Faith First
First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, IA
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Regularly hosts outside guests
150 episodes — long track record
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S3E152 One Word Easter Sermon
Pr. Steve talks about the power of Jesus' speaking Mary's name after raising from the dead on Easter Sunday. He says the re-connection between them is the crescendo of the story and is the same for…
S3E151 Artistic Passion
Pr. Craig gives us the behind-the-scenes theology represented in our purple paraments and other artwork in the sanctuary as Christ makes his journey from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb of Easter in a…
S3E150 Episode 150!
For our milestone 150th episode, Pastors Steve, Craig & Katie spend the entire time talking with each other about their 5 most memorable moments in ministry together over 90 years of collective…
S3E149 Asking the Right Questions
Pr. Craig & Pr. Steve talk about your reactions to our Wednesday worship & concert series while Pr. Steve ponders if we are asking the right questions in this week's scripture of the man born…
S3E148 I Noticed That...
Pr. Craig draws a comparison with the woman at the well and how God uses us as broken vessels to hold so much more than water! Meanwhile Pr. Katie shares how Jesus notices the same woman with radical…
S3E147 For God so Loved...How Does it Go?
Pr. Steve takes us inside one of the most well-known scriptures in the world, John 3:16, and helps us see it with new eyes. We break it down word for word and discover what it might mean for us today.
S3E146 Beginning the Conversation with Jesus
As we enter into our Lenten series "Conversations with Jesus" Pr. Steve teaches us that God gets things going with the first word on Ash Wednesday while Pr. Katie opens her heart around the upcoming…
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S3E145 Light Amidst the Darkness
Pr. Brian Scott of Lutheran World Relief tells some inspiring stories of how the light of church of Christ is growing and shinning into dark places. Likewise Pr. Craig unravels a mountaintop…
S3E144 What is the Church?
What is the point of the Church? Pr. Steve ponders this question for us while Maddy Newhouse gives us the skinny on HUGS, an effort to better welcome people into our new space.
S3E143 Building New Pillars
When the church loses someone important who people look to for leadership in the congregation, what happens then? Pr. Craig ponders how God might be calling each of us to take a step forward in our…
S3E142 From Holy Land Nets to the USA
Special Guests Claudine and Jamil Zoughbi talk about Christ calling the disciples from their fishing nets and how similarly God called them from their home in the Holy Land to be missionaries here in…
S3E141 God in the Water
Pr. Katie talks about the importance of Jesus being baptized in the very same way we his followers will do and the special bond and connection that creates with us and our Lord, the very savior of…
S3E140 Inside the #s
Pr. Craig talks about our attendance at our amazing Christmas Eve services and takes you behind the numbers to see how it all gets put together. Plus...is God sending you a sign? We'll discuss the…
S3E139 Christmas Light
Pr. Katie shares her Christmas Eve message about being the light of Christ, Pr. Craig pays tribute to a faithful staff member who says good-bye, and Pr. Steve has some very special prayers for us on…
S3E139 God our Peace
Pr. Katie talks about God bringing peace through the message of an angel to Jesus' father, Joseph, amongst the chaos of the circumstances around his birth and how God delivers that same peace to you…
S3E137 Are you THE GUY?!
Pr. Steve ponders perhaps the biggest question of the Christian faith...is Jesus who he says he is? And if Jesus is in fact the savior of our entire world, how does the God of Love make himself known…
S3E136 God Our Hope
Pr. Craig talks about all the decluttering books getting suggested to him on his social media this week. A message from God, maybe? At the same time, John the Baptist has a similar call for us to…
S3E135 Catalog Christmas
Remember circling things you wanted for Christmas in the Sears, JC Penny, or Montgomery Ward's catalog? Pr. Steve talks about similarly what people of faith do to prepare for the coming of Christ in…
S3E134 Hard and Soft Power
This week we celebrate that Christ is our King, but Pr. Steve ponders what kind of power will he exert in our lives? The "hard" power we know and use to get our own way in this world or a "soft"…
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