The Twin Steeples Podcast

March 25, 2026

Devotion

• Romans 2:12-16

 

Announcements

• Music Call for 2026-2027
• School Cook and Aide
• Bumper Magnets
• Time and Talents
• Basketball Award Night
• Midweek Lenten Service
• Ladies' Auxiliary
• Church Choir
• Men's Breakfast
• Arts Camp
• Ladies' Bible Study
• Weekend Worship
  • Bible Class - Church and Churches
  • Sunday School - Jesus’ Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection
• Patty Stelter Victory Service
• Holy Week
• Resurrection Sunday

 

Prayer List 

• Pastor Tim Wheaton
• Jim Lien
• Lynette Roehl
• Becky
• Family of Patty Stelter
• Bev Menton
• Nelly Edwards
• Sue Heise
• Finances
• Mission to Kenya

 

Common Christian Q&A

• Does the Bible tell us how we should treat foreigners?

 

Hymn of the Day

• TLH 496 “Hark! The Voice of Jesus Crying”

Sermon - March 22, 2026

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 22, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel.

 

Sermon Text: Numbers 21:4-9 (NKJV)

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” 6 So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Theme: A Deserved Punishment - A Needed Deliverance

1. For Israel
2. For Everyone

Hymn 380 - Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ

Join us for a study of the Scottish hymn "Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ" (Hymn 380 in The Lutheran Hymnal) by Horatius Bonar. This is a beautiful hymn on the doctrine of Justification the the person and work of Jesus for sinners. 

While this hymn is not strictly a "Lent" hymn, it fits nicely during the season of Lent. It points clearly to the suffering (verse 2) and death (verse 4) of Jesus at the cross (verse 3), and the necessity for it. Jesus, through His perfect life (verses 1 and 5), and His suffering and death, has done what no one else could. He accomplished what sinners desperately needed to be delivered from the curse of sin. We are powerless to save ourselves. Jesus alone is "the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6).

As you sing this hymn, reflect on your utter helplessness under the Law of God, and your desperate need for salvation. Thank God, that this need has been fulfilled by God in the person and work of Jesus. There is no salvation, anywhere else! There is no one, no thing, else we can to turn to for this salvation. Jesus alone is the Savior we need. Rejoice in that truth, and revel in the joy that truth brings!

As you sing this hymn, you are not only reveling in its truth, but you are also declaring this truth to others. It is an encouragement to your fellow Christians to hear you make this declaration!

March 18, 2026

Devotion

• Romans 2:1-11

 

Announcements

• Grade School Basketball Tournament
• Music Call for 2026-2027
• Need for School Cook and Aide
• Bumper Magnets
• Midweek Lenten Service
• Church Choir
• Men's Breakfast
• Ladies' Bible Study
• Hymnal Committee
• Weekend Worship
  • Bible Class - The Word of the Lord Grows
  • Sunday School - Rejected in Nazareth
  • Time and Talent
  • Name Tag
• Usher Meeting
• Tour Choir
• Board of Education
• Next Week's Midweek Lenten Service
• Ladies' Auxiliary
• Arts Camp

 

Prayer List 

• Pastor Tim Wheaton
• Jim Lien
• Lynette Roehl
• Becky
• Bev Menton
• Jean Moeri
• Finances
• Laborers

Hymn of the Day

• TLH 496 “Hark! The Voice of Jesus Crying”

Sermon - March 15, 2026

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on March 15, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel.

 

Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 7:4-10 (NKJV)

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. 5 For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more. 8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

 

Theme: Godly Sorrow Produces Repentance

1. Outside Are Conflicts, Inside Are Fears
2. Nevertheless, God Comforts the Downcast