St Paul Lutheran Church Harlingen

06/24/2026

Register today for Rainforest Falls VBS!!

Email from St. Paul Lutheran Church VBS 2026 Rainforest Falls - Entering Prek 4 - 5th Grade Join us for Rainforest Falls on July 6–9, from 8:30 a.m. to Noon, as we step through the mist and into an un

06/21/2026

6/21/26 10:30amWorship Live from St. Paul Lutheran Church, Harlingen, TX

06/21/2026

6/21/26 8:30am Worship Live from St. Paul Lutheran Church, Harlingen, TX

06/19/2026

People who are carrying a weight of guilt and shame, people carrying a weight of grief, people who believe they don't belong because of what they've done or because of what they haven't done, People who believe that they are ungodly, who believe they are helpless. And if only we had a verse that could help us for people who thought that they were ungodly and helpless. Oh, wait, we do. For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. Christ sends his church into the world with the same gospel that rescued us.

06/18/2026

Many people carry a weight of guilt, shame, grief, and regret. Some believe they don't belong in church because of what they've done—or because of what they haven't done. Others look at their lives and see only failure, weakness, and brokenness.

But the Gospel is not for people who have it all together.

In Romans 5:6, St. Paul gives one of the most comforting promises in all of Scripture:

"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly."

Jesus did not wait for us to become worthy. He came for the helpless. He came for sinners. He came for those who know they cannot save themselves. And now He sends His Church into the world with that same life-changing Gospel.

If you've ever wondered whether God's grace could be for someone like you, this message is for you.

📖 Scripture: Romans 5:6–15
⛪ Series: Not Ashamed
📍 St. Paul Lutheran Church – Harlingen, Texas

Quote from Luther's Work AE Volume 32 p24

06/18/2026

That's the feeling that that your savior has when he sees you harassed and helpless, when he sees you dealing with the brokenness of this world. The good shepherd sees his sheep that cannot save themselves, and so that compassion moves him to action, to seek and to seek the lost. Because he knows that that grace and that mercy is the only thing that's gonna deliver them, the only thing that's gonna sustain them. Not their perfection, not their trying harder, not them doing better the next time. No. It's that grace and that mercy that's needed for his sheep.

06/17/2026

Parent's join us this Sunday for Rooted and Raising at 9:30 am in the Community Room.

Email from St. Paul Lutheran Church Romans Series Week 2 Day 1: Helpless but Not Hopeless Romans 5:6–8 Main Thought: Christ died for us when we had nothing to offer Him. Reflection: Paul says that whi

06/17/2026

See, think too often we're tempted to think that when Jesus looks upon our brokenness, when he looks upon the things we've done and the things we haven't done, that he looks at us with with, like, disgust or irritation or or condemnation. But Matthew tells us that when the savior of the world, when he sees you helpless, when he sees you stuck in your sin and the brokenness and the effects of the sin in this world, that he is moved not with guilt or irritation or condemnation, but he's moved with compassion.

06/16/2026

See, the genius of what Luther does here is he doesn't say the law is bad or we gotta throw out the law. No. The the law is good. It is right. It is God's plan for his creation and for his world. The problem is keeping it, following it. Because we're prone to wander, because we're prone to leave, because we're prone to break our promises, the law says do this, and we can't ever keep it fully. It doesn't mean it's bad. No. It's good. It's what we pursue. It's what we desire. But it at the end of the day, it can only condemn us. We need the grace of God. We need not just Mount Sinai. We need Mount Calvary.