Sermons by Rev. Dr. Mark S. Nuckols, Senior Pastor (Page 10)
Your Calling
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. If there was ever a place that Jesus preached and taught and performed miracles that had any similarity to this area known as the greater Austin…
United With Him
[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, this text for today comes from the Epistle reading and from the Gospel reading. Everything that happened at that moment on the Jordan River, everything in that entire event was filled with sin. Except one, our…
Putting My Name Upon You
[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 all three texts that are used this morning. You may be seated. Probably one of the Sundays that you won’t forget because it’s most of the shortest readings ever. The Gospel…
In Quietness and in Trust
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this evening comes from the Old Testament reading, the prophet Isaiah. You remember from high school, in the concept or the subject of physics, the measurement of change is always defined by time—miles per hour and so forth. When a baby…
Grace upon Grace
[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 of St. John. You may be seated. The verse in the hymn that we just finished singing that really captures the concept: “…the light eternal, breaking through,…
The Sign IS the Baby
[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 of Christ’s birth being foretold. You may be seated. Merry Christmas to you. The text talks about a very sinful man who had a very sinful desire to raise taxes. And…
The Virgin Shall Conceive
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace 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. If you grew up in the church as a little boy or little girl, you memorized bits and pieces of the Christmas story from St. Luke. Amen. About the governor…
What Do You Hear and See?
[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. Our Lord made a very interesting comment, and he made it to John’s disciples before they went back to talk to John. And you’ve got to…
Prepare the Way of the Lord!
[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. You gotta come hear this new preacher. And that’s how it all began. Word went out about John the Baptist and his amazing…
You Will See the Distinction
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father. From our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Old Testament reading, the prophet Malachi’s proclamation. You may be seated. To set the stage for the sermon and to give meaning to the concept that occurs in the…