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The Worship Anew program is a weekly, 30-minute Lutheran broadcast worship service that includes music, scripture readings, prayers, and a unique sermon. Each program is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Click here to receive our weekly worship program emailed to you on a weekly basis. To watch archived programs of Worship Anew, please visit our Vimeo page for a selection of programs.

AUGUST 23, 2026

Is That Your Final Answer?

Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sermon Text: Matthew 16:15-16; Readings: Psalm 138; Romans 11:33–12:8; Matthew 16:13-20

The host of a popular television game show was known for asking contestants, “Is that your final answer?” Jesus asks us the same question, and the stakes are so much higher! The answer? Jesus is the Christ!

The Race of Life

August 20, 2026

Gil Duchow

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

1 Corinthians 9:24

St. Paul says that our Christian life is like a race. In his day, the winners were crowned with a wreath of flowers which would soon wither and decay. The race of life for us is different. Everyone on Jesus’ team will receive the crown of life that lasts forever. And it’s not something we must earn or achieve. The crown of eternal life is a gift that Jesus earned for us on the cross, a gift we can count on no matter how challenging the race of life may become.