Advent Video Update 2

Pastor Strutz from Resurrection Lutheran Church in Winter Haven talks about the Advent wreath and a special feature of this upcoming Sunday.

The Savior Promises to Answer Prayer

A sermon on John 16:23-39 for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the most heartbreaking scenes in one of my favorite movies is in Forrest Gump when he’s recovering in the army hospital. When he was fighting in Vietnam, he wrote almost every day to his sweetheart back home.…
The Work of the Paraclete

A sermon on John 16:5-15 for the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. In our Gospel lesson for this morning, we encounter a very unique title for the Holy Spirit, from the Greek, “Paraclete,” translated for us here as “the Helper.” Now, that’s not necessarily a bad translation of “Paraclete,” but it’s…
A Little While and then Unending Joy

A sermon on John 16:16-23 for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One thing that I’ve learned by being a parent is that time is relative. Time itself seems pretty absolute—you can measure it in minutes and in seconds—but how lengths of time are experienced differs dramatically from person to person.…