Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, Jesus came to do the will of his Father, and his will is this: that he would lose none that come to him. That he will by no means cast away those who come and look upon him and believe in him. And that’s you and I, in our confidence, because I think we are afraid sometimes that the Lord surely would…
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 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. It’s the Sabbath day and Jesus is invited out to dinner by some Pharisees, and they were watching him very closely because to this dinner they had also conveniently invited a man who was sick. They sat him there right next to Jesus as if this was going to be a temptation. Now here’s what the Pharisees knew.…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel reading from the book of John, Gospel of John, which was just read. In the name of Jesus, amen. The people listening to Jesus are confused, and they ask, “How can this man give us his…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Saints of God, dear Christians, Jesus has been traveling around with the disciples now up north in the region of Tyre and Sidon, over to the Decapolis, the Ten Cities, and now all the way up to the foothills of Mount Hermon, to Caesarea Philippi, to the pagan city that…
Friend, Move Up Higher
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “But when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may see you and say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we rejoice that Luke has recorded this particular feast for us as Jesus is headed down from the north…
Yeah. We’re Different
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text today is from the gospel reading commonly called the Confession of St. Peter. Please be seated. I’m a distance runner by hobby and, well, admittedly by habit, maybe even addiction. And runners, runners are different. In the early 90s, the…
Is Faith a Crutch?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text today is that letter to the Hebrews, chapter 11. Please be seated. And in that chapter 11, it talks a lot about faith. And there’s a lot that can be said about faith. Faith is blind. Faith is knowing and not seeing. Amen. In the…
Making Common Uncommon
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Sermon text looking at John chapter 6 today, especially about bread. Bread is such a common thing. Most cultures use bread in some form, but here in the United States, bread is very common. It’s even got its own aisle in the grocery store, and…
Turn and Become Like Children
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, as we sang just a second ago about children, that’s what this morning’s text has a lot of inference toward—children. But as a parent, if you are one, and if not, then you know what it’s like to be raised with a parent,…