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 Sermons, Bible Studies, and other audio media from Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County, Wisconsin. Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County is located in the village of Forestville, Wisconsin. We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. We are a confessional and liturgical congregation. Saint Peter’s is located at 316 W. Main Street, Forestville, WI 54213. Phone: 920-856-6420. Email: info@doorcounty.church. Website: https://doorcounty.church. We welcome listener comments, questions, and feedback.Copyright Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
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  • Sermon: Holding It Together When Everything Is Falling Apart

    Sermon: Holding It Together When Everything Is Falling Apart
    Nov 15 2025
    Title: Holding It Together When Everything is Falling Apart | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Jackson | Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–8, 13–17 | Liturgical Date: Pentecost 22, Proper 27 C | Calendar Date: November 9, 2025 | Location: Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County serves Fish Creek and other areas in Northeast Wisconsin. The following transcript was produced with the assistance of AI. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This Veteran’s Day weekend, of course, we are very thankful for the service of our veterans and our armed forces, and above all, we thank the Lord for the freedom of religion that is secured by their work as Christians. That is the greatest freedom that we enjoy. We praise and thank the Lord for this freedom of religion here at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and the way that has been secured by armed forces. Now, I myself am also a veteran and I enjoyed my time in the service. Something I really enjoyed about my time in the service was singing cadences. You know, those songs that soldiers or marines or airmen or sailors will sing when they’re marching or when they’re running. Those are cadences. Now, I’m not gonna sing any for you today. I like singing and that’s probably why I like cadences. But most of these are not pulpit appropriate. But let me tell you about a couple themes that, or one very big theme that came up. Military Cadences and Facing the Worst In those cadences, and that’s all the terrible things that you could expect in the military. There was one person that you’d end up hearing about quite a bit, a person named Jodi. Oh, we couldn’t stand Jodi. You know who Jodi is? Jodi is the guy back home who steals your girl when you’re away training in the military. Oh, we couldn’t stand Jodi. We’d sing about Jodi. We’d sing about other terrible things. We’d sing about the terrible food, the terrible living conditions, the terrible leadership we had. We’d even sing about dying and bullets whizzing by your head, and that was a deliberate thing, by the way. That was a deliberate part of the training. You see what that was teaching you? Is that even when these things happen, even when Jodi is stealing your girl back home, even when the food is terrible and the living conditions are rough, and when bullets are whizzing by your head, and even if you face the threat of death, you keep on marching, you keep on working to fulfill your mission. And St. Paul was indicating the same thing to the Thessalonians today in our epistle lesson, and that’s our theme for today: holding it together when everything is falling apart. And the falling apart that St. Paul is referring to in our lesson today is the ultimate and final falling apart. When the whole world seems to be falling apart and the Thessalonians, it appears, seemed to think that the return of Christ was right around the corner and they could see things falling apart around them. Expect the Worst: Apostasy and the Antichrist And it seemed as if this was causing no small number of their congregation distress, and maybe some of them were falling away from the faith and losing heart and confidence. And Paul helps to build ’em up in the faith, but he does so through, in the first instance, something that might seem counterintuitive. He tells the Thessalonians, well, expect the worst. Yeah, things might be bad and they are probably gonna get worse. He tells the Thessalonians, you might think to yourself, my goodness, why would he be telling the Thessalonians to expect the worst? Well, first of all, let’s take a look at how he tells the Thessalonians that they can expect the worst. He says, look, before the coming of the Lord, let no one deceive you for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called God or object of worship, so he takes a seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. What is Paul talking about there? He’s talking about two themes that we see consistently in prophecies of the end times, whether these are prophecies that Christ himself uttered or what he himself is here discussing or what we might find in the Book of Revelation. And the two themes are this: apostasy and the arising of the antichrist. Now apostasy, that’s what he calls rebellion here in a somewhat different term. What is apostasy or the rebellion that he is talking about here? Apostasy is when those who claim to be Christian turn their backs on the Christian faith and fall away from the faith and oppose the faith even. And Paul is saying, look. You might think that it’s bad now, but guess what? The time is coming when huge numbers of those who you considered your Christian brothers and sisters will turn away from the faith. And not only this, but many of them, he says, will be led astray ...
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    22 min
  • Sermon: Uniquely Blessed to Uniquely Serve

    Sermon: Uniquely Blessed to Uniquely Serve
    Oct 13 2025
    Text: 1 Timothy 2:1–15 | Liturgical Date: Pentecost 15, Proper 20 C | Location: Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County | Preacher: Rev Dr. Christopher D. Jackson Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church serves Sturgeon Bay and other areas in Door County. One thing I’m very thankful for as a pastor is that I’ve had pretty long pastorates. My first call was about eight years. I’m now about—let me think here—eleven and a half years here at St. John’s and St. Peter’s. And I thank the Lord for this. You know, I think that’s an indication that, all in all, things are going well, and together we are making progress for the Lord here in northeast Wisconsin. A Humorous Failure: My Shortest Job But not every job I’ve had has been a success. Actually, my worst record in a job? One day, one shift. I did so terribly that I decided to fire myself before they had the chance to fire me. Your pastor—the worst waiter in the world. In one shift, I think I made every single mistake a waiter could. You can ask my family about this. I get frustrated and can barely handle it when they’re asking me to put in orders at a drive-thru. Doesn’t work. Imagine a whole table putting their orders in for me, right? Didn’t work. I’m good at focusing on one thing, and I could focus on that one thing hyper-intensely for a long period of time. In college, I could stay up until three in the morning studying my Greek, and I was really good at that. But at three in the morning on that shift at Steak ‘n Shake? No good. Unique Individuals Called to Serve The Lord has made us all unique individuals, and the Lord calls us to serve Him in ways that reflect that. That’s a big part of what we’re going to be talking about today—that we are to use our unique blessings to bless others uniquely. This is tied to a very particular Christian teaching. I’ve been hitting this time and time again from the pulpit, especially at funerals. For those of you in our funeral meal train, you’ve heard this a few times already, but I think it bears repeating. Christian teaching is unique in how it deals with us as unique individuals. Contrasting Worldviews: Atheism and Eastern Religions Think about some of the most popular viewpoints out there with regards to a view of the world. Atheism—what do the atheists teach about us? They teach that we are an accident. We just happened to come to be. Time and matter are in this big box, shaking all around, and we just happened to jumble together and fall out of that box. That’s what the atheists teach. And they teach something pretty similar about what happens when we die—time and matter just take us apart and throw us back into that box to jumble together into something else. The Eastern religions, very popular these days—my goodness, these are some of the most whitewashed ideas out there. People don’t understand what they actually look like when you get up close and personal. Hinduism, Buddhism—very popular. People think they’re entirely unproblematic, but they actually teach something even darker about us humans. Atheism teaches that we’re an accident. The Eastern religions teach that we’re a mistake. Essentially, they teach that our individual existence is a problem to be overcome. Salvation for them is us as individuals ceasing to exist. They come at it from slightly different directions, but that theme is the same. Christian Teaching: Beloved Creations of a Loving God But Christian teaching is this: we are beloved creations of a loving God. And that God is a creator not just in general, but especially in particular. Psalm 139: “For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Great are your works. My soul knows this very well. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” More on that a little later in the sermon. “You wove me together in the depths of the earth before a day of my life came to be. You knew it all together. All my days were written in your book, oh God.” I’m paraphrasing a good bit here, but that’s what Psalm 139 teaches. The eternal triune God, out of that eternal love, created us each as beloved, particular individuals. Created, Redeemed, and Sanctified Individually God has created us individually, and God has redeemed us individually. Jesus did not just die for the whole world in general. Jesus died for every person in particular. Jesus died for you to take away your sins. And that has been fully and wholly accomplished. His righteous life was lived for you, and in His precious, atoning death, He died for you. God has created you individually, He has redeemed you individually, and He has sanctified you individually. Understanding Sanctification Now, sanctification has two parts. What is sanctification? It comes from the Latin word sanctus—we sing the Sanctus a little later in the liturgy. It means holy. Sanctification is when the holiness of God is applied to us individually. That holiness of God was applied to us in the waters of holy ...
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    25 min
  • Sermon: 3 Biblical Patterns of Women’s Service

    Sermon: 3 Biblical Patterns of Women’s Service
    Oct 7 2025
    Title: 3 Biblical Patterns of Women’s Service | Text: 2 Timothy 2:1–13 | Liturgical Date: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23 C) | Calendar Date: October 12, 2025 | Location: Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Jackson Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County serves Sturgeon Bay and other areas in Northeast Wisconsin. Address: 316 W Main St, Forestville, WI 54213Phone: (920) 856-6420 The following transcript was made with the assistance of AI: TRANSCRIPT In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today’s epistle lesson from St. Paul to his protégé, Timothy, includes these words: “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well” (2 Timothy 1:5). This passage is especially fitting as we reflect on the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) and the vital roles women play in the church. Paul highlights Lois and Eunice as examples of faith who shaped Timothy’s spiritual life. Today, we’ll explore three distinct patterns of service by women in the New Testament and consider how these patterns inspire us today. This sermon will serve as a teaching moment, examining how God used women to serve His people in the early church and how their examples guide us in our faith and service. Material and Financial Support for Ministry One clear pattern in the New Testament is how God used women to provide material and financial support for ministry. In Luke 8:1–3, we read: “Soon afterward [Jesus] went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.” These women—Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and others—supported Jesus and His disciples, enabling their ministry to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom of God. This pattern continues in the early church. In Acts 16, we meet Lydia, a seller of purple goods from Thyatira and a worshiper of God. After hearing Paul’s message, “the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul” (Acts 16:14). She and her household were baptized, and she urged Paul and his companions to stay at her home, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay” (Acts 16:15). Lydia’s home became a base for Paul’s ministry, supported by her resources as a successful businesswoman. This is one reason the LWML adopts purple as its color, symbolizing women’s material support for ministry. In Romans 16:1–2, Paul commends Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, saying, “Welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.” Phoebe likely carried Paul’s letter to the Romans and supported his ministry financially and materially. I’m reminded of my grandmother, Ruth McGhghy, a pastor’s wife in the LCMS, who served faithfully for decades. At 96, she remains a woman of great faith and service. I recall visiting her in rural Illinois, at a church at the intersection of two gravel roads—far more remote than our St. Peter’s in this town of 430. As a six-year-old, I ran around the sanctuary with my brother until Grandma Ruth gently corrected us, saying, “Don’t run. This is the Lord’s house.” Years later, when I shared that memory with her, we laughed, but I remain thankful for her example. She taught me that even a modest church is where God gives His gifts, a lesson that has stayed with me. Today, the women of our congregation and the LWML continue this pattern. They ensure the Lord’s Supper is prepared each week, care for the church’s adornments, and support mission work locally and globally. The LWML sends millions of dollars worldwide to advance the gospel, and all are invited to contribute—men included—through offerings like the LWML mite boxes. Messengers of the Gospel The second pattern is how God used women as messengers within their communities to share the good news of Christ. We see this with Lydia, who, after her baptism, shared the gospel with her household, leading them to faith. Another example is the Samaritan woman in John 4. After Jesus revealed Himself as the Christ, she “left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ‘Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?’” (John 4:28–29). Her testimony brought many to Jesus. In Matthew 28:8–10, after the resurrection, women at the empty tomb were commissioned by Jesus Himself: “They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and ...
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    17 min
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