Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. They’re baptized believers in Christ’s church. For the freshman team, a new chapter in their lives was now drawing near. There in the past were all those times of instruction given during the team meetings, the plays drawn on the whiteboard, sewn up upon the screens. The hours practicing the techniques as…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Please be seated. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. So this morning I want to attempt what is probably a vicar mistake. I want to touch on each of the three readings appointed for this 18th Sunday…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, I think this morning we might be best served to walk through this Gospel reading a little bit slowly and take a look at a few of the things that Jesus is getting after. And then we want to come back and try to understand what…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, one of the most fruitful things for us to meditate on as Christians is, as we read and explore the Scriptures, are the pictures that the Bible puts before us of the Church—images, parables, and stories that the Lord uses to describe how it is with us and Him. There’s a lot of them. One of the most…
The Thankful Leper
[Machine transcription] Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? Then he said to him, “Rise and go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Amen. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints of God, Jesus is still headed toward Jerusalem in the text, and along the way, somewhere between…
The Servant Serving Servants
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, be looking at the gospel reading for today for this sermon text. Please be seated. You know, being a servant isn’t particularly popular. People prefer being served. And service-oriented jobs such as janitor, trash collector,…
We’re Only the Tenants
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. In the latter part of the Gospel reading, it’s kind of like the light finally went off in those men’s heads. But…
Praying For People You’d Rather Not Pray For
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, I’m using the epistle reading today, Paul’s letter to Timothy, as the text. Please be seated. At the beginning of that text, Paul encourages…