Palm Sunday (Page 2)
The World Has Gone After Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Palm Sunday Gospel reading read at the very beginning of the service. You may be seated. This is from Psalm 122, verse 1. Listen to the word of the Lord: “I was glad when…
Your Glory Is Revealed
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning is the Gospel reading. Not the Palm Sunday text, but the text that was just read in the Gospel procession. You may be seated. The pastor who confirmed me was born in 1918. He was an older gentleman…
The Glory of the Cross
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters, on this glorious day of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, where we shouted and sang Hosanna, the text for this morning comes from that Gospel reading. Whenever, anytime really, but whenever you and I get involved…
It’s Unpopular
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Oh, to be popular! Oh, to be famous! Oh, to bask in the adulation of others! The attraction of celebrity is so great that people will do all sorts of things to achieve it. Some will compromise their morals, if they had any to begin with. Others will embellish the…
Gaining Everything
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Palm Sunday is pretty cool, isn’t it? Waving branches, shouting crowds, royal arrivals. The spreading news of miracles, the latest of which was fantastic, indeed. Lazarus, a dead man, had been brought back from the dead. Walking out of the tomb after four days! The…
The Road to Glory!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” Part of the reason of the children being involved in this morning’s service and the pomp and circumstance of the music and the proclamation of the Gospel…
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