If you look at the Church with the eyes of your body, the Church can often be a
despicable mess. Think of how one hymn describes her: “Though with a scornful
wonder the world sees her oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies
distressed” (LSB 644, stanza 3). And that hymn doesn’t even m
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150 years before his birth, the prophet Isaiah foretold of him, told us his
name, and the tasks that God had chosen for him to do. His name was Cyrus.
Cyrus was the only Gentile whom God spoke of as “His anointed.” Using a
Hebraic expression, “the right hand,” God said that He had gras
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The great event took place in 326 AD. Helen, the mother of Constantine, the
emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire, found the “true” cross of
Christ. After her son had made Christianity the official religion of the Roman
Empire, Helen went searching the religious sites in the H
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The Europeans have an expression: “All roads lead to Rome.” That expression
came about because, for many centuries, Rome was the world’s main center of
power. And back then, many of the major roads did lead to Rome. That’s what
connected Rome to its Empire--its massive set of roadways,
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In the Old Covenant, God called Israel to be a separate and holy people. They
were not to intermarry with others, so the false gods and religions of their
neighbors would not incline them toward idolatry. All of this had a purpose:
It was to keep Israel as a distinct people through whom
When were you saved?
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If you lose the basics, it’s hard to move beyond that. For if the basics
aren’t there, when you move to something more advanced, your weakness in the
basics will always undermine what you are trying to do. Take reading the
Bible. One of the basics is to know who
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God didn’t inspire the Old Testament so we could dare to be like Daniel, become
a manly man like Moses, or lead like Joshua. Of course, when we see how those
saints of old experienced God’s grace and how He strengthened them in faith
that also encourages us (AC 21). But if we only see S
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In today’s Church, probably for about the last 200 years, we’ve often heard
about Christian “witnessing,” telling others about Jesus, and how every
Christian is supposed to be a witness. Yet, that’s not true. But hear me out
before you brand me a heretic! For what I’m going to share wi
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The Lenten season is finished. And yet, we don’t move on to something better,
even though we have broken our Lenten fast with the Easter feast. For what can
be better for us than Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes our sins away?
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In our Gospel reading, we find Jesus still
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From St. John’s Gospel and the other gospel writers, Mary Magdalene, with some
other women, went to the tomb early in the morning of the first day of the new
week. In the dim, gray light, they wondered how they would move the stone away
from the entrance. But when they arrived, the larg
Note: For this sermon I changed the OT reading to Exodus 24:3-11.
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The disciples asked Jesus an age-old question. “Rabbi, who sinned, this man
or his parents, that he was born blind?” (John 9:2). My mother lived her life
from such a world view. When something bad would happen to me, s
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Psalm 25 says, “Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from
of old” (Psalm 25:6). When God remembers His promise, His blessings are on us.
And at its heart, there is but one promise of God. It’s His promise to save,
to deliver from death, to rescue from sin and every
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Picture a rod of iron; it’s cold and black. Yet, when the iron rod rests
within an intensely hot flame, it also becomes hot and glows with light. Yet,
the heat and light that radiate from the iron rod are not a reflection of the
fire. They are, instead, part of the properties of fire r
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An early-Church document, similar to the book of Revelation, is the Shepherd of
Hermas. The title comes from a Christ figure who appears as a shepherd to the
author, whose name is Hermas. And in that document, Hermas has several
different visions.
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I mention this because one
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The Old Testament book of Deuteronomy gets its name because it was the second
time that God gave His Ten Commandments to His people. An entire generation
was now alive who were not around when God earlier delivered His Law to His
people. Why was that the case? It was because the Israel
Note: The Old Testament reading is from the Old Testament Apocrypha book of
Wisdom, which is referenced in the sermon. The OT text is Wisdom 3:1-6, 9.
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Mary, and family and friends of Wilbur : What is the best way that you can
honor Wilbur? Is it by remembering him? Well, memory
Note: For this sermon, the Old Testament is Leviticus 12:1-8, which deals with
the purification of a woman after giving birth in the Old Covenant.
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We have no idea how badly Adam’s Fall into sin has ruined our world. Oh, we
know that death is the result of that Fall into sin. We underst
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Today, we hear about Jesus doing something strange, of capturing people, of
hauling them in by His words. That’s what happened to Jesus’ first
disciples--they were “captured” by His Word and His call for them to be His
disciples.
Jesus’ first disciples lived by the Sea of Galilee. Th
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Water is the substance of life. We cannot live without it. Plants and animals
cannot survive without it. We drink water to keep ourselves from dehydrating
and dying of thirst. We use water for cooking and cleaning. We use water to
wash ourselves, to make ourselves clean.
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God gave His Law to Moses while His people, Israel, were making their way from
Egypt to the land that He had promised them. Yet, during Israel’s entire
history, not one of them could follow the Law as they had promised to God
(Exodus 19:8).
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Now, the Law did have good within
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This is the hour, the place, and the time for pondering. What a wonderful
word: “ponder.” It means something like “meditate.” But meditate sounds a bit
too active. “Ponder” comes from the Latin word pondus, meaning a “weight.”
“To ponder” means “to consider, to weigh, to hold in bala
My Advent 4 sermon, which I had previously sent, still needed revising. Here's
the product of those revisions.
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Today, especially within the media and intelligentsia, many mock the Christian
Faith. Sometimes, it’s subtle; sometimes, it’s not. You may find that they
treat a Christian t
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Today, especially within the media and intelligentsia, many mock the Christian
Faith. Sometimes, it’s subtle; sometimes, it’s not. They sometimes treat a
Christian the way someone might treat a mentally challenged person who does
something awkward. They smile, nod politely, and then qu
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Before the people who became of age in the 1960s got the name “Baby Boomers,”
some called them the “Now Generation.” Back then, that generation was
young--but it was more than that. They also wanted to change the world! The
Who sang “My Generation” and Bob Dylan crooned, “The times the
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How do you receive your gifts? Sometimes, we receive gifts with
disappointment. It’s not what we wanted. It’s not what we needed. It’s not
the right gift. It’s not big enough or good enough.
So, what’s it like when it comes to receiving the gifts of God? Our Gospel
reading for t
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We have a saying: “Ignorance is bliss.” When we say that, we don’t apply that
expression to every piece of our life. But ignorance is bliss instead of
knowing every thoughtless and unkind word spoken against you. Ignorance is
bliss when it comes to a special surprise that others have p
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“If I only touch his robe, then I’ll be healed.” So said the woman with a
chronic, bleeding hemorrhage, which we heard about in today’s reading from St.
Matthew’s Gospel. Now, if we were to read St. Mark’s Gospel, we would learn
that this woman suffered under the care of many doctors wh
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It’s lonely being a Lutheran. Of this, one of the true, 20th-century Lutheran
theologians in Germany, Hermann Sasse, wrote:
As Luther once went the lonely way between Rome and Spiritualism, so the
Lutheran Church today stands alone between the world powers of Roman
Catholicism on the on
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If we were to view human history in broad, sweeping strokes, we would find a
long-simmering war between the religion of mother earth and the religion of
Father God. And what is this religion of mother earth? It’s putting your
trust (which is, faith) in some part of creation instead of G
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While we were preoccupied with other events of life, the Lord of the universe
came down the backstairs. That happened 2,000 years ago when Jesus was born.
Like coming down the backstairs, Jesus’ birth was, at first, a little-known
event in the little town of Bethlehem.
Joseph’s exten
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The high and mighty of this world see no need for angels. After all, they have
the money they need to hire their own protective services. They can rely on
their own, and what they can buy, to save and protect them. Why rely on what
they aren’t sure of or what you can’t see or confirm?
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“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” Jesus asked a simple question in
a simple, straightforward way. Jesus wasn’t using tricky language or imagery.
He wasn’t tap dancing around the truth with lawyer-like nuance, bending this
way or that to shape the truth as someone would like
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Niles could be a demanding man. This is no surprise to those who knew him.
Donna knew and lived it since she married Niles in 2007. Yet, Donna also saw a
softer and gentler side of Niles that many of you may have not seen. I even
had a chance to experience such from Niles, especially
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The local, evening news tells us of two shootings in a large city. We listen
with half an ear to the first report. It involves a street corner, a drug deal
gone badly, a gun, and a dead body. Later, another reporter tells us about a
mother in her kitchen, her daughters at the table doi
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If the first man, Adam, brought sin, chaos, and death into the world and passed
it on to all his descendants, then why isn’t the world in complete chaos all
the time? Why are their respites of grace, where people show kindness, where
deer calmly drink water from the brook, and where cats
This sermon is 98% the same as what I sent yesterday. I had to change a couple
of errors and I added a touch more about Pentecost in the Old Covenant. Please
accept my apologies for sending the sermon prematurely.
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Pentecost was a feast that God told the Israelites to ce
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Pentecost was a feast that God told the Israelites to celebrate. The Jews
celebrated Pentecost 50 days after Passover; that’s why it had the name
“Pentecost.” That Old-Covenant feast was a joyous day, where the people
thanked God and presented offerings from the new grain of the first wh
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God put on the robe of human flesh, being born from the womb of Virgin Mary.
As God, He knew all; as a human, He had to learn, grow, and develop. As a man,
God, in the person of Jesus the Messiah, made Himself a sacrifice for our
sin--for us and our salvation. He ascended to His Father’
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In 418 AD, the Church held a council at Carthage, today in Tunisia, to deal
with a false teaching in the Church. That teaching was called “Pelagianism.”
Pelagianism taught that we humans are born neutral before God, neither good nor
evil. And because we are neutral, someone’s own choice
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What brings to someone God’s forgiveness? For example, why does baptism
forgive sins but not watching a beautiful sunset? Why does the Lord’s Supper
forgive sins but not playing a round of golf? And how can absolution give
God’s forgiveness when it’s words spoken from a man? How can G
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“I know that my Redeemer lives” is a confession of faith. Yet, the Apostle
Paul asserted a couple of verses before our Epistle reading: “If Christ has not
been raised, then our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (1 Corinthians
15:14).
But then in verse 20 of our Epistle readin
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As Lutherans, we have a long and noble tradition of meditating on the
crucifixion of Christ. For example, Luther invited people to use the crucifix
as a way to help them meditate on Christ’s crucifixion. Part of that tradition
is our services on Good Friday.
In the 12th century, a mo
Although Palm Sunday has become Passion Sunday, this sermon is more in line
with the tradition of Palm Sunday.
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Today, we’re saddled with an Old Testament that Jesus and His disciples didn’t
use. They used the Septuagint, which was the Old Testament translated into
Greek.
For those on the rare occasion that one might commemorate St. Patrick.
Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; 1 Thes 2:2-12; Matt 28:16-20
Collect for St. Patrick:
Almighty God, through Your Church, You chose Your servant, Patrick, to bring
Your Word and Sacrament to the Irish people, so the light of the Go
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Faith believes what it cannot see, for if faith could see what it believes, it
wouldn’t be faith. That would be walking by sight, which doesn’t need faith.
And so faith grasps the invisible mysteries of God, for it “sees” (if we want
to use that word), not through our eyes, but through
This sermon is part of my midweek Lenten series from the book of Hebrews.
However, this sermon would also be a very Sunday sermon (with a few tweaks here
and there) for Proper 16, Year C, in the LSB 3-year lectionary.
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After Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead, the J
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The Lutheran Church has several prayer services, mostly meant for us to use
during the week. We have a morning-prayer service, Matins, which begins with
these words from Psalm 51. The pastor chants, “O Lord, open my lips.” In
response, the congregation chants back, “And my mouth will d
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From the beginning, Jacob was a thief, a cheat, and a momma’s boy. He grew up
to be a man who played favorites with his wives and children. He was always
looking out for number one. When Esau, Jacob’s twin brother was born, Jacob
was holding onto his older brother’s heel, looking as if
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We love lights. The glow of lights often points us to where the people are,
where the conversations are flowing, and where merriment is to be had. And so
by association, many of us like the glow of lights and the feelings they stir
within us. Just think of people’s attraction for Las V
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Authority is controversial. We get upset when others have authority over us.
For who wants to be under the authority of another? I don’t. You don’t. But
no matter how hard we try, we can’t get away from the law. No matter where you
go, the authority of the law confronts you: at work
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The Magi went to the most-reasonable place to discover the newborn, Jewish
King. After all, where else would He be but in Jerusalem? That’s the capital
city! That’s where you would find God’s Temple. That was God’s city.
But when they arrive to join the party, all dressed up and on t
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So, there was John the Baptizer living up to his name and baptizing! And the
Jewish leadership of his day chafed in discomfort because of it. So, they
confronted him: “Why are you baptizing?” We also ask, “Yes, John, why are you
baptizing?” For 2,000 years later, we’re clueless about t
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“Behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and having salvation.” Are you
ready for your King? Are you ready for His visit? Are you prepared for His
grand and glorious advent?
For that’s what it is: It’s Advent. It’s not the “holiday season.” It’s not
Black Friday morphing into
This is a sermon meant for pastors, to be preached at my pastors' circuit
winkel.
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Augustine was born on November 13th, 354 in North Africa, about 45 miles south
of the Mediterranean Sea. Like all of us, he was born dead in his trespasses
and sins. Like some of us, he was not brought
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“Who can stand?” That’s the question at the end of Revelation chapter 6. In
that chapter, the entire cosmos rumbles and quakes to its foundation. The sun
goes black, and the moon turns to blood. The stars fall from the sky like
ripened figs. Even the strong and mighty, the movers and
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Over the last year, Bonnie has suffered many ailments and physical hardships.
She was living in the brutal reality of a fallen world. She lived, staring
down that foreign intruder, death, as he made his presence known in this world,
leaving no one untouched.
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But if you don’t
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Pick a date, any date. When did reformation begin? If you’re like most, you
would say it began when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses that called for a
debate on indulgences. That was October 31st, 1517.
If you’re a bit more adventurous, you might pick 1514. That’s when Luther had
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Riches and religion are heavy on the mind of a rich man. So, he asks Jesus,
“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” That’s a reasonably
religious question because we naturally assume that religion is about doing
good deeds to earn God’s favor.
And more than that, Jesu
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The Pharisees were out to trap Jesus in His own words. And what better place
than to set the trap in the tripwire of marriage and divorce! So, they asked
Jesus, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Now, the Republicans of Jesus’ day, the conservative rabbis, said a man could
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Feeding the crowd of 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish was an
enormous crowd-pleaser. Getting free food had so enthralled the crowd that
they wanted to make Jesus their bread king--by force, if needed!
So, Jesus withdrew to a mountain to slip away from their plots and scheme
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A question I have sometimes pondered is this: “Does preaching do any good?”
When I look at how many lives are NOT changed based on what I’ve preached, I
can all-too-easily conclude that sermons are a waste of time. What do you
think?
But the real question isn’t what we may think, but w
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This past week in our liturgical, Church calendar, we’ve been in limbo. We’ve
been existing between two realities. We celebrated our Lord’s ascension into
heaven. But since the Ascension, we’ve been waiting. We’ve been waiting for
this day. Like the Apostles of old, we’ve been listen
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No matter who we are, at one time or another, life’s frustrating events have
left their abusive marks on us. It’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of
when, for we are talking about life in this fallen world, where this world’s
sin and chaos ramrod our tidy and ordered lives.
It was
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When Jesus speaks His divine peace to His disciples, He shows them His wounds
He received on the cross. For Jesus, the crucified One, is now risen from the
dead. He is the Messiah--and His wounds prove it.
But Thomas denied what he hadn’t experienced. Instead, Thomas demanded a
relig
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At the dawn of time, a woman, named Eve, came forth from the man, Adam. Yet,
it was through that woman, Eve, that death entered the world. Later, a Man,
named Jesus, would come forth from a woman, named Mary. And through that
woman, Life Himself would enter the world, all in the Person
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The command to put a snake on a pole must have sounded ridiculous to some of
the Israelites. Stare at a bronze snake and you’ll be healed? Who came up
with that stupid idea? It must’ve just sounded silly enough that some
Israelites started to look for more reasonable solutions to the s
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Today, we hear about a Jesus who doesn’t match what we usually think of Him.
We see Jesus as our friend, even our buddy. We see him as a pleasant, smiling
person who never confronts anyone but is always there to confirm whatever you
may be doing. That’s the Jesus we want. That’s also
Note: This sermon has a quotation from the Apocrypha and treats the quotation
from Sirach as Scripture. This is simply how our Confessions treat the
Apocrypha. Ref: Ap XXI, 9: “We grant that angels pray for us. For there is a
passage in Zechariah 1:12, where an angel prays, ‘O Lord of hosts,
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The water from the Jordan River slowly trickled off our Lord’s wet hair. The
hot, wilderness sand glued itself to His damp, walking feet. Behind Him, the
well-known river snaked along. Before Him, the ancient serpent lay in wait.
Still drenched with baptismal water, Jesus boldly goes
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The time for Jesus’ earthly miracles was fading fast. And soon, His popularity
would begin to wane, as well. For now, we find ourselves at the midpoint of
Mark’s Gospel, where Jesus turns His face toward the task of dying and rising.
Jesus begins to teach His disciples that He will have
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Medically, leprosy was, and still is, a ghastly disease. It’s a systemic,
bacterial infection that infects someone’s nerves and upper-respiratory tract.
It permanently damages the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes. Until 1941, there
was no cure. Even today, in some areas, leprosy is still
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Imagine if we had a Jesus in Kimberling City. Imagine that! What if we had a
Jesus who would open His door each day, so people could see Him for healing?
People could bring others who were sick for Jesus to heal them of their
illnesses.
If that were so, we wouldn’t need Skaggs at Bran
This sermon is less than half the length my normal sermon. It is really more
of a confessional address set in the context of a specific Confessions of Sins
service, which is a preparation to receive the holy Sacrament.
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About 200 years after Jesus’ ascension into heaven, a
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St. Luke wants you to be bowled over by the man who came back to thank Jesus.
Ten lepers approached Jesus. Ten lepers cried out with a loud voice, “Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us!” They all wanted healing. And Jesus was
compassionate and merciful. He said, “Go and show yourselves to
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The kingdom of this world is like a man who goes off to war. He fights for his
homeland, but soon his enemies capture him. They strip him and beat him,
leaving him half-dead, a prisoner in a large prisoner of war camp, filled with
thousand of others.
The prison camp is like a small, c
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It’s a sad fluke of history when we forget prominent men who shaped their
times. It’s even sadder when the Church has succumbed to this failing. But
that such a fate should fall on a first-rank figure of the Apostolic Church is
even more worthy of lamentation.
James, the stepbrother o
I have a district pastors conference to attend this week, so I have written and
e-mailed this sermon early.
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It’s a dangerous decision to make when planning a wedding reception, to decide
who sits where. Some folks will value where you place them to sit, near the
bride and groom, near
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We, as a nation, are adrift, confused and unsure. We fill our lives with noise
and motion, through which we mask the haunting silence of not being able to
answer this question: “What is the meaning of my life?”
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What about you? What is your purpose? Why you are here, at this
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If a father loves fishing, he teaches his son how to fish. If a mother loves
quilting, she teaches her daughter how to quilt. What you love, you talk about
and do. That’s just obvious. What you love, you pass on to your children,
because you love them. You want them to love what you l
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If a father loves fishing, he teaches his son how to fish. If a mother loves
quilting, she teaches her daughter how to quilt. What you love, you talk about
and do. That’s just obvious. What you love, you pass on to your children,
because you love them. You want them to love what you l
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Oh, how wretched we Christians can often seem! Through the waters of baptism,
the Holy Spirit creates spiritual life in us, through which we are born from
above (John 3:3-6). Yet, this spiritual birth is but the beginning of a
constant conflict between our sinful nature and the Spirit o
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In Jesus, God stepped into our fallen world wearing the robe of our humanity.
When the set time had fully come, common men would see and hear the Messiah
prophesied from of old. They became His disciples, and later, even His
apostles.
And in seeing and hearing Jesus, they didn’t just se
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The Christian faith is a matter of God’s revealed, life-creating and
life-changing truth. In matters eternal, research and scholarship can only
offer added insight or information. For research and scholarship cannot give
eternal life. It is God’s Spirit working through Word and Sacramen
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“Familiarity breeds contempt,” so the saying goes. It means that we can become
so familiar with something that we begin to consider it of little value. This
can even happen in our faith-life, where God becomes routine for us, and we
begin to consider Him of little value. Of course, the
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Jesus tells us a parable about a useless, money manager. We call this parable,
“The Parable of the Unjust Steward.” We’re not exactly sure how this steward
managed his master’s money. But this we know: Everything he did as a steward
was a failure. So much that his master fired him and
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Whenever possible, artwork has always adorned the chancels of Christian
churches. Since the beginning, the Church has never sought after stark and
stern places of worship. Even in the Old Testament, beautiful artwork and
engravings adorned God’s holy Temple, according to His own specifi
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When we think about Jesus feeding the multitude, in this case, a crowd of
4,000, we normally pay little attention to the setting. We stand amazed by
what Jesus did. He multiplied a minute amount of bread and fish to feed an
enormous crowd. But that’s just the obvious part. If you look
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If you remember your confirmation instruction, you may remember the three
purposes of God’s Law. God’s Law serves as a curb, a mirror, and a guide. The
curbing part of the Law helps restrain our sinful behavior. The mirror of the
Law shows us that we can’t fully do what God expects of u
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What a strange miracle: a miracle of catching many fish. That was a miracle
tailor-made for fishermen. And that’s who Jesus’ first disciples were; they
were fishermen.
Peter, Andrew, James, and John were all partners in a fishing business. One
day, Jesus was teaching a crowd that conve
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If anyone thought that he could be a god in the place of God, Joseph might have
thought that. After all, he was second in command of Egypt, the powerful
empire of his day. The only authority higher than Joseph was Pharaoh himself.
And Pharaoh thought that he was divine. So it might be
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We have an expression, “If you are going to talk the talk, you better walk the
walk!” It means that you better be real. It means that your words and actions
should match--or people will sniff you out as a phony!
And that’s what our Epistle reading is talking about this morning. The Apos
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The parable in today’s Gospel reading is one confrontation in a sea of
confrontations by Jesus with the Pharisees. But Jesus told today’s particular
parable when He was eating dinner at the house of a “prominent Pharisee” (Luke
14:1). So, the dinner story line in today’s parable was mean
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Jesus says some startling words to us in today’s Gospel. They are unsettling
and disturbing. And His words unsettle us even more because they come from the
One whom Scripture calls the “Prince of Peace.” Jesus says, “Don’t assume that
I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to b
Our Lutheran father in the faith, Philip Melanchthon, wrote, “The mysteries of
God are to be adored, rather than investigated” (Loci Communes, 1521 edition).
He is correct. For after confessing the faith in the words of the Athanasian
Creed, who can fully explore, let alone, understand what we
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The crowd at Pentecost thinks the first Christians are drunk. They hear the
cacophony of 120 Christians. They hear the old and wrinkled, the young and
sparkly eyed, men and women, and pastors and parishioners all speaking in the
rush of excitement. The crowd thinks they are hearing a bu
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Jesus says that whoever confesses Him before others, He will confess before His
Father in heaven (Matthew 10:32). The Apostle Peter says, “Always be ready to
give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15).
So, every Christian in his everyday life is to poi
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Jesus says, “Whatever you ask.” So what have you asked of God? Jesus says,
“Whatever you ask the Father … He will give you.” So what have you asked the
Father? Was it a want or a need? And did you get it?
But have your prayers become sparse and spindly, because you haven’t received
w
Isn’t the idea of “holy anger” strange? I mean, how can anger be holy when we
consider it sinful? But if we think about it, we know that anger itself can’t
be a sin. Read the Bible! More than just once, it describes God getting angry
with His people. And since God doesn’t sin, anger can’t-
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When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her time has come. Yet, when
she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the agony, because of
the joy that a Man has been born into the world. (John 16:21)
So says our Lord in St. John’s Gospel.
Jesus said those words to His
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Somehow, in some way, a malformed idea has infected the Church. The idea is
this: It is that our faith is all about worldly well-being and pleasure.
Because of this idea, we have lost our focus on eternity, expecting God to give
us heaven on earth. Because of this idea, we’ve given up p
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