Sermons (Page 36)
Rise up in Peace
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking mostly at the gospel reading today for the text, please be seated. Yeah, I’m one of them. I’m one of those disciples of Jesus that you heard about today who locked themselves in a room and were hiding because we…
An Easier Life
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. If there’s a title for the sermon today, it’s Having an Easier Life. I think it’s safe to say that most people want to have an easier life. I mean, who really wants to have a hard life? And in our culture in the United States these…
It is Finished
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The focus of our Lenten services this year at St. Paul has been the seven words of Jesus as he was on the cross. They are words of life even in his death. Tonight we conclude fittingly with his words, it is finished. But what is finished? Yes, the…
The Betrayer
[Machine transcription] Some people are just poster people for certain characteristics. When you hear the word traitor, usually Benedict Arnold comes to mind. Or you hear the word liar, and people think most politicians. But consensus is really easily reached with the term betrayer. In fact, if you look up betrayer in the dictionary, there’s probably Judas’…
A Most Confusing Day
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel Lesson, the Palm Sunday story from John chapter 12. You may be seated. I’m confused. Now, to some of you who know me, that may not come as much of a surprise. The…
Can’t Someone Else Do It?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians as the text today, please be seated. The New Testament part of the Bible was originally written in the Greek language. And in Greek, there are certain words…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 5
[Machine transcription] Central Texas we we really know about thirst especially in summer if you’re outside working or exercising it’s thirst that makes your lips and throat so dry thirst that makes you crave relief thirst that it seems like no amount of Ice tea or Gatorade or even water can quench So we we can kind of relate to Jesus’s words from the…
Who’s the Prodigal?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading for the text today, please be seated. That gospel reading is the probably familiar parable of the prodigal son. And there’s several angles to take in looking at this parable, and my approach…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, those words of Jesus, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I think it’s safe to say that most, if not all, people like to be alone sometimes. But I think it’s also safe to…
Make a You Turn
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading today for the text of the sermon, please be seated. A church custodian was painting the pastor’s office, and to avoid opening an additional gallon of paint, he mixed a gallon of paint with some…
