Sermons on Matthew 15:21-28
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, if I’ve learned something as a pastor, I’ve learned that it is often more difficult to watch someone suffer than to suffer yourself. There’s a prayer that comes from those who are suffering: it’s this, “Lord, help me.” But the prayer that comes from those who are…
Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Dear Saints, dear friends of God, we arrive in Matthew chapter 15 with Jesus and the disciples on the border region of Tyre and Sidon. It’s about as far north and as far west as Jesus would ever travel. As he has retreated into that region, he’s found by this dear…
Sermon on 10th Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson taken from the 15th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Faith and repentance. These are two words that are very common to us in the church, but I wonder if we often really…
God Makes Children Out of Dogs
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. One of the hallmarks of St. Paul Parish family that I not just have seen with my own eyes, but have heard from the lips of those who have been affected by it, has been your all’s generosity and kindness in greeting people who are…
Persistent Faith
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Children, it seems, know the value of persistence. As youngsters, often our continued pleading with a mother or father would bring us the response we wanted. That’s not to say that everything we ever asked for was given to us, because sometimes our choices might have been…
