The Twin Steeples Podcast

June 17, 2026

Devotion

• Romans 5:18-21

 

Announcements

• Adopt-a-Highway
• Thank you for Marie Casto
• Board of Elders
• Men's Breakfast
• Ladies' Bible Study
• Weekend Worship Services
  
  • Summer Schedule
  • Father's Day
  • Donuts with Dad
• Board of Education
• Women's Auxiliary Luncheon

 

Prayer List 

• Jim Lien
• Lynette Roehl
• Becky
• Sue Heise
• Merl
• Gerhard Matzke
• Larry and Joan Hartman
• Paul and Sara Nolting
• ILC Camp
• Adelaide Hanel
• LuAnn Friedrichs
• Fathers
• Mission in the Congo

 

Convention Preview

• Committees #3-5

 

Hymn of the Day

• TLH 297 “The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace” 

Sermon - June 14, 2026

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on June 14, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel.

 

Sermon Text: Matthew 9:9-13 (NKJV)

As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. 10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

 

Theme: Matthew's Testimonial

1. "I Was Sick with Sin"
2. "The Great Physician Healed Me"

Hymn 322 - And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord

The hymn we are studying this week is an old one (sort of). The English hymn was written by John Neale, based (roughly) on a Greek hymn by St. Joseph the Hymnographer from the 800's. In essence it is a completely new hymn but is based on the idea of St. Joseph. 

The hymn we are studying this weekend is 322 in The Lutheran Hymnal: "And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord." It does a beautiful job of presenting the Law, the Gospel and Christian Sanctification which flows from the Gospel. The hymnwriter, like the Psalmists of the Old Testament wrestle with the reality of sin and what we deserve because of them. It almost shows the incredulity of one who has been brought to know the depravity of his or her nature, that God could possibly forgive us or cleanse us from our sin. And that attitude is proper. Peter says: "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:17-18).

Knowing our sin, we turn to God and the work of Jesus for help. In Psalm 51 we confess with David: "Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin... Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9  Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit."

What joy is our when we know the salvation that is ours, and the confidence that His Spirit is at work in us!

May the LORD bless your reflection on our depravity and His mercy to you this weekend.

June 10, 2026

Devotion

• Romans 5:12-17

 

Announcements

• MN Delegates’ Conference
• Communion service
• Outreach Committee
• Men's Breakfast
• Ladies' Bible Study
• Adopt a Highway
• Weekend Worship Services
  
  • No Bible Class or Sunday School this Summer
  • 9am Sunday Service
• Favorite Hymn Survey
• Thank you for Marie Casto
• Board of Deacons
• Church Council

 

Prayer List 

• Jim Lien
• Lynette Roehl
• Becky
• Sue Heise
• Merl
• Gerhard Matzke
• Bible Studies and Bible Study Leaders
• Mission in the Philippines

 

Convention Preview

• Committee #2

 

Hymn of the Day

• TLH 369 “All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall” 

Sermon - June 7, 2026

This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on June 7, 2026. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel.

 

Sermon Text: Matthew 13:31-35 (NKJV)

Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” 33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” 34  All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35  that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

 

Theme: The Wonders of God's Kingdom

1. A Great Kingdom which Offers Rest
2. A Permeating Kingdom which Renews