Sermons on Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, the problem is bigger than you think and the solution is smaller than you think. That’s what I want to talk about today. But I want to look at the text to get there. Matthew chapter 1 is an amazing, amazing text, an amazing bit of history of salvation. It’s when already Mary, the mother of our…
The Virgin Shall Conceive
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. If you grew up in the church as a little boy or little girl, you memorized bits and pieces of the Christmas story from St. Luke. Amen. About the governor…
Sermon for Advent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Did you know that Mary, her life was saved by Joseph? Because the cultural norm for not just the Jews, but the Romans and the Greeks, were that any woman who was caught having committed adultery, and in this case she is pregnant without…
Jesus: He is Immanuel
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
The wait is almost over. It will soon be the big day. All the plans are falling into place. Everything is proceeding just as it is supposed to. Just a little more time of waiting.
Suddenly, there’s a problem. It’s not just a minor nuisance or…
You Shall Call His Name Jesus
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
It can begin in two different ways. One of the ways is slow, steadily, almost like a nagging drip. With each passing day it creeps closer and closer, culminating in a feeling of overwhelmedness. That’s somewhat like Ahaz in this morning’s Old…
Empathy for the Carpenter
In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Put yourself in Joseph’s place. All you have wanted is to love Mary and to be loved by her. You have dreamed of the day when you would go with your friends to take her into your home for the wedding feast and then into your arms as your one and only beloved. You have imagined the joyous week…
