Sermons from November 2022
Sermon for Advent Midweek 1 — St Andrew
[Machine transcription] One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah.” Be seated please. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. As Pastor had mentioned in his welcoming, today is the feast of St.…
Sermon for First Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. You may be seated. Dear Novak, the baptized, and to all the Lord’s baptized children, we rejoice that our Lord Jesus Christ tells us that he is coming in glory to judge the living and the dead. But why do we have that text today? The first Sunday of the church year, the first…
Sermon for Last Sunday of the Church Year
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s church, today is the last Sunday of the church year. In the various seasons through this past 12 months, we have focused on the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,…
Sermon for Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, one time I saw a bumper sticker that said, “Jesus is coming, look busy.” That is the wrong idea. Why does Jesus let us know that He’s coming again in glory? To frighten us? To make us live our days in terror and…
Sermon for All Saints Sunday
[Machine transcription] See what kind of love the Father has given to us that we should be called the children of God. You may be seated. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, dear Saints of God, when we hear that word, when you hear that word, what do you think of? Saint. There’s a lot of things that we could think of, a lot of…