Faith For All

Welcome to the Cross of Glory ”Faith For All” podcast. It’s really two podcasts in one. For the first podcast, we will be posting sermons that were given on Sunday mornings, during Sunday services. We will be posting sermons that have “important to hear” messages, that were interesting, and carried meaning for everyone. The second podcast type will be a group of people from the church who will discuss...well...something. The topics could range from pop culture to the biblical history, from world events to chickens. We hope you can join us while we look at Faith For All.
Episodes
Episodes



Monday Sep 11, 2023
Discussion:Should Christians care about the Environment?
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This week Cross of Glory's Climate Action Team, alongside a couple of random church members, discuss the topic of Christians and the Environment.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Genesis 2:15 NIV



Monday Sep 04, 2023
Caring for our planet, part 4: I can make a difference
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
James 2: 14-17 New International Version
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 17:20 New International Version



Monday Aug 28, 2023
Caring for our planet, part 3: The number one thing we can to to combat it.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
1 John 4:7-21 NIV
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.



Monday Aug 21, 2023
Caring for our planet, part 2: Climate change impacts us all
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
**This sermon was recorded during an outside worship service (somewhat appropriate for a sermon on the environment) and the sound quality is lacking.



Monday Aug 14, 2023
Caring for our planet, part 1: What does the Bible Say?
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:26-28 NIV
*Man was to rule over the earth like a king. The Hebrew word is "radah." It's a royal word. Not like a tirade king described in Ezekiel 34:4, but like a humble king described in Psalm 72.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
or he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
Pslam 24:1-2 NIV
“‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.
Leviticus 25:23 NIV



Monday Aug 07, 2023
Discussion: Prayer, what is it and what is it good for
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
This week random members of Cross of Glory discuss prayer



Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Living the Lord’s Prayer: Part 5
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
This is prayer most christians pray, but how well do we really know what it means?
"and whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. truly i tell you, they have received their reward. but whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret; and your father who sees in secret will reward you.
when you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him.
pray then in this way:
our father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
your kingdom come. your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. and do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
for if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your father forgive your trespasses."
Matthew 6:5-15 new revised standard version



Monday Jul 17, 2023
Living the Lord’s Prayer:Part 4
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
this is prayer most christians pray, but how well do we really know what it means?
"and whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. truly i tell you, they have received their reward. but whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret; and your father who sees in secret will reward you.
when you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him.
pray then in this way:
our father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
your kingdom come. your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. and do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
for if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your father forgive your trespasses."
Matthew 6:5-15 new revised standard version



Monday Jul 10, 2023
Living the Lord’s Prayer: Part 3
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
This is prayer most christians pray, but how well do we really know what it means?
"and whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. truly i tell you, they have received their reward. but whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret; and your father who sees in secret will reward you.
when you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him.
pray then in this way:
our father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
your kingdom come. your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. and do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
for if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your father forgive your trespasses."
Matthew 6:5-15 new revised standard version



Monday Jul 03, 2023
Living the Lord’s Prayer:Part 2
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
This is prayer most Christians pray, but how well do we really know what it means?
"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Pray then in this way:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Matthew 6:5-15 New Revised Standard Version

Faith for All
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About Cross of Glory Church
Cross of Glory is an ELCA congregation serving a relatively diverse group of people in communities southwest of Chicago. We combine traditional Lutheran theology with a contemporary worship and an increasing commitment to our neighbors and community.
At Cross of Glory, we believe that God is up to something and is inviting all of us to be a part of it. And because God uses all of us, EVERYONE is welcome here. As a Reconciling in Christ congregation, we are very intentional about welcoming our LGBTQ+ siblings.
Our welcome extends to everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, economic status, legal record, life circumstance, or anything else that can divide people.
We believe that God created every single person with special gifts and talents to bless the world. So, we encourage everyone to use their gifts both during worship and every day. God’s love changes us by drawing us in and then sending us back out to make a difference in our communities and the world. We believe that in our world of fear and division, places like Cross of Glory are really needed.
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church
14719 West 163rd Street
Homer Glen, Illinois 60491
708.301.6998 info@crossofglory.com
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