Sermons by Rev. Dr. Mark S. Nuckols, Senior Pastor (Page 16)
He Came To His Own
[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, on this glorious Christmas morn, the text is the gospel reading you’ve heard. You may be seated. Merry Christmas. Try not to laugh. There he slept, all snuggled up in his swaddling cloths, his little…
No Place For Him
[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 evening comes from that gospel reading, especially the words, “no place for him.” You may be seated. Merry Christmas, and welcome home to where Jesus has always been given to…
He Shall Be Their Peace
[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 for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Every year on the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are always introduced to Mary, one of the more important figures in the birth of our…
The Purpose of God for You
[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. So allow your life to have uncertainty or allow your life not to have the comfort zone it once had. And the question arises then in…
Return to Me
[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. Every year at the second Sunday of Advent, there is introduced to you and to me a remarkable character named John the Baptizer. Now…
His Words Give Strength and are Near
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be unto you. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. Bless you. We begin Advent this season, and Advent is a time of waiting for Jesus’ coming. In fact, the Latin word Advent means coming. But if you listen…
Stay Awake
[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’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Everyone in every generation has had the lesson of the fig tree portrayed to them. If you heard in the Gospel…
Contribute Out Of Your Wealth
[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. This is the third to last Sunday in the church year. And as you heard the choir sing about watch, for we do not know that hour or that…
They Shall Be Comforted
[Machine transcription] Praise, mercy, and peace of God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear fellow saints in Christ, you who have been baptized and believe in our Lord Jesus, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading of our Lord’s lips, the Sermon on the Mount. You may be seated. There is a fad that is growing in America,…
498 and Counting
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. On this celebration of Reformation, we follow the text that the Gospel reading has given us for the proclamation this morning. You may be seated. All he wanted to do was to get a debate or discussion going on some very important theological points.…