Pentecost

Pentecost

Sermon for Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, and especially to the dear confirmands, I want to see if I can find you. Ashley, Christian, Allie, I think I saw, there’s Allie. Bailey, I’m preaching to you guys, there’s Bailey. Kay, I saw Kay. Caroline, and you, Yang. We rejoice together with you that you will confess the Lord’s…

Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit?

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, I haven’t yet gotten in the habit of giving titles to my sermons. And when I read this text, I thought I’d be real smart and come up with something creative. And so I came up with, Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit? But if you just…

Sermon for Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, Jesus says to the disciples, it is to your advantage that I would go away. Again, we wouldn’t believe it unless the Lord had said it and it was written down, inspired by God the Holy Spirit, but how could it possibly be? To our advantage that Jesus has gone away. Wouldn’t it be better if Jesus…

Sermon for Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Abby and Porter, dear Levi, and Tino, where are you Tino? There you are. William, Grace, where’s Grace? Charlie, Taya, where did Taya go? Ah, there’s Taya. Dear Peyton, dear family and friends of the Comfirmands, and dear friends of Jesus. God be praised for the gift of His Word and the body and blood of…

Sermon for Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ has ascended and seated at the right hand of the Father, and Christ has sent forth his Holy Spirit as he promised. Now this is good. In fact, Jesus has been telling his disciples and us for the last few weeks and right before his crucifixion that it’s…

Communication: Broken and Restored

[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. This morning’s meditation draws from all three readings that we read this morning. You may be seated. The ability to communicate, I would say, is an important aspect of being a human being. We need to communicate…