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Central Lutheran Church - Elk River
Weekly sermons from our Central Lutheran Church preaching team plus quick reflections from Pastor Ryan Braley.
Real talk, ancient wisdom, and honest questions — all designed to help you learn, grow, and find encouragement when you need it most.
At Central, our mission is simple: FOLLOW Jesus together, be a community where you BELONG, and LOVE our neighbors across the street and around the world.
Think deeper. Live freer. Share an episode with a friend and visit us in person anytime — you’re always welcome here in Elk River, MN.
Podcasting since 2023 • 264 episodes
Central Lutheran Church - Elk River
Latest Episodes
#122 - Finding The Third Way {Reflections}
Stuck between two bad choices that both feel wrong? We’ve been there too. Today we talk about the subtle art of finding a third way—an approach modeled by Jesus that refuses shallow binaries and restores nuance, courage, and care for people. In...
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And Dash Them Against the Rocks with Pastor Ryan Braley
Faith gets brittle when we pretend. This week we lean into a braver way: arguing with Scripture as an act of honor and bringing our full selves to God without a filter. We open the Psalms not as tidy theology, but as a school of prayer where th...
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#121 - Generational Curses {Reflections}
The phrase “generational curses” can feel like a verdict you didn’t choose. We take that fear head-on, unpacking what those Old Testament passages actually communicate and why Ezekiel’s voice reframes the conversation around personal responsibi...
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The Flood with Sonja Knutson
What if we’ve been asking the wrong questions about the flood? Instead of debating water heights and global maps, we step into the ancient world that first carried this story and ask what they were trying to remember about God, themselves, and ...
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#120 - When Culture Rewrites Scripture In Our Heads {Reflections}
What if the stories you love sound different once you hear them in their own world? We kick off the year by naming a blind spot many of us carry: we read an ancient Near Eastern text through modern Western eyes, and those assumptions quietly re...
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