Sermons
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Do Joshua and all the baptized. We rejoice today that Jesus, knowing what was going to happen, knowing that this was the week of his suffering, of his trial, of his beating, of his arrest, of his crucifixion, of his being laid in the tomb, and knowing even beyond that what lay ahead, Jesus still goes and grabs a donkey…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 5
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The plan that had been in place before the foundation of the world was quickly being brought to its completion. A speedy trial and a summary execution had made sure of that. This process that normally would have taken at least a period of days is now over at a matter of hours.…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] May God give us his grace and peace. Dear Christians, the conspiracy was underway. Easter was drawing near, and the beloved son was about to be cast out of the vineyard. The chief priest, the scribes, and the elders of the people plotted together in order to hand him over to the governor. Blinded and filled with hate, these vine dressers kept on…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Jesus is condemned by Pilate, handed over to the soldiers, mocked, whipped, and crowned with thorns, and is let out to die under the weight of his cross. That’s where we pick up the story tonight. They let him away, and as he’s leaving the palace, maybe even leaving town, he falls under the weight of the…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Now the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to hear Jesus, and the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable. You may be seated. Dear Stephen and Tray, dear conframands, dear baptized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, this parable is one of the…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] Let us pray. May the words in my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our rock and our Redeemer. Amen. To brothers and sisters in Christ, we have all seen those trials in the setting of a classroom where the defendant is fighting for his life, be it from spending time in prison or even from the punishment of…
How to Watch the News with a Good Conscience
[Machine transcription] those 18 on whom the tower in Saloam fell and killed them. Do you think that they were worse offenders than all others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, I titled the sermon this morning. It’s called How to Watch the News with…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] God grant us his grace and peace. Throughout all of Holy Week, our Lord Jesus had been going back and forth between Jerusalem and Bethany, where he lodged in the house of his friend Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha. So in like manner, after that last supper, which became the first Lord’s Supper, he was on his way back from Jerusalem.…
Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, our Lord Jesus has set his face to Jerusalem, and he’s headed that way. He starts in Galilee, and he’s gone down south. But the text in Luke 13, we find him in Perea. That’s the area where John the Baptist was baptizing; that’s on the east side of the Jordan. It’s the area where…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 1
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It was to be Passover like no other. This remembrance and celebration of the Lord delivering the children of Israel from the bondage in Egypt. This remembrance and celebration of truly becoming God’s people, of receiving His grace and fellowship. This remembrance and…