Sermons from September 2020
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, the text takes us back 1,987 years and a few months to a debate between Jesus and the scribes and the Pharisees in the temple in Jerusalem. You guys can say to me, now Pastor, don’t we have enough debates now to worry about? I mean, aren’t there enough debates happening at this very moment…
It’s Not Fair!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. There’s a lot of talk today about justice and equality and fairness in the public arena. And people can be very quick to point out injustice and inequality and unfairness. Take the parable in the gospel reading for today, where five different…
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, the Lord Jesus Christ gave to Peter the keys of the kingdom and says, whatever you bind is bound, whatever you loose is loose. Jesus extended that gift to the church earlier in Matthew chapter 18. He says, whatever you all bind is bound, and whatever you loose is loose. And so Peter is thinking about…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, Saint Paul writes in Romans chapter 10, verse 4, these words: “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” The law of God was not given so that we could keep it and be right before God. That’s a futile dream, the ultimate failure to understand…