Sermons
Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen, he has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Mark and Hank and Noah, to all the baptized and to all those who confess our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus, in the gospel lesson tonight, is giving his last sermon. In fact, this is the last part of his last sermon to his disciples. Right after the words that we…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] When they heard these things, they fell silent and they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also, God has granted repentance that leads to life.” Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, we are going to end up right there with that text from Acts chapter 11 that God has…
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…