Sermons by Rev. Richard Mittwede (Page 3)
Rise up in Peace
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking mostly at the gospel reading today for the text, please be seated. Yeah, I’m one of them. I’m one of those disciples of Jesus that you heard about today who locked themselves in a room and were hiding because we…
An Easier Life
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. If there’s a title for the sermon today, it’s Having an Easier Life. I think it’s safe to say that most people want to have an easier life. I mean, who really wants to have a hard life? And in our culture in the United States these…
It is Finished
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The focus of our Lenten services this year at St. Paul has been the seven words of Jesus as he was on the cross. They are words of life even in his death. Tonight we conclude fittingly with his words, “It is finished.” But what is…
The Betrayer
[Machine transcription] Some people are just poster people for certain characteristics. When you hear the word traitor, usually Benedict Arnold comes to mind. Or you hear the word liar, and people think most politicians. But consensus is really easily reached with the term betrayer. In fact, if you look up betrayer in the dictionary, there’s probably Judas’…
Can’t Someone Else Do It?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians as the text today, please be seated. The New Testament part of the Bible was originally written in the Greek language. And in Greek, there are certain words…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 5
[Machine transcription] Central Texas, we really know about thirst, especially in summer. If you’re outside working or exercising, it’s thirst that makes your lips and throat so dry; thirst that makes you crave relief; thirst that it seems like no amount of iced tea or Gatorade, or even water, can quench. So, we can kind of relate to Jesus’s words from…
Who’s the Prodigal?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading for the text today, please be seated. That gospel reading is the probably familiar parable of the prodigal son. And there’s several angles to take in looking at this parable, and my approach…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, those words of Jesus, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I think it’s safe to say that most, if not all, people like to be alone sometimes. But I think it’s also safe to…
Make a You Turn
[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 the gospel reading today for the text of the sermon, please be seated. A church custodian was painting the pastor’s office, and to avoid opening an additional gallon of paint, he mixed a gallon of paint with some…
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…
