Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, two things to reflect on this morning from the text. The first is this: the devil really hates you. And the second is that Jesus loves to hear this prayer, “I believe, Lord help my unbelief.” In fact, I think that’s probably the reason why Mark gives us this account and the Holy Spirit…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ’s Church, before us today in the Holy Gospel is this parable. The title of the parable is called The Laborers in the Vineyard. To truly understand what Jesus is trying to convey to His disciples in this text,…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, we’ve heard the voice of the prophets, especially today the prophet Habakkuk. We’ve heard the voice of the apostles, especially today the voice of Saint Paul writing to Timothy. We’ve heard the voice of Jesus in the gospel commanding us to forgive, and even after we’ve forgiven, to…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And Jesus took a little child and put him in the midst of them. And taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. We’re moving from the first time that Jesus told His disciples that he had to die to the second time that Jesus told…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, the text takes us back 1,987 years and a few months to a debate between Jesus and the scribes and the Pharisees in the temple in Jerusalem. You guys can say to me, now Pastor, don’t we have enough debates now to worry about? I mean, aren’t there enough debates happening at this very moment…
Unworthy Servants
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, pay attention to yourself. If your brother sins, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, what matters most is not what you think, but what God thinks. What matters most is not what you think about God, but what God thinks about you. And what matters most is not what…
The Power of What You Say
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Text today looking at that epistle lesson from the letter of James. Please be seated. And that passage from James may be somewhat familiar. Talking about the tongue and how it can be a very powerful thing. What people say can be very powerful, either…
Submission to Authority
[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 primarily comes from the parable of Jesus’ words, but application drawn from both Ezekiel and from Paul’s letter to the Philippians. You may be seated. They are the first four words of…
Find Me, O Lord
[Machine transcription] Making the poor sound guy. There we go. Okay, we’ll go from over here. Okay, so the sheep parable is very interesting. The one that the kids sang about and the one that you heard read to you. Because none of you, not any one of you, have ever experienced this in your life. Because if you’re like me and your family was like my family,…
Always Ask
[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 the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Though it is thought that Abraham Lincoln said this statement, it applied directly to the Twelve this morning. And that statement…