Sermons from July 2023

Sermons from July 2023

Sermon for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? You may be seated. Dear saints, I suspect that many of you have some of those verses and words from St. Paul in the Epistle Lesson, Romans chapter 8, as your confirmation verses. Or if not, as verses that you’ve memorized as a child, verses that you’ve clung to throughout your life. This is…

Sermon for Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we consider today the Epistle lesson from Romans chapter 8, the words of God through the Apostle Paul, talking about our suffering as Christians. It is, and here’s a way into the text, at least. This is the text that I will use when I get the question from the compramands, Pastor, why do animals…

Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, let us pray. Blessed Lord, since you have caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. Through Jesus Christ, your…

Sermon for Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] Jesus says, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. In the name of Jesus, amen. In this morning’s Gospel reading, Jesus is walking from town to town in Galilee. He’s preaching and he’s teaching. And then all of a sudden, he stops. And in the presence of everyone around him, he says a brief prayer.…

Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, we today hear the end of Matthew chapter 10. We’ve been hearing from Matthew chapter 10 for the last three or four weeks this preaching of Jesus where he was sending his disciples out to preach the kingdom. He was sending them ahead of him so that they would prepare the way that he was going and he was…