Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen, he is risen indeed, hallelujah. I am the true vine, says Jesus, and my father is the vinedresser. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, what comes to mind when I hear that phrase, “I am the vine,” I almost automatically fill in the second phrase. I don’t know if this happens in your…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. I am the way, the truth, and the life, says Jesus. No one comes to the Father except by me. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, this is an absolutely beautiful text. Wonderful words from our Lord Jesus. And I think, as I was thinking about it this week, that this might be the…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. Jesus says, “I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice and no one will take your joy from you.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, two sermons that Jesus has for us today, first regarding the Holy Spirit and then regarding a joy that can’t be…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Amen. In this is love, not that we love God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, it is important when we approach the Scriptures for us to understand, and first of all, this distinction between the law and…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, it’s almost too much in the text, John chapter 14, for us to cover in one sermon. There’s so much rich Trinitarian theology. Jesus says, “It’s enough if you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father,” to Philip.…
Be Ready
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at that second reading today from St. Peter’s first letter as a text, please be seated. Maybe you remember your Confirmation Day, those of you who’ve been confirmed in your faith. I remember mine back in 1973. I…
Abide In Me
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Last Sunday, the relationship that was portrayed for us in the Gospel reading was Jesus being our Good Shepherd, and our relationship to Him was as His…
Go Ahead, Ask!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters, the text is the gospel reading, especially the last four verses. You may be seated. So from the Holy Scriptures, we know that Jesus has performed some remarkable miracles. Walking on water. No, we don’t see that…
Guide You Into All Truth
[Machine transcription] Grace and mercy be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Their hearts had to have been pounding. They had no idea of what he was speaking. This seeming riddle of seeing him and then not seeing him and then seeing him. And…
Teach Us and Wash Us
Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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