Sermons (Page 102)
Who Is With You?
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Some time in your past, you’ve probably had the following discussion. It might’ve been just with a friend or two, or maybe it was a game you played at a party. Maybe it was an activity you did at a team-building event at work or school. The situation begins something like…
Be Freed From the Cares of the World
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Sisters and brothers in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. “Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions,” and all of you, in hearing that Gospel proclaimed, the obvious is “possessions.” But the mere concern for possessions…
The Perfect Relationship
The words from the Old Testament Reading and Holy Gospel appointed for today have a very familiar ring to them. Perhaps better said, a double ring. You see, these words that the Holy Spirit gave Moses to write in Genesis 2 and as He inspired St. Mark to pen in his Gospel account, together with a passage from Ephesians 5, are among the recommended readings from Holy…
And This Is God’s Will
Brothers and sisters in Christ, friends and family members of Brianna, Julie and Allen. The text to celebrate the life, but more importantly, the faith in which Brianna died comes from that Gospel reading, especially this verse: “For this is the will of my Father that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on…
Rejoice that Your Names are Written in Heaven
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading, but, of course, the theme for the day is St. Michael and All Angels. We know that sometime during those first six 24-hour days in which our Lord created everything that we can…
The Wisdom of Humility
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. My father is a wise guy. No, I don’t mean that he’s part of an organized crime family. Nor is he one of those constant smart-alecks we all find annoying, although he’s always been rather witty and quick with a quip to suit the occasion. What I mean is that he has a…
Continually Inviting
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from that Gospel reading. Complacency kills. One of the most sorrow-filled times as a chaplain in Iraq was seeing how soldiers who’d begun to become complacent weren’t checking their weapons as they…
On Your Side
Some of you may remember the radio and television ad campaign from several years ago for a company called Nationwide Insurance. With all the shakeups, mergers, and failures in that industry in recent years, I’m not sure they’re even in business today, or at least operating under the same name. Like any human creation, companies come and companies go. Cars and houses,…
Cleanliness is NOT next to Godliness
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Beloved in the Lord! The text from this morning comes from the Gospel reading. A man who had spent 45 years in the office of pastor, preaching and proclaiming faithfully. I was introduced to him when I first got out of the Seminary. He was in our circuit. Watching this man…
Finding the Gospel
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “This is the Gospel of the Lord.” We all heard Pastor Nuckols declare that a short time ago, following the reading from the 7th chapter of St. Mark. And we all responded by saying, “Praise to you, O Christ.” This is the Gospel of the Lord, huh? Is it, really? Maybe it’s…