Sermons (Page 83)

Sermons (Page 83)

Sometimes Better to Receive Than to Give

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen Our sermon text for this morning is the Old Testament lesson, from Isaiah, chapter 61. On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me two turtle doves and a partridge in…

The Witness, The Martyr

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. For a little over a year now, there’s been a new emphasis on what our church body is all about. The phrase that has been chosen to communicate this emphasis is: Witness, Mercy, Life Together. As we begin our Advent midweek services in this new Church Year, Pastor…

Blessed to Be Thankful

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So, which of the two miracles in tonight’s Gospel lesson from St. Luke do you consider the more amazing? The first one? Or the second? It’s not a trick question; there really are two—maybe even more. We just have to move our eyes and thoughts away from our obsession…

Whose Good Works?

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Fifty-two Sundays. That’s what we get each year. Advent and then Christmas; Epiphany and then Lent; Holy Week and Easter; Ascension and Pentecost and all those green Sundays which follow; a smattering of saints’ days and other observances mixed in, and it all…