Sermons from February 2025
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, in my reading of things, I think the devil has three generally different tactics for attacking us, three different directions that he tries to get at us. If you could think of your heart like a house, he’s like a thief trying to break into the house, and he first will try the front door. The front door…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, our Lord Jesus is going to contrast for us this morning, and this is, in fact, hard work that he’s doing in our hearts. He’s going to contrast for us what the good life is versus what the blessed life is. Now, we all have, in our own minds and hearts and conscience, a picture of the good life.…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, we have two examples in the readings this morning of a terrified conscience, and we want to think about that—what that means also for us. The first is Saint Peter, who was a disciple of Jesus already, but Jesus had released him, and James and John, back to their fishing for a time until this text today, when…
Sermon for the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Well, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, maybe you’re thinking deja vu. If you’re thinking that you’ve recently heard today’s gospel lesson, you would be correct. Six weeks…