Sermons on John 12:20-43
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Do Joshua and all the baptized. We rejoice today that Jesus, knowing what was going to happen, knowing that this was the week of his suffering, of his trial, of his beating, of his arrest, of his crucifixion, of his being laid in the tomb, and knowing even beyond that what lay ahead, Jesus still goes and grabs a donkey…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. To Holland and to all the baptized, you have a different kind of king. A king is put into office and we call that their coronation or their exaltation. And that’s exactly what our Lord Jesus is talking about in the gospel lesson today in John…
The World Has Gone After Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Palm Sunday Gospel reading read at the very beginning of the service. You may be seated. This is from Psalm 122, verse 1. Listen to the word of the Lord: “I was glad when…
Your Glory Is Revealed
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning is the Gospel reading. Not the Palm Sunday text, but the text that was just read in the Gospel procession. You may be seated. The pastor who confirmed me was born in 1918. He was an older gentleman…
Gaining Everything
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Palm Sunday is pretty cool, isn’t it? Waving branches, shouting crowds, royal arrivals. The spreading news of miracles, the latest of which was fantastic, indeed. Lazarus, a dead man, had been brought back from the dead. Walking out of the tomb after four days! The…