Sermons (Page 26)
Sermon for All Saints
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Happy All Saints Day to you. It’s on this day that we remember especially all those who have died in the Lord’s name, who have gone before us to the heavenly throne room, and who are rejoicing now in the presence of God. Although, we know that to be a saint means simply to be a holy one and to be…
Sermon for Reformation
[Machine transcription] But now, the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law. The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. You’re saints of God, it’s good to see all of you. And it’s good to be gathered together to rejoice in the Lord’s word, in the…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, let’s talk about politics. I know, I didn’t bring it up, the Pharisees did. They came to trap Jesus. It’s Holy Tuesday, remember, the last public day of Jesus’ teaching, and they thought they had him. They thought they had him trapped. They had this whole big plot to get him to…
A Contentious Response
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Not too long ago I was talking with a student at the University of Lutheran about their concern about current events of the world and their anxiety over the overall contentiousness of society. And no doubt, it’s a very contentious time in our…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, one of the most fruitful things for us to meditate on as Christians is, as we read and explore the Scriptures, are the pictures that the Bible puts before us of the Church, images and parables and stories that the Lord uses to describe how it is with us and Him. There’s a lot of them. One of the most…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, the text takes us back 1,987 years and a few months to a debate between Jesus and the scribes and the Pharisees in the temple in Jerusalem. You guys can say to me, now Pastor, don’t we have enough debates now to worry about? I mean, aren’t there enough debates happening at this very moment…
It’s Not Fair!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. There’s a lot of talk today about justice and equality and fairness in the public arena. And people can be very quick to point out injustice and inequality and unfairness. take the parable in the gospel reading for today, where five different…
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, the Lord Jesus Christ gave to Peter the keys of the kingdom and says, whatever you bind is bound, whatever you loose is loose. Jesus extended that gift to the church earlier in Matthew chapter 18. He says, whatever you all bind is bound, and whatever you loose is loose. And so Peter is thinking about…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, Saint Paul writes in Romans chapter 10, verse 4, these words, For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. The law of God was not given so that we could keep it and be right before God. That’s a futile dream. the ultimate failure to understand God’s purpose…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, built as Christ’s body the Church, we continue to hear this morning from the Gospel lesson begun last week from Matthew chapter 16, where Jesus was confessed as the Christ, the Son of the living God, by Saint Peter, who was then blessed by Jesus. Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jorah! You are…
