Sermons by Rev. Dr. Mark S. Nuckols, Senior Pastor (Page 23)
Crucifixion, Then Glory
[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 is the gospel reading where crucifixion comes before glory. Throughout the months of summer up until last Sunday, we were using Divine Service setting four. And one of the repeated phrases that was…
The Goal Is Reconciliation
[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 where the goal is reconciliation, how we love one another. Our parish family is of such a size that it’s easy for us to recognize faces that we’ve seen here…
The Price of the Soul
[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 comes from the Gospel reading about the price of the soul. You may be seated. Some of you have already faced in your life some very difficult revelations given to you or very painful revelations by a…
Judge by the Word of God
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace of God our Father and of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the texts are from both of the gospel readings, first from John, then from Luke, regarding Bartholomew. So yes, contrary to what you may have thought, Bartholomew is the same as Nathanael. Nathanael, of course, is what John used, but…
The Compassion of Feeding Souls
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the feeding of the 5,000. You’re very familiar with the feeding of the 5,000, I’m sure. But did you notice the very first few sentences of…
True Treasure
[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 is the parables that Jesus spoke, and the Old Testament and the Epistle give them great illumination. You may be seated. Some of you may have four, maybe even five generations of…
Growing Together by God’s Will
[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 is from the Gospel reading, the continuation of the parables in Matthew’s Gospel. You may be seated. Truly, one of the most difficult things that you or I learned—well, I guess…
It Shall Accomplish My Purpose
[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 as it has been carved in the front of our pulpit about the parable of the seed and the sowers. May be seated. He who has ears, let him hear. Our Lord…
Learn From 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. It was St. Augustine, somewhere between the late 300s and early 400s A.D., who said this: “You, O God, have created us for…
God Makes No Distinction
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the first reading, the 15th chapter of the book of Acts. You may be seated. Peter and Paul, as you know, were not perfect men. The scriptures record their sins very…