Sermons on Mark 13:24-37
Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says it is like a man going on a journey when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore, stay awake. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, what does Jesus mean by this command to stay awake? He surely doesn’t mean that the Christian…
Sermon for Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, we believe that Jesus will come again in glory to judge both the quick and the dead. And we believe this because Jesus, together with his apostles and prophets, have promised it time and again in the Scriptures. Now what do we make of it? What do we say about it? or maybe better, how does that strike…
Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, the pressure’s on for you guys when the sermon is about staying awake. Jesus wants us to be ready for the last day. His business of staying awake is not a matter of not sleeping, that’s not the point. But being alert, being ready, and in a particular way, the Lord is calling us to a particular…