Sermons on Mark 1:9-15
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness, and Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we want to consider what it means that Jesus is tempted for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness by the devil and rejoice in the accomplishment that our…
God Will Provide
A Time and Place for Everything
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, baptized and tempted for us, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Most of us have seen or heard the famous “Who’s on First?” routine by Abbott and Costello. Their sense of comic timing—the pauses and interruptions and quick responses—has made that to be one of the funniest routines in American…
Baptismal Life in the Wilderness
From this assurance of God’s favor, Jesus goes to the wilderness, there to endure a time of testing that readied Him to teach and bless, so we, by water and the Spirit, baptized into Christ’s ministry, are often led to paths of service through mazes of adversity. Grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.…
