Sermons on Luke 17:11-19
Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve
Lord, Have Mercy
[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, the healing of the lepers, please be seated. And especially on Thanksgiving, when this Gospel lesson is read, the usual focus is on the one thankful leper, fitting with the Thanksgiving theme. But my focus tonight, I want to look at that request that the lepers made of Jesus, Lord Lord…
The Thankful Leper
[Machine transcription] Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? Then he said to him, Rise and go your way. Your faith has made you well. Amen. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, Jesus is still headed toward Jerusalem in the text and along the way somewhere between Galilee and Samaria…
The Risky Business of Spiritual Healing
Blessed to Be Thankful
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
So, which of the two miracles in tonight’s Gospel lesson from St. Luke do you consider the more amazing? The first one? Or the second? It’s not a trick question; there really are two—maybe even more. We just have to move our eyes and thoughts away from our obsession…
