Sermons on Luke 17:11-19
Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve
[Machine transcription] Dear Soren Frederick, who tonight has received new birth by the washing of water and the word, and all the baptized here in Christ Jesus, grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. You know, I think in some ways the importance of Thanksgiving—when I say Thanksgiving, I mean the Thanksgiving with a…
Lord, Have Mercy
[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, the healing of the lepers, please be seated. And especially on Thanksgiving, when this Gospel lesson is read, the usual focus is on the one thankful leper, fitting with the Thanksgiving theme. But my focus tonight, I want to look at that request that the lepers made of Jesus, “Lord,…
The Thankful Leper
[Machine transcription] Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? Then he said to him, “Rise and go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Amen. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, Jesus is still headed toward Jerusalem in the text, and along the way, somewhere between…
The Risky Business of Spiritual Healing
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The obvious thought in our mind is that of course, of course you want to be healed. If you’re someone who’s struggling with leprosy, that would be the last thing to ask someone: do you want to be healed? But you’ve been healed,…
Blessed to Be Thankful
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
So, which of the two miracles in tonight’s Gospel lesson from St. Luke do you consider the more amazing? The first one? Or the second? It’s not a trick question; there really are two—maybe even more. We just have to move our eyes and thoughts away from our obsession…