Sermons (Page 78)

Sermons (Page 78)

Who Are These Saints?

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So, can you answer the heavenly elder’s question to St. John in our reading from Revelation 7? Just who are these? Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” (Revelation 7:13-14, ESV)…

A Different Kind of Rich

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the…

A Tongue Loosened for What?

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off. Cast it from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” As John Madden is fond of saying, “Hey, wait a minute!” Our Scripture…

Defiled and Detoxified

Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Labor Day weekend. A time when we observe and celebrate the efforts of workers and the nobility of work, even as most of us take a short respite from it. Labor Day is certainly not a special day on the church year’s calendar. Even so, apart from the infinite, eternal…