Lent Midweek 3
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Jesus knows the hour of his greatest trial has come. And so he leads his disciples from the place of the Passover meal through the dark Kidron Valley to the edge of the Mount of Olives to this place called Gethsemane. As many times before he tells his disciples, you sit here,…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Of all the Lord’s disciples, which one would you have liked to have known personally? My name is Andrew, so growing up I always wanted to know more about the disciple Andrew. He appears so little in the New Testament. But I think, even though our answers may vary, most of us would probably want to know the disciple…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I can’t even imagine the pain of a mother who loses a son, especially Mary, the mother of Jesus. How can this happen to her? She had heard an angel tell her that she was favored by God and was blessed among women, and that her son’s kingdom…
Bearing True Witness
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text is that gospel reading about the so-called trial before Caiaphas, the high priest. The prophet Isaiah, 700 years before Jesus ever went through this scene, prophesied specifically about what happened in this scene when…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The Gospel readings are the text for this evening. Be seated. Every one of you have the innate ability to sniff out false religion. And all false religion really is, is a disconnect between what we say and what we do and who we are. Amen. It was…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from that gospel reading, but we will also be referring to the psalm. You may be seated. There are basically two kinds of folks who revile the Christian faith. The first kind is the ignorant…