Sermons by Rev. Richard Mittwede (Page 8)
Finding Jesus
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Please be seated. I found Jesus. Oftentimes, you hear this from people who were in a deep low in their life. Something like maybe a near-death situation, loss of a lot of finances or material possessions, or maybe they even ended up in jail. In the…
Great Expectations
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. So what are we doing here on a perfectly good New Year’s Eve? Aren’t there better things to do on such a night? There must be a party somewhere to go to. Or go down to Lady Bird Lake for the concert and the fireworks. Or at least be…
Making Common Uncommon
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Sermon text looking at John chapter 6 today, especially about bread. Bread is such a common thing. Most cultures use bread in some form, but here in the United States, bread is very common. It’s even got its own aisle in the grocery store, and…
Boasting in Weakness
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Text today, looking at St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians that was the epistle lesson today. I don’t think anybody likes to be weak. Nobody boasts about their weaknesses. Nobody goes around saying, “I’m the weakest player on…
No Other Name
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text today is from the gospel, the confession of St. Peter. Please be seated. There are some questions in life that I really don’t like to answer. Maybe you have some of those too. And for me, it’s not personal type questions. Those are…
No Need to Doubt
[Machine transcription] Jesus Christ, Amen. There were three pastors who went fishing one day. Two of them were older, experienced pastors. The other was a very young, inexperienced, fresh out of the seminary pastor. Well, they got into their boat and they went out into the lake and they got out there and realized, ah, we forgot the bait. So one of the older pastors…