Para Vista Lutheran Church

God the Creator of Seen and Unseen: - Pastor Reid Matthias

This is a question that confounds all who come to faith: How do I encounter an invisible God? How do I encounter the Son, Jesus Christ, when he is not visible, or at least that’s my visual perception.  Once we hear and find faith, how do we gain access to him?

When Jesus Returns: - Pastor Rolly Stahl

Faith active in love is the fruit God is looking for in us. We explore how Jesus continues his ministry of mercy, love and kindness through you and me.

The Incarnate Word: - Pastor Reid Matthias

Prepare for God’s advent into your hearts again. Here the message of the ‘God with flesh on’ that is a stumbling block to Jews and Gentiles alike.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning… (John 1:1,2)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only, who came from the Father full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

Jesus is the Only Son who is the LORD: - Pr Rolly Stahl

What’s so special, unique or amazing about Jesus?” How would you answer the question?

Who do you say I am? : - Pastor Reid Matthias

C. S. Lewis wrote in his book, Mere Christianity:

You can make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.

Spirit of Truth: - Pastor Reid Matthias

When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
John 16:13
Listen, ready for transformation in truth.

The Universal Church: - Pastor Reid Matthias

As the Holy Spirit gives us life, he then moves us toward the Church. But what is this Church? What is the role description of the congregation? How does the Church make a difference in the universe?

The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life: - Pastor Rolly Stahl

Last Sunday we celebrated the anniversary of Pentecost. As Jesus promised, the Holy Spirit filled his followers. As a result, they proclaimed the life giving message of Jesus to people in Jerusalem. As the Spirit gave birth to spirit, about 3000 people came into the kingdom of God.

It’s the same Holy Spirit we need today to make us alive in Jesus and continue his work in this world. Over three Sundays, we’re getting to know the Holy Spirit. This Sunday we will unpack the prophecy of Ezekiel to a valley of dry bones. We will see that the Holy Spirit is indeed the Lord and Giver of Life.

The Day of the Lord: - Pastor Reid Matthias

This Pentecost, open your hearts to the Revealing Spirit as He is poured out once again into the unsuspecting world.

Paradise Restored when the Bridegroom Comes: - Pr Rolly Stahl

Are you ready to meet Jesus face to face?  When you think of that, does it fill you with joyful anticipation – or something else?