Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. It’s here. School is finally here. It’s upon us. And it’s interesting, when I talk to the children and to the young adults that are now in high school, I ask them, are you ready? And some will say yes I’m ready I can’t…

Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we rejoice this morning, especially in the gifts that Jesus gives us in His Kingdom, in His Church, in what is said in the Sermon of Hebrews is Mount Zion. But first, I don’t want to skip over the Gospel, because it’s a tough one, and we want to…

Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon is the gospel reading from the book of John that was just read. In the name of Jesus, amen. During World War II, the Nazis forced many 12- and 13-year-old boys to join the junior Gestapo. They were treated…

Get Before Me, Jesus!

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “Thy kingdom come; MY will be done.” He might never have used those explicit words, that impetuous, strong-willed Galilean fisherman. But in his actions and by his words, it is pretty clear that sometimes Peter thought that way. He was fine with Jesus ushering…