Sermons (Page 94)
Above All Things
In the name of Jesus (+). Amen.
Lent: Forty days of reflection and repentance,
preparing us spiritually for the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord.
Those events to which we look forward each year in Holy Week are the culmination
and the focus of Jesus’ entire life and ministry. These five-and-a-half weeks which
precede Holy Week…
He Holds the Field, Victorious
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Don’t kid yourself for one single minute: The devil is smarter than you. The devil is stronger than you. And even at your most creative, sinister, manipulative best, the devil is craftier than you. The devil knows God’s Word better than you and I could ever hope to, also.…
Return to Me
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Brothers and sisters, we look at the Old Testament reading for this evening's contemplation as we began our journey to the Cross and the empty tomb. We find our identity is very, very tied to our family. And families do lots of different things together that bind…
Listen to Him!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. There is a phrase in the evening prayer service that goes like this…and for those who know it, please complete it for me. "In many and various ways, God spoke to His people of old by the prophets. Now in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son." But now in…
Terror and Triumph
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So, who would you rather be: Isaiah or Simon? Let me put it a different way: Which of the two experiences would you rather have had? Isaiah’s vision of being in the presence of the Lord on His throne in the temple, as we heard about in the Old Testament lesson today? Or…
What Is This Word?
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. I hope you listen carefully at the beginning of the service, and maybe like some of us, we kind of space out sometimes in quiet moments, but the collect of the day that is on the front of your bulletin insert is kind of a summary prayer of the readings and the theme of…
Attentive Ears
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From the book of the governor Nehemiah, the 8th chapter: “And [Ezra] read from [the Book of the Law]… from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the…
You Are Rejoiced Over
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. First of all, don't worry. The kickoff time for Minnesota and Dallas is at noon Eastern Time, not noon Central Time, so we'll be all right. Not that you guys would absolutely be thinking about that at this time. This is an unusual miracle indeed. And of all…
The Real Thing
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Slogans come and slogans go, but no doubt some of you remember those old commercials for Coca-Cola. “It’s the real thing!” they said. The advertisers were saying that Coke was the real cola, and all the others were imposters. Organic foods, too, claim to be the ‘real…
Whom Do You Seek? What Do You Bring?
“We Three Kings of Orient Are.” Catchy little tune with a nice lyrical ‘hook,’ isn’t it? There was a time not so many years ago when you’d hear it piped over the loudspeakers of shopping centers during Advent, or played every few hours on the radio as part of their holiday music rotation. Nowadays, if you hear it at all in a public setting, it’s most likely just going to…
