Sermons on Mark 9:14-29
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, two things to reflect on this morning from the text. The first is this: the devil really hates you. And the second is that Jesus loves to hear this prayer, “I believe, Lord help my unbelief.” In fact, I think that’s probably the reason why Mark gives us this account and the Holy Spirit…
Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Dear Ariel, when Jesus was baptized, God the Father spoke from heaven and said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And when you are baptized just now, when the Holy Spirit gives you the washing of rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit and calls…
Continually Inviting
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from that Gospel reading. Complacency kills. One of the most sorrow-filled times as a chaplain in Iraq was seeing how soldiers who’d begun to become complacent weren’t checking their weapons as they…