Sermons
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Elizabeth, in your baptism, the Lord Jesus has clothed you into his own righteousness, adopted you as his own dear child, welcomed you into his family, and given you all the gifts of life eternal for you and for all the baptized. The Lord Jesus loves you. The Lord Jesus delights in you. The Lord Jesus longs for your…
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, if you want to learn how to live, you have lots of options. In fact, there are lots of people who will tell you just what you’re supposed to do, how you’re to live, how you’re to organize your days, how you’re supposed to eat, how you’re supposed to exercise, the books that…
Sermon for St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Beloved in the Lord, today we observe and celebrate the Feast of St. Matthew, giving thanks to God for his calling, for his faith, for his apostleship, and then, of course, for the gospel he penned that we know by his name. Now, ironically, though…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] The name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear baptized brothers and sisters in Christ, especially you today, Alton, as the same Lord Jesus Christ in holy baptism has written his name on your heart, and he has made you an heir of his kingdom. Amen. I have to admit that preparing for today, especially going into the last part…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, our Lord Jesus turns to the crowd this morning in the gospel lesson, Luke chapter 14, and he speaks to them, preaches to them about the difficulty of being his disciple. It’s a hard sermon. In fact, the Lord gives three restrictions. He says, unless you do this, you cannot be my disciple. And we want…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, our Lord Jesus is invited to this dinner at the Pharisees’ house, and he is going to take the occasion to go right after these Pharisees. I mean, he just lays into them. He goes after their legalism. He goes after their pride. He goes after their selfishness. And it’s all laid out here before us.…
Sermon for St. Bartholomew, Apostle
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, I think the Lord would teach us this morning, through St. Bartholomew, how to suffer with hope and with joy. We have Bartholomew, but then the gospel reading about Nathaniel, so it’s good first to just connect the two. It’s done by comparing the list of the apostles from Matthew, Mark, and Luke…
Sermon for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, this is a hard word that Jesus has for us this morning. When he says, in fact, he asked the question, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth, to give peace on earth?” And he answers his own question, “No. I’ve not come to bring peace, but bring division.” Now how…
Sermon for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, our Lord Jesus says to us today, do not be anxious. Don’t worry. So if you are not anxious and you’re not worried about anything, you can take the next 20 or 50 minutes and read the Psalms. Or maybe you have a friend who needs to hear it, but we want to hear what the Lord is saying to us, why he…
Sermon for Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And Jesus said to them, “Take care and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Please be seated. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Well, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we’re in that part of the church year…