Sermons (Page 71)
The Price of the Soul
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading about the price of the soul. You may be seated. Some of you have already faced in your life some very difficult revelations given to you or very painful revelations by a…
Judge by the Word of God
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace of God our Father and of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the texts are from both of the gospel readings, first from John, then from Luke, regarding Bartholomew. So yes, contrary to what you may have thought, Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael. Nathanael, of course, is what John used, but…
Sermon on 10th Sunday after Pentecost
[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. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson taken from the 15th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Faith and repentance. These are two words that are very common to us in the church, but I wonder if we often really…
No Need to Doubt
[Machine transcription] Jesus Christ, Amen. There were three pastors who went fishing one day. Two of them were older, experienced pastors. The other was a very young, inexperienced, fresh out of the seminary pastor. Well, they got into their boat and they went out into the lake and they got out there and realized, ah, we forgot the bait. So one of the older pastors…
The Compassion of Feeding Souls
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the feeding of the 5,000. You’re very familiar with the feeding of the 5,000, I’m sure. But did you notice the very first few sentences of…
True Treasure
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning is the parables that Jesus spoke, and the Old Testament and the Epistle give them great illumination. You may be seated. Some of you may have four, maybe even five generations of…
Growing Together by God’s Will
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning is from the Gospel reading, the continuation of the parables in Matthew’s Gospel. You may be seated. Truly, one of the most difficult things that you or I learned—well, I guess…
It Shall Accomplish My Purpose
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the gospel reading as it has been carved in the front of our pulpit about the parable of the seed and the sowers. May be seated. He who has ears, let him hear. Our Lord…
Learn From Me
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. It was St. Augustine, somewhere between the late 300s and early 400s A.D., who said this: “You, O God, have created us for…
God Makes No Distinction
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the first reading, the 15th chapter of the book of Acts. You may be seated. Peter and Paul, as you know, were not perfect men. The scriptures record their sins very…