Sermons from November 2019
Lord, Have Mercy
[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, the healing of the lepers, please be seated. And especially on Thanksgiving, when this Gospel lesson is read, the usual focus is on the one thankful leper, fitting with the Thanksgiving theme. But my focus tonight, I want to look at that request that the lepers made of Jesus, “Lord,…
I.N.R.I.
[Machine transcription] The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, there are glimpses of the throne of Jesus throughout the…
The End is Not Yet
[Machine transcription] You will be hated by all for my name’s sake, but not a hair of your head will perish. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, at the end of the church year, we consider what we say every day in the Creed. I believe that Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. We say it all the time, but we want to…
The God of the Living
[Machine transcription] He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, Jesus is in the temple on this Holy Tuesday. This text from Luke chapter 20 is from the last public teaching of Jesus, the Tuesday before His death on Friday. And He’s there in the temple, and He’s being…
Dressed in White
[Machine transcription] For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. He will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, today we celebrate All Saints Day, November 1st, the closest Sunday after Spirit, which is a day to remember and really to…