The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
FORBEARANCE
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel Jesus shows you God’s most basic feelings toward you.
Stated another way, today Jesus demonstrates God’s mercy and FORBEARANCE toward
you. H
The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Old Testament, God’s people complained. These are the very
same people whom God had powerfully and miraculously brought up out of Egypt,
ou
This sermon is somewhat experimental, in that I point to Jesus' active, rather
than passive, obedience for our salvation.
I will not be offended by critique or protest.
The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
JESUS IS THE ONE WHO BELIEVES
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and o
The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
IF IT DOES NOT HAVE WORKS, FAITH IS DEAD
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle, God’s apostle James famously says, “Show me your
faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my
The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
HEAR AND UNDERSTAND
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In the opening Words of today’s Gospel, our Lord Jesus says to you, to
me, and to all people everywhere, “Hear Me, all of you, and understand.”
Dear
The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH AND
GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR HER
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle, God draws a connection between His gift of marriage
and His gift of salvation. God uses marriage a
The first sermon for Sunday, written earlier this week, became inapplicable in
a single moment.
So I wrote this one.
The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
In Memoriam
+ Bobby Arnold +
WE ARE MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
For a Lutheran man from a Baptist family...
Funeral Sermon for Robert Arnold
A Dashboard Hula Dancer with a Tissue on Top
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
One of Bobby’s favorite lines in God’s entire Bible is Galatians 3:27. Listen
again t
The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! And Happy Anniversary! On this day sixty-one years ago—July 29, 1951—the
little Lutheran Mission here in Versailles officially became Grace Lutheran
Ch
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Killing the Hostility
(Some Things are Better Dead)
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle, God says
“Christ Jesus…himself is our peace, who has made us both one.” So who are you
to judge the ma
The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
PREDESTINED for Adoption and Inheritance
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle, God speaks the Word PREDESTINATION two times. When
God says something once, we ought to listen. When God says it
The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Jesus In the Synagogue
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, Jesus “came to His hometown… and on the Sabbath He
began to teach in the synagogue.” Stated another way, Jesus came bodily into
that pl
The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Jesus’ Ministry to Youth
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, Jesus raised someone from death. “She was twelve years
of age.”
Dear Christian friends,
All across our church body, congregations
The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Widen Your Hearts
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle from 1 Corinthians, toward the end of the reading
(verse 12), the Holy Spirit says to you and me and to all Christians, “you are
restrict
The Third Sunday After Pentecost
Whoever Does the Will of God
Is My Brother and Sister and Mother
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes His family. Are you in His family?
Jesus says you are in His family IF you do
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
I have set the LORD always before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Today’s Introit, which we prayed right after our confession of sins, is
from Psalm 16.
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
He Was Allotted His Share in This Ministry
(Three Ways Judas Iscariot Can Help You)
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) Today’s First Lesson reports
what happened with Judas Iscariot, the betrayer who set the stage for our
Lord’s death and resurrection
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
God Shows NO Partiality
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) Christ Jesus died for all
people everywhere (including you and me). Christ Jesus rose from the dead for
all people everywhere (including you and me). Christ’s death and resurrection
make it poss
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
And Rite of Christian Confirmation for Tierra Franzisko and Aidan Rottmann
Stay Inside the Fence
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) In today’s Epistle, God the
Holy Spirit preaches to you, Tierra and Aidan, and this is what He says:
“Whoever
The Third Sunday of Easter
Purity
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) God the Holy Spirit speaks
about your risen Christ in today’s Epistle. The Spirit says to you and to me
and to all Christians, “Everyone who hopes in Him purifies himself, as He is
pure.” That is to say, everyo
The Second Sunday of Easter
Peace To You
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) In today’s Gospel, our
freshly resurrected Jesus appears to His disciples and says to them, “Peace to
you!” Three times our Lord repeats Himself to them, emphasizing the point:
“Peace to you!”
Dear Chr
This is my last sermon in this series.
May the dear Lord Jesus, our God, be glorified in it.
Amen.
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
Good Friday
To the Only God, our Savior
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Tonight Jude speaks praise to God
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
Maundy Thursday
Waiting for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s Epistle, Jude teaches us—he implores us—to wait “for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ.” Amidst ever
Funeral Sermon for Vera M. Staudenraus
We Started in a Hole in the Ground
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. On the day she confessed and confirmed the Christian faith, Vera was
given this confirmation verse from St. John’s Gospel:
Jesus
Sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday
She Has Anointed My Body Beforehand for Burial
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Many people encounter Jesus in today’s lengthy Gospel. ONLY ONE PERSON
actually listened to Him and took to heart what Jesus said. God
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
The Fifth Midweek Service in Lent
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Tonight, Jude would have us do a more than “contend for the faith that was once
for all delivered to the sai
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
The Fourth Midweek Service in Lent
Following Their Own Sinful Desires
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s reading, Jude thunders against those “certain people [who] have crept
in unnoticed… who perver
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
The Third Midweek Service in Lent
Relying On Their Dreams
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s reading, Jude points to God’s Scriptures as our only shield and
defense as we “contend for the faith” agai
Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent
Taking the Name of the LORD
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Old Testament, God the Father commands and promises, “You
shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not
h
Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent
Taking the Name of the LORD
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Old Testament, God the Father says to you and to all
Christians of every time and place, “You shall not take the name of the LORD
your
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
The Second Midweek Service in Lent
You Once Fully Knew It
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s reading, Jude calls upon all Christians, including you and me, “to
contend for the faith that was once deli
Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent
A Good Cross
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Gospel, Jesus
began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected
by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
The First Midweek Service in Lent
Contend for the Faith
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s reading, Jude calls upon all Christians, including you and me, “to
contend for the faith that was once delive
Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
(The Temptation of our Lord)
Immediately
(A Beeline to the Cross)
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Two times in today’s Gospel, St. Mark spells out the word “immediately”
(Greek: euthus). First, Mark says at
The Book of Jude for Lenten Repentance
Ash Wednesday
Called, Beloved, and Kept
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
For our midweek Lenten worship, we will hear the book of Jude. Repeatedly. Add
to your weekly hearing of Jude by taking up this book for y
Sermon for the Baptism of Bill Gronhoff,
Poured out for him on the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord
This is My Son
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Gospel, Peter and James and John stand as witness while God
the Father proclai
Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
When God Hides Behind a Tree
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Our Lord Jesus Christ shows pity, compassion, and mercy two times in
today’s Gospel. Jesus’ first act of pity is the clearest and easie
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
The Whole City Gathered At the Door
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Gospel, while Jesus visited the home of Simon and Andrew,
“the whole city was gathered at the door.”
Dear Christian
Sorry to be so glum. Paul made me do it.
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
The Brother for Whom Christ Died
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Today’s Epistle from 1 Corinthians 8 rubs like sandpaper on the skin.
Here God’s apostle
Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Come and See
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! In today’s Gospel, Philip says to Nathanael, “Come and see.”
Dear Christian friends,
Today’s Gospel is a very sweet, very touching Gospel. Today’s Gos
Begging your pardon, I mostly wrote this sermon for myself, because I needed to
hear it.
ER
January 10, 2012
Sedalia Circuit Pastors’ Conference, Tuesday following
The First Sunday After the Epiphany, 2012
Jesus Was Baptized for Your Preaching
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Fat
New Year’s Eve
How to Live With Regret
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In tonight’s reading from the prophet Isaiah, God teaches us how it is
possible to live with regret. You might not yet be in a place where you are
able to listen. God will
The Third Midweek Service in Advent
With Angels and Archangels
and All the Company of Heaven
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Two weeks ago, John’s mother Elizabeth helped us to prepare for Holy Communion
by teaching us to ask her amazed question, “W
The Fourth Midweek Service in Advent
Already You Are Clean
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! So
far in our Advent Midweek worship, Elizabeth (Luke 1:41-45), Anna (Luke
2:36-38), and the “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) all taught us
importan
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
THE LORD WITH YOU
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. A VERY strange thing has happened in today’s Gospel. The divine messenger
Gabriel visited Mary, and Mary “was greatly troubled.” Mary was not “greatly
troubled” in
Midweek Theme: Preparing for Holy Communion
The Second Midweek Service in Advent
Fasting and Bodily Preparation
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s reading, the widow Anna limps around the temple day and night,
“worshipping with fasting a
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Listen again to how St. Mark begins his divine book: “The beginning of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” These Words may be rightly
applied, not only to our Lord Jesus, but
Midweek Sermon Series = Preparing for Holy Communion
"Incredulity" is the best word I could think of, even though it is totally
inadequate.
The First Midweek Service in Advent
Perhaps Some Incredulity?
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! In
tonight’s
The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today’s Gospel is a parable that ends with a warning that you and I and
every Christian will do well to take to heart: “To everyone who has, more will
be given, and he wi
Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost
(Observing the Feast of the All Saints)
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today’s Epistle grows dearer to me—as it likely grows dearer also to
you—every time we bury a fellow Christian:
We do n
Sermon for the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
(Observing the Feast of the Reformation)
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In some Gospel readings, Jesus’ Words are simple and easy to understand.
Today’s Gospel is not one of those Gospels. This
Sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
I Am the LORD
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Old Testament God gives us a little list of things we must not
do—things we are each forbidden to do—to our neighbor.
You shall do no i
The entire second half of this sermon has been reworked.
Please delete the previous draft of this sermon as too juvenile, even for my
pulpit.
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Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Are YOU Talkin’ to ME?
Theme: The sermon is about you.
You need NOT to concern yourself with whet
Rough draft.
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Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Are YOU Talkin’ to ME?
Theme: The sermon is about you.
You need NOT to concern yourself with whether it might also be about someone
else.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Afte
Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
The Significance of Insignificance
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Epistle from Philippians chapter 2, St. Paul is not so much
talking about the unbelievers in your life as he is the C
Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
FORGIVENESS AS SELF-PRESERVATION
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus does not allow you to think of forgiveness as an
option, as if you have any kind of right or authority to
Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
WHEN YOUR BROTHER SINS AGAINST YOU
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Jesus says to you and to me in today’s Gospel,
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and
him
Sermon for the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Nonconformity
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen. In today's Epistle, God's apostle Paul wants us to know that none of us
is the free thinker or independent person we would like to think we are. Forces
Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
LORD, HELP ME
Theme: Your feelings and your faith are totally incompatible.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen.
· If you have ever felt that God has ignored your most earnest
prayers—not merely
Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
At the baptism of Alayna Marie Muller
My Kinsmen According to Baptism
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Epistle, St. Paul wrings his hands with sorrow. He mourns and
laments his Old Testame
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
ALAS, EDEN!
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Epistle, God’s apostle Paul compares his present experience in
life with the future, resurrection life God has promised and given to you
throug
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Good Soil
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today’s Gospel is Jesus’ famous Parable of the Sower.
A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and
the birds came and devo
Abler exegetes than I might argue that I have pushed neepyos too far. Not sorry
for that.
Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Legal Minority
Theme: Baptism is not just for little children! Baptism turns you into a little
child, that is, a legal minor who cannot be held responsible for
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Today’s Gospel is a terribly difficult Gospel. Most Christians want to think
the only best about those people whom God has placed into their lives. Most
Christians want to think of
Portions of incoherence have been removed...
Sermon for the Feast of Pentecost
Drink
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
(Amen.) In today’s Gospel, Jesus wants you to know that He speaks His Words for
the sake of thirsty people. His Words are intende
Sermon for the Feast of Pentecost
Drink
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
(Amen.) In today’s Gospel, Jesus wants you to know that He speaks His Words for
the sake of thirsty people. His Words are intended and meant for thirsty
people, in order that
Sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Let Another Take His Office
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
(Amen.) In today’s First Reading, God the Holy Spirit speaks about Judas
Iscariot, who betrayed our Lord Jesus unto death. The Sprit says, “Let anoth
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Confirmation Day)
Growing Up in Your Salvation
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
(Amen.) In today’s Epistle, God the Holy Spirit compares His living and
nourishing Word to milk: “Like newborn infants,” says the S
2. If you are one of those people who feel as though you must constantly pull
others back in order to get yourself ahead, today’s Gospel is for you. This
Gospel is your call to repentance; it is God’s demand that you change the way
you treat the other, supposedly “lesser” people in your life. L
Funeral Sermon for Edna P. Sigman
Even Now
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. Amen. Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!) In
today’s Gospel, Martha says to Jesus—she says to the One who holds power over
death and resurrecti
Sermon for Good Friday
I REMEMBERED THE LORD
Theme: Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and
point me to the skies… In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Buried and entombed
Sermon for the Palm/Passion Sunday
What the People Need is a Way to Make Them Smile
(It ain’t so hard to do if you know how)
Theme: Memorized hymns are an extremely powerful tool for you, both for your
own strength of faith and for the way you show love to your neighbor.
Grace, mercy and peac
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
WHAT I HAVE VOWED I WILL PAY
Theme: Death will not deter Jesus from fulfilling the vow He spoke to you: “I
tell you, I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when
I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
Grace, mercy and peace to yo
This is probably the last sermon on the topic, unless I end up returning to
Jonah for Holy Week.
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Sermon for Midweek of Lent 5
IN THE STEAD AND BY THE COMMAND
Theme: The preaching of repentance moves inevitably forward after Jesus/Jonah’s
death and resurrection.
In a certain sense, our e
I wrote the wrong passage when I posted the sermon for Midweek 4
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Sermon for Midweek of Lent 4
FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS…
Theme: God the Father hurled His Son into the deep by nailing Him to the cross.
Artists will sometimes depict our Lord’s crucifixion in ways that intend to
emphasize an important point for you. For example,
· Some medieval artists
Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent
A Family Reunion
Theme: Jesus became your big brother when you were baptized. No one knows more
about you than He.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus sits by a well and sees straight t
Sermon for Midweek of Lent 3
JUXTAPOSITION
Theme: It is good that One Man should die for the sake of the people.
Juxtaposition. It may not be a word you hear everyday, but it has a common,
everyday meaning. When you juxtapose two objects, you are simply placing them
side-by-side. Writers, pai
Sermon for Midweek of Lent 2
THE LOTTERY
Theme: When Jesus was baptized, God identified Him as the Guilty One.
Suppose we held a little lottery here amongst ourselves tonight:
· We could start our lottery by having the head of each family come
forward and draw for his or her entire hou
Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent
Psalms on a Clothesline
Theme: The Psalms apply to you—all promises in God’s Scriptures apply to
you—because you are the baptized of Christ, whose hope is firmly rooted in the
resurrection of all flesh.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and
Sermon for Midweek of Lent 1
COPYCAT
Theme: By reenacting Jonah’s journey, Jesus alerts His disciples that God’s
wrath is now upon Him.
Jack the Ripper is London’s most famous murderer. He committed his crimes more
than a century ago, and yet still today, his name is known all over the world.
Sermon for the Transfiguration of our Lord
Christ in the Liturgy
Or
How to Read the Sermon on the Mount
Theme: Did you not enjoy the sermon? Shucks. Try again next week. In the
meantime, Christ is nevertheless giving you ALL His gifts in the Christian
liturgy.
Grace, mercy and peace to you fro
I am preaching the book of Jonah for my midweek services in Lent.
Ash Wednesday's reading will be the final portion of the book, as indicated in
the subject line, and the subsequent services will take up Jonah from the
beginning.
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
A SILK PURSE FROM A SOW’S EAR
Theme
Sermon for the Eighth Sunday After the Epiphany
A Sermon on Preparing to Live
Theme: Are you no longer afraid to die? Great! How do you feel about living?
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today’s Gospel is from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, where
Sermon for the Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany
Context is Everything
Theme: You will probably love the Sermon on the Mount more if you always keep
in mind Who preaches it to you.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today’s Gospel is from Jesus
Sermon for the Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany
Burn, Baby, Burn
Theme: Global warming gives you a great opportunity to confess the Christian
faith
that Jesus “shall come to judge the living and the dead.”
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Toda
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany
A Word-Plated Heart
Theme: Rather than inflating yourself or debasing yourself based on what you
see inside your heart, focus instead on the Word of God covers your heart like
gold plating or wall-to-wall carpet.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
TORAH
Do you—or does anyone you know—wish that everyday life could seem to be happier
than it now is right now? God wants your perspective to change. God promises
you in today’s Introit Psalm that His LAW makes you happy, or to use another
word,
Sermon for the Third Sunday After the Epiphany
REPENT
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, as soon as John got thrown into prison, Jesus
immediately set to work. Jesus continues what John and the other Old Testament
prophets di
Sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany
LONG LIVE THE KING!
(2 KINGS 11:12)
You can have a little fun with the way you write a letter to a friend or
relative. In addition to writing in pen, which is immediately visible to the
eye, also write a few lines using lemon juice. The ink-written message
Sermon for the Second Sunday After Christmas
A SERMON [NOT ONLY] FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. At the beginning of today’s Gospel, St. Luke states that Jesus was
continually growing, increasing in both wisdom an
1 Kings 2:1-4
When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
[2] "I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a
man, [3] and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and
keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules
Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent
THE JESUS SUIT
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In the Epistle of the Day from Romans 13, God’s apostle Paul uses
clothing imagery to speak about your preparation for the Last Day, when Christ
shall
Sermon for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost,
THE LORD WILL KEEP YOU FROM ALL EVIL
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In the Introit of the Day from Psalm 121, which we prayed at the
first part of the liturgy, King David makes a prom
Sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of My Installation as Your Pastor
WHY WE SPEAK THE CREEDS IN WORSHIP
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. The Christians of the ancient city had been thrown
Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost,
Celebrating the Feast of the Reformation
TODAY
Theme: What you believe is more important than how you behave.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. St. Luke has two very important details for you i
Sermon for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
EVEN INFANTS
Theme: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is designed to make
you an infant.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell about people bringing
Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
GODSBREATH
Theme: The Bible is not “God was breathing” but “God IS breathing.”
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Epistle, St. Paul tells you about this Bible that you read and
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Sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
GIVE HIM THANKS
Theme: Our Christ is generous even when we are thankless, because He is.
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Only one person out of ten, seeing that he was healed, “turned back
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Affirmation of Holy Matrimony for
Mark and Shannon Ramey
In Praise of a Miracle
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Last Sunday’s Gospel about ten lepers might not seem to lend itself
well to a sermon on marriage. But what really happens here, when
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