Sermons on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, the two most important things for us to know are also the two most difficult things for us to know. And they are these. First, you are a sinner who deserves the wrath of God. And second, you have a Savior Savior, who has endured that wrath for you.” Now we’re going to explore the…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, there are two things that God wants us to know, two things that He wants us to believe. The first is this, that we are sinners. Sinners who have broken God’s law, who have not kept His commands, and who deserve, because of our sin, His wrath, and anger. Now the Lord has to convince us of this…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, you’ve got a little something right there. Do you think it’s strange that we put ashes on our head at the same time we read Jesus telling us not to put ashes on our head? And here’s the point. Jesus is worried, and I think the church is worried about this, that we would think that…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
Commending Yourself to God
Ash Wednesday
Grace, mercy,
and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. Amen.
In 1985, Paul
Simon, of Simon and Garfunkel musical fame, released an album entitled, “Graceland.” In the title song of that album, a
mournful Simon sings of a man, lost and lonely, struggling to make sense of life
in the midst of his…
All or Nothing
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, we begin this Lenten season with contemplation on the Gospel reading. It is good to visit those who are dying. They have a perspective on this life. For those who are struggling with death, be it cancer or be it living out their last days in…
