Sermons from 2024 (Page 5)
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 2
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And he said to him, truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. There’s an anonymous poem from the ancient church, popular among Aramaic-speaking Christians in the Middle East, that tries to tease out the…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 1
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Jesus’ first words from the cross are an inaccessory prayer given up to his Father, but who were these words meant for? Was Jesus crying out on behalf of the Roman soldiers, the ones who flogged him mercilessly, who mocked and ridiculed him and then drove the nails into…
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. I’m not entirely sure how long this has been going on, but in recent years it seems like there’s been this fascination among certain groups of Christians with the observance of a Passover meal. And maybe you’ve got friends who do this, and maybe you’ve…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. To Holland and to all the baptized, you have a different kind of king. A king is put into office and we call that their coronation or their exaltation. And that’s exactly what our Lord Jesus is talking about in the gospel lesson today in John…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus and his disciples are not on the same page. In fact, in the Gospel reading, they’re headed in opposite directions. Their minds are on opposite things. Jesus is leading them into Jerusalem, but it even says that the disciples are hanging back and they’re afraid. They know what’s…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The drama that is before us this evening is a debate which can be described as a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public assembly for all to hear the opposing arguments as they are presented. The focus of this particular debate was, who is…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. You may be seated. Dear Henry the Baptized, and all the Lord’s baptized people, the Lord was trying to explain to Nicodemus on this night how baptism could do such great works, how baptism…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Jesus knows the hour of his greatest trial has come. And so he leads his disciples from the place of the Passover meal through the dark Kidron Valley to the edge of the Mount of Olives to this place called Gethsemane. As many times before he tells his disciples, you sit here,…
Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. Have you ever heard someone say, you can’t judge me? That’s what the Bible says, right? You can’t judge me. It’s interesting that this response usually comes after it has been brought to someone’s attention that he or…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. In John 6, on the occasion of the Passover festival, Jesus says, I am the living bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world. world. What is this life of…
