the temple.
The Purity of the Church
Revelation 2:18–29 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
In Revelation 2:18–29, Jesus comes to the church at Thyatira and we see the concern that he has for her and for her leaders. Jesus confronts... the church, not because he’s impatient, not because he doesn’t care, but because he does care and he loves her and he doesn’t want her to hide. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on this passage, showing that Jesus can see all, even the things we try to hide, so he calls us to repent that we may live holy lives in him.
Nominal Christianity
Revelation 3:1–6 • Pastor Luke Herche
Jesus is personally committed to the growth of his churches. That is what the letters to the seven churches in Revelation... are all about. And Jesus begins each letter with the words, “I know.” He knows his own. He knows what they need. And these seven different churches—though each in different situations—all need the same thing: they need to hear the voice of Jesus. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Revelation 3:1–6, the letter to the church in Sardis, showing us the loving rebuke, the nominal Christian, the urgent exhortation, and the promised hope.
The Path of Wisdom
Proverbs 2 • Pastor Josué Pernillo
We are invited on the path of wisdom which is the path of awe and intimacy. So we avoid the wrong paths and enjoy... the path of life. Learn more in this sermon on Proverbs 2 from Pastor Josué Pernillo.
Where Satan Dwells
Revelation 2:12–17 • Pastor Luke Herche
Do you think it’s hard to be a good person? There are many factors, many influences, for each individual: family of origin..., biology, social context, peer pressure, cultural issues, nature and nurture. But of course, what is missing from that list is the individual, the person, their heart, their soul. At the end of the day, we each make our own choices. But that doesn’t make context irrelevant. Jesus begins his letter to the church in Pergamum in Revelation 2:12–17, “I know where you dwell.” Context is not irrelevant. The “where” matters. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, looking at the place of compromise, the faithful witness, and the blessings of God’s house.
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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:
We are unlikely to eat the food of literal idols. However, in what areas of life do you feel pressure to compromise your values to get ahead or ensure financial security? What is going on in your heart that tempts you to compromise in this way?
Jesus tells the church that he knows exactly where they dwell. How does it change your perspective to know that Jesus deeply understands the specific pressures of the environment you live in every day?
In what ways does remembering Jesus as the Faithful Witness who faced the sword for us empower you to stand firm when you feel the reality of dwelling where Satan’s throne is?
How does the promise of hidden manna and a white stone with a new name offer a better kind of security and identity than the things we are tempted to chase in our careers or social circles?
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