St Timothy Lutheran Church, Elca Podcast (sermons)

Pastor Juliet Focken, assistant to the Nebraska Synod, shared her message based on Matthew 5:21-37. What it takes to be righteous, isn't following the "letter of the law", but to be in tune with God's vision that all are loved.  Jesus' call extends the Jewish law of the day to pay attention to what builds up the body of believers and to encourage one another.  Pastor Juliet explores what the Eighth Commandment, "Do not bear false witness" calls us to do: you'll learn a new Greek word and how small things can be what trips up others. "We're called to find the best in others; to lift up what others can't see; to take away those things that are keeping others from seeing the reality and truth of what God is."