Sermons (Page 101)
All or Nothing
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, we begin this Lenten season with contemplation on the Gospel reading. It is good to visit those who are dying. They have a perspective on this life. For those who are struggling with death, be it cancer or be it living out their last days in…
Our Hope of Glory
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Fellow redeemed in Christ, the texts for this morning come from the Gospel, as well as the Epistle reading. After having been married about a year, the eighteen-and-a-half-year-old and the almost-twenty-year-old were blessed by God with a baby boy. His name was Stephen. But…
Humble and Willing
Some are great at it. Others are reluctant, even scared. Some bask in the adoration, and enjoy and even feed off the energy they feel from the people. Others just get uncomfortable, and worry about the dangers that might lurk behind all those eyes that are looking them over. “What am I talking about?” you may be wondering. I’m talking about how certain public figures…
Everyone is Looking
Do you ever get the feeling that God is a “hidden” God? That He isn’t really there in a way you can see and touch and hear Him, especially when you need Him the most? A lot of people seem to think that way sometimes. You’ve probably all heard the old story about the footprints in the sand, right? It’s quite popular on greeting cards and wall plaques. A man who had gone to…
Confessions of a Demon
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. The most common form of demonic possession is unbelief. The most common form of demonic possession is unbelief. What you and I are more familiar with is the temptations with which you and…
How Does That Strike You?
Grace, mercy, and peace to from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today, dear friends, we observe one of the most significant events in the history of the Christian Church, the Conversion of St. Paul, namesake of our congregation. It is recorded in chapter 9 of the book of Acts. Born and raised a Jew under the name of Saul, he was trained…
Proclaiming the Truths about the True God
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading and the first reading from the books of Acts. This morning is a fantastic celebration, because this morning we get to witness and participate in bringing new members into the communion…
Baptized to Death, Baptized to Life
For anybody who is a fan of baseball, or humorous things, or even just of an average-guy-done-good, you’ve simply gotta love Yogi Berra. No, I’m not speaking of the cartoon character with the sidekick named Boo-Boo, who tried to abscond with picnic baskets under the ever-watchful eye of the park ranger. I’m talking about the New York Yankees’ All-Star catcher in the 1940s…
The Word Delivered
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whose visitation by the magi is the text that we concentrate on and meditate upon as it is found in its context of the Old Testament reading. That last verse of that hymn is beautiful. What joy it is to know that He is the First and Last, and the journey that we’re on…
Ready and Waiting
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who is our hope and our strength—today, for all time, and forever. So… we’ve gone through several weeks at the end of the church year in which our lessons often spoke of the end times. Then we passed through the Advent season in a new church year which also spoke of…
