Sermons (Page 95)
Within the Father’s House
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. Just like last month was the first month in a long time we've had a blue moon, which is two full moons in the same month, today is something that's somewhat unusual too. We don't always get to celebrate the second Sunday after Christmas because the way…
Prepared in the Presence of All People
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. Whenever families get together there is always a regaling of stories of times past. Being the youngest of four kids, it was always about what I did. How I did this or that. How they changed my diapers and so forth. You oldest ones have got it going on, I'm telling…
The Word made Flesh Dwelt with Us
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on this blessed day of His birth. Kind of like Easter morning, Christmas morning always makes you smile. It's so exciting to get up at the fresh new day. This morning, I was talking to my son in Iraq and asking him how his Christmas went because the sun was setting there…
Glory to God in the Highest
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. You've heard that song over and over probably in Wal-Mart or maybe on the radio. It goes like this: "There's no place like home for the holidays." And there really isn't, is there. So, I say to you, "Welcome home!" Here is where you were…
Great Things He Has Done
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And so, it comes to an end, the fourth Sunday in Advent, our last opportunity to gather together before we celebrate the great birth of our Lord. We tend to think of ourselves in this chasm of time as if everything is happening in the last 100 years, or maybe we think in…
Fully Committed
No matter how faithful we might want to be to Jesus Christ, we’re all going to have occasional lapses in our faithfulness. We’re human beings caught in the tension of simultaneously being saint and sinner. There will be days when doubts will creep into our thinking. There will be moments when our fears and concerns about the here and now will overshadow our trust in God’s…
The Forgotten God
In our midweek Advent services this year, we are focusing each week on one of the three persons of the Holy Trinity and how that person is confessed in the articles of the creed. Tonight we look most closely at God the Holy Spirit. Now, if the Holy Spirit had human tendencies, he might not want to associate with Lutherans. That’s because even though we give Him plenty of…
Turn and Bear Fruit
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The text for this morning comes from the Holy Gospel. A friend of mine wrote me a letter earlier this week, which was very appropriate for this Sunday. I asked him permission to share it, and he agreed. This is what he wrote: "When she said those words to me, it felt…
Through the Word
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, this evening's theme is about the first article of the Apostle's Creed. "God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth…" It has crept in and continues to creep into television shows you and I thumb through. Whether…
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: If patience is a virtue, we’re not a very virtuous nation. Here we are, only three days after Thanksgiving, and I’ve already been informed ten or twelve times that Santa’s on his way. I hope the poor fellow’s packed a couple of changes…
