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Morrison Zion Lutheran Church

Sermons

  • December 24, 2024

    Series: Children's Christmas Program, The Gift of God

    Joy Has Dawned (Dec. 24, 2024)

    Speaker: Children of our Congregation, Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Darkness, Death, Depression, forgiveness, hope, Joy, Life, Pain, Peace, Sadness, Savior, Sickness, sin, Snow, Trouble

    Welcome to worship today at Morrison Zion Lutheran Church.  We exist to glorify God.  We… read more

  • December 22, 2024

    Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent

    The Lowly Lifted Up (Dec. 22, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Advent, Babies, Blessed, Cast, Christmas, Difficulties, Doubt, Down, Faith, Grace, Guilty, Holy Spirit, Honored, Humbled, Important, Jesus, John the Baptist, Joy, Kids, Leap, Lord, Lowly, Mary, Mighty, Mother, Pregnant, Proud, Real, Savior, Spiritual, Trust, Unborn, Victim, Victor, World

    By this time of the holiday season, people are often weighted down. They feel guilty about presents that are not perfect, or parties that did not go as planned, or year-end projects that did not get completed. To top it all off, now is when it dawns on people how little attention they have given to the spiritual preparation Advent invites.

    If that is how we feel, perhaps the frenzy of December has done us a favor. We have been stretched to our limits. We have been made painfully aware of our shortcomings. We have been humbled. Perfect! For being made aware of our weakness does not disqualify us from God’s care. It does the opposite. IT is what prepares us for the work he does best. He is a God who lifts up the lowly.

    Luke 1:39-55

  • December 18, 2024

    Series: Christmas Trees, Midweek Advent

    The Tree of Life (Dec. 18, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Christ, Darkness, Death, Forever, Given, Jesus, Life, Light, Live, Pain, Paradise, Pleasure, Restoration, Restored, Self-Control, sin, Struggle, Temptation, Tree, Wait, Waiting

    Pick an apple off its tree, and you have a great source of antioxidants and fiber. Pluck the fruit of an orange tree. It provides the daily supply of vitamin C. If you are fortunate to live in a climate where avocado trees grow, you get to eat that tasty fruit packed with healthy fats, B6, and potassium. Different trees with different fruits and different health benefits.

    Image a tree that produced a fruit that enabled you to live forever. Such a tree once existed. It stood in the middle of the Garden of Eden. When mankind fell into sin, tainting all creation with the stain of death, God banned access to that tree. He did not want us to live forever in a world as broken as this one. But today, we see that through the work of Christ, access to that life-giving tree has been restored. We conclude our series on Christmas Trees by looking into paradise restored. There we find the Tree of Life, given to us once again by our gracious God. Eat up!

    Revelation 22:1-5

  • December 15, 2024

    Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent, Choir Concert, Christmas

    A Real Christmas Results in Knowing the Real Jesus – Advent/Christmas Concert (Dec. 15, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Advent, Beginning, Darkness, Father, Flesh, Focus, forgiveness, Great, hope, Humility, I AM, Jesus, Joy, King, Peace, Real, Savior, Servant, sin, Word, Word of God

    Advent marks the start of a new Church Year and helps us prepare for the coming our Savior. With family gatherings and shopping for presents, delicious food and Christmas songs, we feel the Christmas season is knocking at the door. The time to celebrate and remember the birth of the Savior is right around the corner. Let us come together this Advent and remember what His coming is really all about. A real Christmas results in knowing the real Jesus.

    John 1:1-5, 9-14, Philippians 2:1-8, John 14:1-9, Isaiah 9:2-7

  • December 11, 2024

    Series: Christmas Trees, Midweek Advent

    The Tree of Promise (Dec. 11, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Ancestors, Chopped, Creator, Faith, Family, forgiveness, Genealogy, God, Israel, Messiah, Miracle, Nothing, Peace, Promise, Rebellion, Savior, sin, Stump, Tree

    In recent years there has been an explosion of companies that help you trace your family tree. You can go back a dozen generations, uncovering the history of your ancestors. Tracing your family tree allows you to learn more about where you came from. . . who you are. Interestingly, St. Matthew’s Gospel begins by tracing Jesus’ family tree. There are multiple reasons for this. First, providing the genealogy of Jesus proves that he is true man, exactly what we needed our Savior to be if He was going to take our place. Second, it demonstrates God’s grace, for in Jesus’ family tree you will find individuals whose heinous sins are recorded in Scripture: murder, prostitution, etc. The Christ is not the enemy of sinners. He is our brother. Finally, this family tree shows that God keeps all his promises. God had promised multiple believers—Eve, Abraham, David—that the Savior would be one of their descendants.

    This week, we look at a very different type of Christmas tree—the Tree of Promise. Christmas proves that what God says will happen happens. God promised He would become one of us to save all of us. He did just that! The Tree of Promise proves God shall keep every single promise He makes to us.

    Isaiah 11:1-10

  • December 8, 2024

    Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent

    A Preparation That Matters (Dec. 8, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Away, Change, Christmas, Faith, forgiveness, John the Baptist, Matters, Preparation, Prepare, Preparing, Repent, Repentance, Rest, Result, Salvation, sin, Start, Stress, Trust, Turn, Turning, Wilderness, Worry

    The closer we get to Christmas, the greater the pressure. There is so much work to be done! We want our houses to look good for out-of-town guests. We want to impress people with the thoughtfulness of our gifts. What a welcome relief, therefore, to hear what is required to really be ready for Christmas: only repentance. You see, repentance is the opposite of work. It is the candid and honest admission of our sin combined with the joyful trust that everything needed to bring us close to God has already been done by Christ.

    At this frenetic time of year, the call to repent is not another demand to do something more. It is gracious invitation to set down our work to make way for Christ’s work. Rooted in that repentant rest, we can fully enjoy a real Christmas.

    Luke 3:1-6

  • December 4, 2024

    Series: Christmas Trees, Midweek Advent

    The Tree of Rebellion (Dec. 4, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Blame, Christ, Christmas, Devil, Difficult, Evil, Experience, forgiveness, Good, Knowledge, Life, Pain, Problem, Rebellion, Repentance, Root, Satan, Savior, sin, Tempted, Tree, Trees

    Scripture says it was hard to miss, because God placed it “in the middle of the garden”—the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve were allowed to eat from every tree in Eden except that one. Why did God forbid them from eating the fruit of that one tree? Simply so that mankind would have one way to demonstrate they loved and trusted God. By disobeying God, Adam and Eve proved they didn’t fully trust Him. More, they proved that they loved the thought of being in control more than they loved God. It was rebellion. Still today, we rebel against our good and gracious God when we love or trust anything more than Him.

    That Tree of Rebellion points to the need for Christ. We needed God to send a Savior who would succeed where we fail. The Christ would be the only man who ever loved and trusted God perfectly. More, while hanging on a tree, the Christ would shed his blood for our rebellion. It is the first tree in the Bible that serves as a Christmas tree. . . a tree that points us to Christ—the Tree of Rebellion.

    Genesis 3:1-15

  • December 1, 2024

    Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent

    Longing to be Together in the Lord (Dec. 1, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Better, Blameless, Bring, Causes, Christ, Christians, Christmas, Delights, Devil, Drives, Forgiven, God, Holy, Humble, Inequity, Jesus, Life, Perfect, Persecution, Presence, Pure, Remember, Separation, sin, Together, Waiting

    Advent marks the start of a new Church Year. We begin at the end, watching Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey colt, knowing full well that He would be killed before the end of the week. The events of Palm Sunday serve as a microcosm for all Jesus’ work, proving the Son of God was willing to humble himself and endure anything for our salvation. That is precisely why Christ came. And a real Christmas requires remembering why Christ came.

    1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

  • November 28, 2024

    Series: Live Like You Will Live Forever, Thanksgiving

    The Good of Giving (Thanks) (Nov. 28, 2024)

    Speaker: Pastor James Enderle

    Topic: Contentment, Encouraged, Forever, forgiveness, Gifts, Giving, God, Grace, Investments, Jesus, Life, Live, Money, Peace, Phone, Selfish, sin, Stewardship, Supplies, Taught, Taxes, Thanks, Thanksgiving

    Live Like You’ll Live Forever:  Live a Life of Thanks The Good of Giving (Thanks)… read more

    Philippians 4:10-20

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7395 County Road W
Greenleaf, WI 54126

 

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Greenleaf, WI 54126

 

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