Sermons (Page 107)
Confidence Born of Freedom
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. Curious indeed is the milieu in which we find ourselves at this day and age. We have unsettling things happening in the Middle East. We have a financial crisis that we have been…
All Authority
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From St. Matthew, chapter 22: Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him, and went away.[1] Amazed? Yes, they were. Stunned? Definitely. Silenced? For now. Finished with…
Invitation and Acceptance
Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. If you ask most people, they’ll admit that they really enjoy weddings. Usually, these are occasions of great joy, in which the bride and groom’s family and friends come together to help them celebrate their being joined together as husband and wife. While this expression…
The Church is Broken
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading, as well as the Old Testament, with the application of the epistle to be included, as well. Be seated. It seems completely absurd, even ridiculous. They had been reached out to repeatedly. They had been given all of the knowledge necessary.…
Angels We Have Heard Down Low
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our sermon this day, the observance of the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, is based on our second lesson for this morning, from the Revelation to St. John, chapter 12. Over the last decade or so, angels seem to have become quite popular in our culture. In some cases,…
Sick Call
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The sermon for today, the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, is based upon the Gospel lesson just read, from the account of St. Matthew. Have you ever had the experience of reading or hearing a Bible text, and felt really, really connected to one of the…
The Good of Hatred
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 texts for this morning come from all three but primarily the Gospel reading. She was twenty-three and he was twenty-two, and they had joined the military together. And they were stationed up here at Fort Hood, and they worked a deal so…
Childlike not Childish
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Fellow redeemed in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. As you and I grow older as adults, it is interesting to watch our parents grow older if they are still around. And if they are not, you remember very well the attributes that they exhibited…
Living by Dying
Matthew’s Gospel as a whole is a fascinating and detailed description of the Christian life – every burdensome aspect of it. In today’s lesson, after laying it all out there, Jesus essentially asks His disciples, “Are you in, or are you out?” “This is the defining moment,” He claims. “You now know everything that bearing my name entails, and now you must make a decision.”…
Everything Good
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” (John 1:45-46) You…