Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. When at the first wedding ceremony in this world’s history, the Lord God himself led the bride to the altar and gave her to her bridegroom, there was nothing but joy. This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, Adam exclaimed. There was his newly wedded wife,…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment, and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?” And he was speechless. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear saints, the wedding garment seems to be the main focus of this parable of our Lord…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus told the parable to some who trusted themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we should not live like beasts and act like animals. We should endeavor to be good people. But everybody knows that. Every religion and every philosophy in the world says that…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, you lack one thing. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, this is a beautiful but difficult text that we have in the Gospel of Mark chapter 10, as we continue to read through the Gospels. I have two things that I want to give you by way of preface to warm up to the…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, let’s talk about politics. I know, I didn’t bring it up, the Pharisees did. They came to trap Jesus. It’s Holy Tuesday, remember, the last public day of Jesus’ teaching, and they thought they had him. They thought they had him trapped. They had this whole big plot to get him to…
A Helper Suitable For Us
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Sermon text mostly from the Old Testament lesson, but also pulling from the other two readings. Please be seated. Adam was walking around in the Garden of Eden, feeling very lonely. So God asked him, “Adam, what’s wrong?” And Adam…
Whose Likeness Is This?
[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. Now rightly so, can we fault these goofy Herodians and faithless Pharisees in what they were trying to do with Jesus and twist His words and dishonor…
Living By Faith
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. One of the first prayers you ever memorized, without even realizing it, especially if you grew up in the church, is the Lord’s…
You Have One Thing
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon 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. For those of you who are parents, this young man would be the kind of young man, if he were your son, that the buttons on your shirt…