Sermons from 2020
Sermon for First Sunday of Christmas
[Machine transcription] Simeon took up the child Jesus in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word.” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, I think the first time I was able to connect a liturgical dot, it was with this song of Simeon, which we sing after the…
Sermon for Christmas Day
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, Merry Christmas, and God be praised that we are here this day to sing the praises of Jesus and to meditate on this great mystery, His incarnation in the flesh. It’s stunning to imagine that the Lord’s humiliation is still too high for us to contemplate. Now, I don’t know, as we heard from…
Four Sermons for Christmas Eve
[Machine transcription] And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, Merry Christmas, and God be praised for this glorious day, where we hear of and rejoice in the incarnation and birth of our Lord…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, rejoice, Emmanuel will come to you. We rejoice particularly this morning in hearing the sermon that the angel preaches to Mary. Gabriel was sent from heaven to reveal to Mary what was going to happen to her and what it meant. In fact, this sermon that Gabriel preaches to Mary is quite stunning in its…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Please be seated. During the Advent and Christmas seasons, we hear a lot from the prophet Isaiah. Especially we hear about his prophecies about the coming Messiah, the chosen, anointed one of God to come into our world to free it from the oppression…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sin. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, two quick things this morning. Well, maybe not too quick. Number one, repentance is readiness, and then number two,…
Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, the pressure’s on for you guys when the sermon is about staying awake. Jesus wants us to be ready for the last day. His business of staying awake is not a matter of not sleeping; that’s not the point. But being alert, being ready, and in a particular way, the Lord is calling us to a particular…
Sermon for Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, we come to the final part of Jesus’ sermon, preparing us for the last day. But it seems like Jesus wants us to be less interested about the last day, and more interested in our neighbor. This is an amazing thing. I mean, it’s first amazing that Jesus is here on Holy Tuesday, talking to his…
Sermon for Second-to-Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, last week in the parable of the ten virgins, Jesus would have us set our eyes on the coming day of judgment and to be ready for that day, to know that he is the bridegroom who is delayed, and to be ready for the wait with faith…
Sermon for Third-to-Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, woe to you who desire the day of the Lord. That’s what Amos says. Why would you have the day of the Lord? It’s darkness, not light. As if a man fled from a lion and ran into a bear, and then escaped the bear and ran into…