Sermons from 2018 (Page 2)
Waiting and Looking Forward
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the Old Testament reading from Jeremiah as the text, please be seated. People generally like to look forward to certain things: vacation, parties, births, anniversaries. And of course, this time of year, we’re…
You Don’t Vote for A King
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, we’re looking at the gospel reading for today, Jesus before Pilate, for our text. Please be seated. It’s true, I’m guilty of quoting movies and sermons and in teachings. Today is no exception. Sorry. But for…
Give thanks in the good. Give thanks in the bad.
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, be looking at the Old Testament reading for Deuteronomy as the text for the sermon. Please be seated. I think most people like to be thankful. I…
The End is Near
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, be looking at the Gospel reading for the text today. Please be seated. In public areas, sometimes people can be seen with signs and handing out brochures proclaiming, “The end is near,” warning about the coming end…
God Is Enough
[Machine transcription] Acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer. Amen. Our text for this morning comes from both the Old Testament and the Gospel lessons. You may be seated. We’ll let it pass. Ah, it’s 11 o’clock. How much do you trust God? Do you worry about your clothes, what you’re going to wear? Do you worry about your food,…
Saints Alive
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, be looking at the Revelation reading for the sermon text. Please be seated. This time of year is quite eventful in the Christian calendar. Of course, October 31st is Halloween, which does have a Christian connection because since…
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, you’re looking mostly at that epistle reading today from Romans as the text. Please be seated. In the 19th century, there were two events that greatly changed Europe. One was the bubonic plague, and the other was the…
A Rested Development
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, for the sermon today, looking at that letter to the Hebrews, please be seated. Rest. What a great word and a great concept. Rest is something we greatly enjoy, but probably too often something we don’t take enough advantage…
What must I do?
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson. Hear it again: “And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before Jesus and asked him, Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus…
A Helper Suitable For Us
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Sermon text mostly from the Old Testament lesson, but also pulling from the other two readings. Please be seated. Adam was walking around in the Garden of Eden, feeling very lonely. So God asked him, “Adam, what’s wrong?” And Adam…