Sermons
Sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, you may be aware that today is a special day. Today is that one day, that particular day, that Sunday each year that we, if we’re smart, mark on the calendar, and we honor the one who has given us life. The one who cares for us in our…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, last week we heard from John chapter 20, the very end, where John says why he’s written all of these things down. He says, there’s many other things that Jesus did that were not written in this book, but these were written so that you would…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. Indeed, God, dear brothers and sisters in the risen Christ, especially this morning, Wyatt, as you have been made an heir of the kingdom of God, grace, mercy, and peace from God, the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now, there is a lot that we can talk about this morning, and I think given the gospel text, our…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. And dear saints, that’s a good thing for us. Because if Christ were not risen from the dead, our faith would be in vain. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we would have no hope beyond the veil of death. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we of all people are the most to be pitied.…
Sermon for Easter Vigil
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. The gospel text from Matthew printed in your bulletin is the text for Holy Saturday. That text from John 20 is the text for the Easter vigil. And it’s quite fitting that we, in fact, would think about both of them because we’re right on the cusp of this most momentous occasion. When the sun goes down on…
Sermon for Good Friday
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. On this most holy day, we see our Passover lamb led to the slaughter. So let us join Peter and the other disciple and follow the Lamb of God, set apart for this most holy sacrifice. He was oppressed and he was afflicted. He was cut off from the land of the living. In the garden, the…
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. On this night, almost 2,000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ gave His Church the sacrament of His Holy Supper. This gift that the Lord wants us to receive in faith believing in the words that he said to his disciples the very night. And about this gift, there was to be no debate…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Do Joshua and all the baptized. We rejoice today that Jesus, knowing what was going to happen, knowing that this was the week of his suffering, of his trial, of his beating, of his arrest, of his crucifixion, of his being laid in the tomb, and knowing even beyond that what lay ahead, Jesus still goes and grabs a donkey…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 5
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The plan that had been in place before the foundation of the world was quickly being brought to its completion. A speedy trial and a summary execution had made sure of that. This process that normally would have taken at least a period of days is now over at a matter of hours.…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] May God give us his grace and peace. Dear Christians, the conspiracy was underway. Easter was drawing near, and the beloved son was about to be cast out of the vineyard. The chief priest, the scribes, and the elders of the people plotted together in order to hand him over to the governor. Blinded and filled with hate, these vine dressers kept on…