Second Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Second Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] He looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored in the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s church, there was a religious establishment in place when our Lord Jesus came onto the scene when he…
Sermon for Second Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. The Holy Scriptures remind us that we, Christians, are surrounded by enemies on every side: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The Old Testament and New Testament remind us that the devil and his demons are after the Lord’s people. And especially, we see this in the Gospel, more than in the Old Testament and in…
Sermon for Second Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, we constantly face judgment, and I want to put these two things in contrast with one another: the judgment of the world and the judgment of the Lord. Now, Paul, if you could – I’d like you guys to maybe look at the Scriptures that we’re looking at, so I’m on page 5 for the Epistle…
Sermon for Second Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, we have this beautiful text today, the gospel according to Saint Matthew, chapter 9 and 10, and especially the sending that Jesus does of his disciples out into the cities before him to preach the gospel, the coming of the kingdom of God, to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cast out demons.…
Born of a Woman
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at Paul’s letter to the Galatians for the text today, please be seated. And kind of actually, I’m only looking at three words from Paul’s reading today. There are some parts of the Bible that seem to be…
His Gift of the Sabbath
[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 Old Testament reading. You may be seated. So, what day of the week is the Sabbath? The day of the week that really is the Sabbath is Saturday. So the whole reason we don’t worship…
Keep the Faith and Spread the Faith
[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. Our text for this morning is drawn from the Old Testament and Gospel lessons. You may be seated. What is God’s nature? What is his character? What is God like? Can we know? What are you and I like? What’s our…
The Faith of a Soldier
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, the text this morning comes from the gospel reading, The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant. You may be seated. Last Sunday, Jesus said a very powerful statement, and it was not believed upon by the…
A Unified House
[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, the text for this morning comes from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, the epistle reading. You may be seated. Though you witness change and decay, do not lose heart. Though your outer nature is wasting away, do…
Christ’s Peace Comes
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The hymn that we just sang has a call act right after. And the main prayer of that call act goes like this: Grant us courage to take up our cross daily and follow Him wherever He leads. This morning’s Gospel reading is one of those…