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Keep the Main Thing Podcast is a collection of sermons and messages from Pastor Lee Evenson. Leland Evenson was an Ordained Lutheran Minister.
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92. Prayer-Puzzle or Power (opens the original)
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In today’s sermon, Pastor Lee continues a series he started on prayer. In this message he uses the letter R from the word prayer to teach us, that R can stand for Relationships. Emphasizing that is where the power lies. Prayer isn’t a puzzle to solve. It’s not a transaction or a technique. It’s a relationship—communion with a Father who knows us, hears us, and cares about every part of our lives. That is where the power is.
91. The Church at its Best (opens the original)
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Pastor Lee opens with one of his most famous stories. In that story there is a single line that captures what Pastor Lee sees as the tragedy of the church. We’re afraid to follow the Lion of Judah into the future. Instead, we want to go back to see where He’s been. We have turned our churches into museums. We see God’s faithfulness only in history. On this Reformation Sunday, Pastor Lee calls us back to the basics, giving us the three essentials that Luther discovered, and that the church desper
90. Not Good if Detached (opens the original)
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Titled, “Not Good if Detached,” first delivered on April 28th, 1991. Pastor Lee opens with a personal story about leaving family after a visit. Having to be physically separated from those he loved so deeply was painful. Pastor Lee makes the observation: we’re not wired to be detached from the people we love. And that’s how God designed us to relate to Him. He wants us abiding in Him—constantly connected, deeply rooted, living in His presence moment by moment. Working from John 15:1-8, Pastor Le
89. Wind At Your Back (opens the original)
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The first Sunday after Easter, 1991. A sermon from Pastor Leland Evenson is titled “Wind at Your Back.” Pastor Lee addresses something many of us have experienced: the letdown that comes after a big event or an emotional high. Pastor Lee brings us into that room where the disciples were deflated days after the resurrection. Wonder and doubt mixed together. Was it really true? What happens now? Where do we go from here? The wind was completely knocked out of their sails. Then Jesus came to them.
88. What Are You Dying For? (opens the original)
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Pastor Lee preaches from John 12:22-28, and he opens with a statement we’ve all heard. “I’m worth more dead than I am alive.” Pastor Lee does something striking: he agrees with that statement. But he takes it deeper. He suggests that Jesus Himself struggled with this reality—knowing that in some sense, He was worth more to us dead than alive. The reality of His upcoming crucifixion on our behalf. It wasn’t something He welcomed; it was something He wrestled with. Pastor Lee central question of t
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