Sermons (Page 38)

Sermons (Page 38)

Intertwined with Christ

[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. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel and the Epistle lessons, especially these words from Romans 6. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were…

Great Expectations

[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 lesson today, words of Jesus about his return. Please be seated. So what are we doing here on a perfectly good New Year’s Eve? Aren’t there better things to do on such a night? There must be a…

Seeing Jesus

[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 today, especially about the prophet Simeon, please be seated. Speaking of Simeon, it would be no surprise if you’re jealous of him. Because in that gospel reading today, he not only saw baby…

Christmas is weird

[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 today especially where it says the word became flesh and dwelt among us please be seated. Christmas is here isn’t it wonderful as the song says it’s the most wonderful time of the year…

It's the Little Things

[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 Old Testament reading from the prophet Micah for the text, please be seated. In a TV show years ago called Kids Say the Darnedest Things, kids were asked questions. They would usually say something silly and people…

The Light of Acts of Service

[Machine transcription] Grace mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Tonight, looking mostly at the gospel reading tonight of Jesus reading from the scriptures the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue. Please be seated. We get a lot of Isaiah tonight actually. And part of that is because the ongoing verse that we’ve…