Sermons on Matthew 25:14-30
Sermon for Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear friends in Christ, one of the best-known verses in all the sacred scriptures that will get the hairs on the back of the necks of Lutherans to stand up is: faith apart…
Sermon for Second-to-Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, last week in the parable of the ten virgins, Jesus would have us set our eyes on the coming day of judgment and to be ready for that day, to know that he is the bridegroom who is delayed, and to be ready for the wait with faith…
He is NOT a Hard Man
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading, that parable we heard. You may be seated. Christianity as a faith, unfortunately, has been misused as only being a religion of “don’t do this.” Now that is…
Faithfulness Trumps Success
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Most all of us who have any kind of a retirement fund or pension fund know that it’s all connected and interlocked with the stock market. And knowing that investment is going up and going down, it is frightening at times. Now, in…
Who’s Got Talent(s)?
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: Today we continue our journey toward the end of the church year. In a mere two weeks, another Advent begins. We will begin preparing our hearts, our minds, and our congregation and church building once again to commemorate the coming…