18th Sunday after Pentecost

18th Sunday after Pentecost

Called, Gathered & Enlightened

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the texts for this morning come from the Gospel reading and the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. Nearly 3,000 years have come and gone since this invitation by Isaiah to the royal wedding feast was…

Marvel Not, But Believe

[Machine transcription] Earlier this week, I was reading through some Luther, and I came across a quote that was written or put down in pen sometime in the 1400s before Luther was born. It was surprising how applicable it still is to today because man does not change. He is sinful from the time of his conception, and there is nothing new under the sun. The quote goes like…