Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, one of the first things they teach you when they teach you how to preach is that you should have a theme that goes from the beginning of the sermon to the end of the sermon and ties the whole thing together. Well, we’re going to forget about that this morning because I want to look at the…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, let us pray. Blessed Lord, since you have caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. Through Jesus Christ, your…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, the disciples come to Jesus and say, “Lord, teach us to pray.” God be praised that we have what Jesus taught, that he would also teach us today how to pray. We’ll pull five quick things from the text and look at it now. The first thing I want to notice is that prayer is taught. This is…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Everly and all the baptized, Paul in this epistle lesson has a list of seven blessings, and the last one refers to you today. In him also you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. That means that the Lord Jesus has marked you as one redeemed by his death and resurrection, has covered you with his blood, has…
Joy in Suffering
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. Suffering happens, right? We’re no strangers to suffering, especially in our current times, it seems. And suffering happens in several different ways, okay? It happens by natural problems, like hurricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes,…
The Lord’s Prayer
[Machine transcription] For everyone who asks, receives, and the one who seeks, finds, and the one who knocks, it will be opened. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we’ll consider the Lord’s Prayer today, but I can’t hardly pass over these last few verses of the Epistle without at least mentioning them and putting the picture in…
We Don’t Shine, Yet
[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 this morning comes from the Epistle reading, Paul’s letter to the Romans. You may be seated. Being in the dog days of summer, as we are finding ourselves to be, there’s only one worse thing…
There Is Plenty of Room for You!
[Machine transcription] Grace, peace, and mercy be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Today’s sermon text is the gospel read earlier. Please be seated. A trinity of twelves. Moses called seventy elders to assist him, but in Luke’s gospel, Jesus, the second Moses, calls seventy-two. After this, the Lord appointed 72 others…
The Lord’s Adventures
[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 in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. Will you pray with me? O Lord, give us faith to walk where you are sending, on paths unmarked, eyes blind as to their ending, not knowing where we go,…
You Give Them Something to Eat
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. So, why does God give you the earthly things that He gives you? Is it because you were baptized in a Lutheran church? Is it because you went through confirmation? Is it because your parents were active church members? I mean, why is it that God…