Sermons (Page 34)
Friend, Move Up Higher
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, But when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may see you and say to you, Friend, come up higher. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we rejoice that Luke has recorded this particular feast for us as Jesus is headed down from the north and making his way to…
Reclining at the Lord’s Table
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, and people will come from east and west and from north and south and recline at table in the kingdom of God. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus is traveling down to Jerusalem and he’s preaching all along the way and he’s preaching in such a way that someone comes up to him and says, Hey,…
Jesus Brings Fire
[Machine transcription] Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Conrad, you are baptized, which means Jesus has taken all of your sin, all of your death, all of your affliction, all of your distress, and he has said, I’ve got it. It’s mine. It belongs…
Not Authorized to Worry
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, The nations of the world seek after these things. Your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek His kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Brewer, behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us that we should be called the children of God. Now, you were…
Your Barn Isn’t Big Enough
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, The Lord is not against us having stuff. When you become a Christian, it is not required that you take a vow of poverty. After all, the Lord made you…
The Lord’s Prayer
[Machine transcription] For everyone who asks, receives, and the one who seeks, finds, and the one who knocks, it will be opened. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we’ll consider the Lord’s Prayer today, but I can’t hardly pass over these last few verses of the Epistle without at least mentioning them and putting the picture in…
Meditating on Jesus
[Machine transcription] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. In today’s Gospel text, we learn about two types of people who are gathered in the presence of Jesus. On the one hand, you have Martha. Martha is gathered there before Jesus. She welcomes him into her house and she began to tend to…
Self Justification Always Fails
[Machine transcription] And the lawyer said to Jesus, desiring to justify himself, who is my neighbor? You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, the Holy Spirit has before us today this text, this parable of Jesus, the Good Samaritan. But we don’t want to miss the context. I mean, Jesus is not just preaching this to the crowd. Jesus is telling this…
Do Not Rejoice in This…
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the Spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Dear saints, we’re in a funny spot this morning with this text because Jesus is warning us to be, to not be…
Installation Sermon
[Machine transcription] Dear friends in Christ, dear members of Jesus Deaf Lutheran Church and of St. Paul Lutheran Church, to you dear brother pastors in Christ who have come today, to you Pastor Mitt Witte, Pastor Heckman, and to you Brian, and Carrie, Hannah, and Andrew, and Daniel, and Isaac, Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, and from the Lord Jesus…
