Sermons by Rev. Dr. Mark S. Nuckols, Senior Pastor (Page 30)
Do Not Fear, Only Continue to Believe
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading regarding those two miracles. Faith is a very powerful thing. If we cry out to God for sustenance of that faith, His answer is always, Yes, yes, He will strengthen and sustain us. However,…
The Way of the New Covenant
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Okay, you’ve got to get ready. Only six more months until Christmas, so get out there shopping. See, that’s how they set John the Baptist’s nativity.…
We know not how, and it is a marvel
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the two parables. To all of you daddies, happy Father’s Day. What a great gift. Enjoy and enjoy your children. I met a young lady, though, who didn’t have quite as good of…
Keep Them in Thy Name
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. That hymn we just sang, eighth graders, that was for you. It was a prayer over you. But not just you. It’s also a prayer for your brothers and sisters. It was a prayer for your moms and dads. It was a prayer for your cousins and aunts…
Knowing that You are Known
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Be seated. It’s a great Sunday to celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday because of also having the great celebration of what God has done with lambs of his flock here among us, not only as a very old Lutheran school, in fact the oldest in the…
Found by the Lord
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. You may be seated. Hopefully, you’ve heard of the expression that fear does two things, the flight or fight syndrome that comes along with fear. In other words, when someone has fear welling up within them, they either shut down and kind…
He is the Serpent Lifted Up
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. One never forgets when one sees death for the very first time. Maybe it was one of your beloved pets, a dog or a cat, a parakeet, even a goldfish. Maybe it was more awe-inspiring because you saw a beloved grandparent lying cold and lifeless in…
Follow in the Procession
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Listen again. Yea, Lord, t’was thy rich bounty gave my body, soul, and all I have in this poor life of labor. Lord, grant that I in every place may glorify thy lavish grace and help and serve my neighbor. Let no false doctrine me beguile.…
The Glory That Awaits Comes Through Death
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It has been slow, but steady. It has not been abrupt. And the changes that have come almost seem to be enlightened changes, or forward-thinking changes. And not bad. In fact, encouragement to embrace these changes comes from the desire to not…
The Hidden Glory of the Gospel
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, be unto you. Amen. Can you imagine if you were given the gift of being able to take away someone’s suffering, and when you took it away from them, you could see in their countenance it being released from them? What a feeling of power. If you could take away a…