Third Sunday of Easter
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] See my hands and feet in the name of Jesus, amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, as you bask in the Easter light, the grace and mercy and peace of he who has risen be with each and every one of you. Jesus is risen. That’s easy for us to say. You and I have had centuries where the revelation of Jesus standing before his disciples alive has…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Jesus is risen. Hallelujah. What did they see? What did they see? There they were, these two men walking on the road to the village of Emmaus, engulfed in a deep conversation about the things that had happened. Now, with each step, they were putting more distance between themselves and Jerusalem. While they were talking and discussing these things…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. I want to look at the first lesson and the epistle this morning, and I’ll tell you why in just a little bit, but we can’t – we just simply can’t skip the gospel. So I’m going to just give you a couple of hints at the gospel in the hopes that as…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I’m going to be referring mostly to the first reading from the Book of Acts today. Maybe you’ve noticed or not that during the Easter season there are no readings from the Old Testament. It’s always from the Book of Acts instead. And…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, a few words about this text, The Road to Emmaus, and then a few, maybe really one reflection on what Jesus is doing for us here in the text. The text takes us back to the very first Easter Sunday. The women had gone to the tomb, heard from the angels, and come…
Paul – from Prosecutor to Apostle
[Machine transcription] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at that first reading from the book of Acts, the conversion of St. Paul, for the lesson, please be seated. Wow, a church named after me. Interesting. My name, first of all, was Saul, but anyway, there I was, minding my own business and taking a little trip to Damascus. Well, okay, I…
He Opens Your Mind
[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 Sunday and Easter comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. It is in this morning’s text where Jesus is said to have opened their minds. Now the people about which Jesus that was said…
Their Eyes Were Opened
[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, the text comes from the Gospel reading of St. Luke. You may be seated. We’re jumping in with both feet, so look at the text. Two verses, verse 16 and verse 31. Verse 16 and verse 31. In verse 16, the text says their…
A Foretaste of the Feast to Come!
[Machine transcription] Grace, peace, and mercy be to you from God our Father, from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Today’s sermon text is the gospel read earlier. Please be seated. Well, has it happened yet? Just two weeks ago, we joined in singing those victorious and glorious Easter hymns. We rejoice that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.…
Old Jesus; New Jesus; One Jesus… For You
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed; Alleluia!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Here’s a pop quiz for you. Don’t worry, it’s only one question. I’m even going to give you the potential answers. Your choices are Old Testament and New Testament. Ready for the question? The Bible says that…
