Sermons (Page 29)
The Seven Words from the Cross
[Machine transcription] The seven words from the cross, the first word from Luke chapter 23. And when they came to the place that is called the skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, and they cast lots to divide his garments. Amen. In the name of Jesus,…
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, On this day, 3,466 years ago, the Lord appointed a feast. He came to Moses and instructed him that he should go to the people of Israel and have them kill a lamb and take the blood and put it on the doorpost and live. You will eat this meal every year, the Lord said, the lamb and the unleavened bread and the…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, on October 21st and 22nd of the year 331 BC, Alexander the Great made his triumphal entry into Babylon. Now imagine this, the greatest of emperors conquering the greatest of cities. And here’s how the ancient historian Rufus describes that triumphal entry. A large number of Babylonians had taken…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 5
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. First, we want to distinguish between three kinds of suffering that Jesus accomplished for us on the cross. The first is physical. The agony of the cross is an excruciating agony. So bitter is the death on the cross that as soon as there was a Christian who was emperor of Rome, Constantine, he immediately outlawed it.…
Sermon for 5th Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, the basis of the Christian faith are these. We live in faith towards God, we live in love toward our neighbor, and we abide in hope for the life to come. Faith in God, love for the neighbor, and hope for the life to come, and those three things are tested in times like these. I was reading this week a letter…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear saints, first, it’s going to be all right. I know that these are strange days, troublesome days, that we’re hearing news every day, in fact every hour, about the approaching dread of the coronavirus. We get news of the…
Sermon for 4th Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, if you were blind, you would have no guilt. But now that you say, we see, your guilt remains. Amen. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, what an absolutely stunning text, John chapter 9, that’s set before us today. I want to point out how this text both begins and ends with questions to Jesus and his answers to those questions…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Of all the Lord’s disciples, which one would you have liked to have known personally? My name is Andrew, so growing up I always wanted to know more about the disciple Andrew. He appears so little in the New Testament. But I think, even though our answers may vary, most of us would probably want to know the disciple…
The Bride of Christ
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. You may be seated. In our gospel reading for this morning, Jesus sits down beside a well in Samaria, tired and thirsty. It’s about the sixth hour noon, and a woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Now, this isn’t the first time in the scriptures that a man has met a woman at a well. In the Old Testament book…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] Jesus said, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death. Remain here and watch with me. And going a little farther, He fell on His face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear saints, our reading tonight takes…
