Sermons (Page 17)
Sermon for Third Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to bear witness about the light that all might believe through him. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Zach and Laura, about to confess your faith here before the Lord’s Altar. To all of you who are confirmed confessors of the Christian faith, to the…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish and at peace. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it would be so easy this morning to look at the gospel lesson as only a one-time event in the history so long ago in a country so far away, directed to a specific group of…
Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says it is like a man going on a journey when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore, stay awake. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, what does Jesus mean by this command to stay awake? He surely doesn’t mean that the Christian…
Sermon for Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, I’m excited because I just noticed something for the first time that I have, I don’t know how many years I’ve been alive, and I’ve never seen it before in the Nicene Creed, that we say I believe in the Holy Spirit, I believe in one holy Christian, an apostolic church, I acknowledge…
Sermon for Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear friends in Christ, one of the best-known verses in all the sacred scriptures that will get the hairs on the back of the necks of Lutherans to stand up is: faith apart…
Sermon for Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we rejoice that our Lord Jesus is returning in glory soon for us. And this for us, for the Christian, is not a frightful thing or something to worry about. It’s, in fact, something joyful and something that we’re looking…
Sermon for All Saints
[Machine transcription] These are they who have come out of the great tribulation. They’ve washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear confirmands, I want to see if I can find you: Garrett and Krista, Jonathan, where are you, Jonathan? Over here. Ah, gotcha. Brandon, are you back there with…
Sermon for Reformation
[Machine transcription] For there is no distinction. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, I want to think today about this hymn that we sang, the – well, I don’t know, the second hymn that we sang…
Sermon for Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Amen. Please…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment, and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?” And he was speechless. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear saints, the wedding garment seems to be the main focus of this parable of our Lord…