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St. Paul Podcast
A vibrant faith community in Davenport, Iowa, St. Paul Lutheran Church runs a ministry that reaches across the country and outreach commitments that extend around the world.
Episodes
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All Saints' Sunday, The Bible for Worship
In the mystery of life and death, the writer assures the community of God’s faithfulness and the promise of life with God. Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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The Hamas-Israel War — What's behind it?
The explosion of rockets and invaders from Gaza into Israel on Oct. 7 has been called unprecedented. It has thrown Israel and the Palestinians back onto the…
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Living the truth, 10.29.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on truth. There is a difference between telling the truth and living the truth. Living the truth is about being a certain kind of…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E8: Little Bird and Jesus tell the story of the persistent widow
This week’s episode is all about persistence and prayer! Have you ever wanted something so badly that you kept working toward it no matter how hard it was or…
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Reformation Sunday, the Bible for Worship
John shows Jesus correcting believers’ misunderstanding about freedom, a key dimension of life as the people of God. Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction…
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Everywhere present, nowhere obvious, 10.22.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on the ways God shows up in our lives. Why is it we cannot see God visibly, tangibly, immediately? If God is so omnipresent, why…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E7: Little Bird and Jesus tell stories about yeast and mustard seeds
We all have days when we feel very small. Today is a day like that for Little Bird. And it’s really great to have a friend like Jesus to share with. Jesus…
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Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Moses and God negotiate the future of God’s relationship with the people, Israel, after their idolatry with the golden calf. Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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Good news from a difficult parable, 10.15.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on how to live peacefully. Comparing can also be about contrast. In today’s scripture reading this parable compares how different…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E6: Little Bird and Jesus tell the parable of the soil
It’s story time! These next few weeks we’ll be exploring the parables of Jesus. Parables are teaching stories. This week, we learn about one of Little Bird’s…
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Matthew uses a compound parable by Jesus to account for Jerusalem’s destruction and remind the community to live as God’s people. Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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What do we own?, 10.8.2023
Katy Warren preaches on ownership. It’s our human nature to crave ownership, to want to possess and control things, but that is not how we are asked to live…
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Little Bird and Jesus Season 2: Episode 5: Little Bird & Jesus with Blind Bartimaeus
Little Bird makes a new friend, a friend that others just don’t seem to notice. What kinds of things or people do we not notice very well sometimes? From the…
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Matthew uses a parable by Jesus to assure the community that people who seek power for themselves cannot defeat God’s plans. Bible for Worship is a weekly…
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The practice of singing, 10.1.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on the power of song. The songs we sing together form us into a community and create faith in us. Music connects with our memories…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E4: Little Bird & Jesus see what friendship is all about
Today’s story is about some very good friends. As Jesus and the disciples travel from town to town, crowds and crowds of people follow them around, making it…
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Paul encourages his beloved community in Philippi to trust God to hold them through suffering, as God has done with Jesus and with Paul himself. Preaching…
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Divine patience, 9.24.23
Peter W. Marty preaches on God’s divine patience. God’s compassionate purpose is to heal hurt, save lost and lonely people, and build a kingdom of peace. We…
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Little Bird and Jesus S2E3: Little Bird & Jesus Walking on Water
More miracles are happening this week. Little Bird and the disciples head out on one of our most familiar modes of transportation but when Jesus says he’ll…
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Jesus’ parable teaches that worth is not measured by work or money in God’s economy and that God gives generously to all. Preaching text: Matthew 20: 1-16
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Touched by mercy, 9.17.2023
Pastor Mac Mullins preaches on mercy. Is it enough to simply say ‘I’m sorry?’ When words aren’t enough to heal our wounds, God does so through the very mercy…
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Little Bird and Jesus Season 2, Episode 2: Little Bird and Jesus and ten healed men
Are you ready to experience another amazing miracle? This miracle helps 10 men get their lives back. Little Bird hopes you’re ready for a toe-tally incredible…
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Bible for Worship
Paul encourages the community in Rome to strive for unity rather than uniformity so that those whom God has included will not be excluded. Bible for Worship is…
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An education in freedom, 9.10.2023
Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches on freedom. Freedom is not just won on the battlefield or in the political arena. It's in the hearts, the minds, and the…
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Little Bird and Jesus Season 2 Episode 1: Little Bird and Jesus at a wedding banquet
Podcast friends! We've missed you and we're so glad to be back. For our second season, we are telling more stories about Jesus. The first handful of episodes…
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The way of genuine love, 9.3.2023
Pastor Max Franks preaches on love. When you treat someone as an adversary, they tend to become one. Instead of putting others down and elevating yourself…
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Keepers of the keys, 8.27.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on keys. The kingdom of heaven isn’t a place but a vision. When Jesus says to Simon Peter “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of…
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Tenacity that changes minds, 8.20.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on tenacity. When people display a dogged persistence in the fight for something that is good, we should pay attention. The church must…
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Overwhelmed? I’m here!, 8.13.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on fear. When fear gets the best of us, it can so easily play tricks with our minds. The most important work of Jesus in the world is…
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An artist’s freedom, 8.6.2023
Peter A. Pettit preaches on the remarkable generosity of God with many communities. God’s Word is not static, it’s not limited, and it doesn’t choose…
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I am convinced, 7.30.2023
Katy Warren preaches on certainty. What are you absolutely sure of in your life? It’s not easy to be truly convinced. We know God loves us because we’re…
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Let the weeds be, 7.23.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on weeds. There’s no field in the world where you will find only grain and there is no flower garden that is only flowers. The same…
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For the love of dirt, 7.16.2023
Megan Eide preaches on growth. If we want a fruitful, healthy life, we need healthy soil. God meets us where we are with words of grace and hope. We all have…
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Anything but a backpack, 7.9.2023
Katy Warren preaches on the things we carry. God is aware of the things we carry around with us each and every day. Instead of carrying a laptop, maybe we…
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No small acts of kindness, 7.2.2023
Max Franks preaches on kindness. A life of faith is made up of a thousand small gestures. There is no small gesture anything done in faith and love has cosmic…
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Dead and alive, 6.25.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on baptism and death. We will not take baptism seriously in our lives if we do not comprehend that death is a core image in baptism…
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Peace for today, hope for tomorrow, 6.18.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on hope. It is impossible to avoid grief, suffering, and death but the promise of hope will not disappoint us. We do not have a force…
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Building a life, 6.11.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on building a life worth living. Shaping particular habits, developing moral commitments, and practicing certain disciplines will give…
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How majestic is your name, 6.4.2023
Pastor Peter A. Pettit preaches on signatures. A signature is the name we put on our work. A signature authenticates what we do as ours. The psalmist in Psalms…
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Better together, 5.28.2023
Max Franks preaches on being better together. Paul writes to an emerging Christian community in Corinth. How to be a faithful community together. To be the…
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Passing the baton, 5.21.2023
Megan Eide preaches on inheritance. Jesus served as God’s hands and feet in the world. He took the baton from God and ran with it, and now he passes it on to…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 25: Little Bird and the Holy Spirit Pentecost
Podcast friends! It’s our last episode of the season. The Holy Spirit visits the disciples, just as Jesus had promised. With the Holy Spirit working in them…
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Worshipping what we love, 5.14.2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on worship. There is no such thing as a life without worship. Everyone worships something and most of us worship many somethings. What…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 24: Little Bird and Jesus at the Ascension
Jesus and his friends have spent a lot of time together lately and now it’s time for them all to head back to Jerusalem. It wouldn’t be a trip with Jesus and…
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Into the marvelous light, 5.7.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on living stones. God often takes things that are disregarded and makes them into something beautiful and strong. We may find…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 23: Little Bird and Jesus with the disciples on the lakeshore
Peter is still struggling with the denial of his friendship with Jesus. A little time fishing on the water is sure to raise his spirits and you’ll never guess…
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The shepherd and the gate, 4.30.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on Jesus is the shepherd who protects his sheep, knows their names, and leads them to green pastures. Jesus is also the gate, the…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 22: Little Bird and Jesus remember their favorite sayings
As the disciples make the long walk to Galilea, they share a few of their favorite parables that Jesus shared with them. So, snuggle in for story time, and a…
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Truth as a person, 4.23.2023
Pastor Peter W. Marty preaches on truth. It is essential to human community, it’s a foundation in the social fabric of this world. Once a culture allows truth…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 21: Little Bird and Jesus on the road to Emmaus
Guess what? It’s still Easter on the podcast! That’s right – there are still more stories of Jesus visiting his friends on that first Easter day. While…
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Salvation: On Earth as it is in Heaven, 4.16.2023
Megan Eide preaches on salvation. Salvation is not just a future promise. Salvation is also our present reality when we cultivate the kind of faith that acts…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 20: Little Bird and Jesus with Thomas and his friends
Did you think you wouldn’t be hearing much from Little Bird after Easter? Well, she has more stories to share! These are the stories of those times when the…
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Freedom from fear, Easter 2023
Peter W. Marty preaches on Easter Sunday. There are so many people who are afraid of so many things right now. That fear can paralyze lives and cripple the…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 19: Little Bird and Jesus in the Garden
Happy Easter, podcast listeners! A particularly amazing thing happens in today’s episode. Little Bird’s best friend Jesus died just three days ago and while…
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Lessons from the donkey, 4.2.2023
Sara Olson-Smith preaches on Palm Sunday. Jesus chose power that comes not through force but through self-giving and strength through humility, not domination…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 18: Little Bird and Jesus on Golgatha
Today’s episode is a sad one. There are some scary and hard things but there is also lots of good and love. Our story begins on the same evening as the Last…
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Long-term forgiveness, 3.26.2023
Megan Eide preaches on forgiveness. God’s ways of mercy and forgiveness are radically different from our own. When God forgives us, God is insisting on a…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 17: Little Bird and Jesus at the Last Supper
In this week’s episode, Little Bird shares a very special meal with Jesus and the disciples. And before that meal, Jesus does something a little different but…
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A new kind of sight, 3.19.2023
Katy Warren preaches on perspective. We all come into new scenarios with our own ways of thinking, our own bias, or preconceived notions that shapes what we…
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Little Bird and Jesus Episode 16: Little Bird and Jesus at a palm parade
On today's episode, Little Bird adds another new friend to the story. This time, it's a donkey! Little Bird, Jesus, and their new donkey friend are part of a…