Palm Sunday
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Do Joshua and all the baptized. We rejoice today that Jesus, knowing what was going to happen, knowing that this was the week of his suffering, of his trial, of his beating, of his arrest, of his crucifixion, of his being laid in the tomb, and knowing even beyond that what lay ahead, Jesus still goes and grabs a donkey…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. To Holland and to all the baptized, you have a different kind of king. A king is put into office and we call that their coronation or their exaltation. And that’s exactly what our Lord Jesus is talking about in the gospel lesson today in John…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus rides into Jerusalem, willfully, desiring your salvation. And he goes to accomplish and to finish what he began. As I have ministered to you and served as your pastor, here, one of the things that I’ve been trying to do is to set you all free from the fear of death, to be unafraid of the last…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Reagan, you are clothed in the righteousness of Christ with all the baptized, the glorious robes of his blood and righteousness, and ready now to stand before him on the last day with nothing at all to fear. I know that’s scary, the idea of being judged. And for you, for all of us, because we’ve, ugh, we…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, Zechariah, when he prophesied that the King will come into Jerusalem, righteous and having salvation, says that he’ll be humble and mounted on a donkey and goes on to promise, “I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off,…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, on October 21st and 22nd of the year 331 BC, Alexander the Great made his triumphal entry into Babylon. Now imagine this: the greatest of emperors conquering the greatest of cities. And here’s how the ancient historian Rufus describes that triumphal entry. A large number of Babylonians had taken…
A Most Confusing Day
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel Lesson, the Palm Sunday story from John chapter 12. You may be seated. I’m confused. Now, to some of you who know me, that may not come as much of a surprise. The…
In the Name of the Lord
[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 comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Did it ever occur to you the interesting connection with Jesus riding this donkey into Jerusalem? Because the only time, other than this recorded…
Bearing Witness to the Coming King
[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 for this morning is the Gospel reading regarding Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. You may be seated. I could say amen and let you ponder what you heard with your ears and saw with your eyes to get the…
Hosanna Means ‘Save, Now!’
[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 text for this morning comes from that gospel reading. You may be seated. One crowd started here. One crowd started there. The one here was in Jerusalem, and they wanted to see this guy named Lazarus whom…
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