Sermons (Page 71)
Came to Preach
[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 comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. I have to admit I’ve been thinking, and I’m convinced that certainly it’s more exciting, without a doubt. And certainly the results…
Astonished at His Teaching
[Machine transcription] So if you were to be asked, name about a half a dozen miracles of Jesus, what six would you come up with in your mind? You’d probably mention his first, the water into wine at the wedding at Cana. You’d mention probably blind being able to see and deaf being able to hear, lame being able to walk even. You’d mention the feeding of…
For I Will Show Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning is the epistle, or the first reading, from the book of Acts. You may be seated. Hear again this phrase from the hymn we just sang, that in these gray and latter days there may be…
No Other Name
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text today is from the gospel, the confession of St. Peter. Please be seated. There are some questions in life that I really don’t like to answer. Maybe you have some of those too. And for me, it’s not personal type questions. Those are…
And God Said
[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 Epistle reading. You may be seated. And God said… Those are powerful words that were recorded by Moses for you and for me. Because for the first time was…
Sermon for 2nd Sunday After Christmas
[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 comes from the Gospel lesson, especially these verses: “And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, ‘Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your…
Sermon for 1st Sunday after Christmas
[Machine transcription] Simeon had been anxiously looking forward to the consolation of Israel. And he knew that he would see the Christ before he would die. The Bible doesn’t actually say how old he was, nor does it say when it is that he died, or how long it was that he was anxiously looking forward to the consolation of Israel. But we can infer, and the church…
Sermon for Christmas Day
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father’s and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading this morning. May we be seated. Though this is a very joyful day for most of us, as we prayed last night in the prayers of the church, it is a very lonely day…
This Will Be A Sign For You
[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, welcome home. Welcome home to the house your father has given you, the house that your mother has made beautiful for you, the house where your father wishes to speak to you good news of great joy. Here is…
No End To His Kingdom
[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, but also the Old Testament about the temple and the presence of God there. You may be seated. So, for thousands of years they waited, patiently and…