Sermons (Page 13)
Sermon for Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Amen. Please…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment, and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?” And he was speechless. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear saints, the wedding garment seems to be the main focus of this parable of our Lord…
Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus says the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but when it falls on anyone it will crush him. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, there are a number of beautiful pictures all throughout the scriptures of the church, and the descriptions are of how the Lord is and how we are with Him. Just to take an…
Sermon for St Michael and All Angels
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Culture and society often produce sweet and cute images of angels. Hallmark, Etsy, precious moments, they all do their part in this. And there’s fondness for guardian angels, and having guardian angel pins and little plaques on dashboards of…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ’s Church, before us today in the Holy Gospel is this parable. The title of the parable is called The Laborers in the Vineyard. To truly understand what Jesus is trying to convey to His disciples in this text,…
Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. To Charlotte and all the baptized, these words from Psalm 103 are how the Lord clothes us in his righteousness and forgives all of our sins. He does not deal, this is what the verses say, he does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities; for as high as the heavens are above the…
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, there is a Latin phrase that you learn at seminary that is, I think, helpful this morning. The phrase is *satis doctrinae*, and it basically means the seat of doctrine, or the place where the Bible teaches clearly a certain thing. You know how in the catechism it’ll have a question and then an answer…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, last week Pastor Wolf-Muller preached on this confession of St. Peter, and as I was listening a couple of times, he mentioned the disappointed gospel reading, this one from St. Matthew. Well, you shouldn’t really read it or preach it or…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Blessed are you, says Jesus to Peter, blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father, who is in heaven, and I tell you, you’re Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Amen. Dear saints of God, we have this…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, if I’ve learned something as a pastor, I’ve learned that it is often more difficult to watch someone suffer than to suffer yourself. There’s a prayer that comes from those who are suffering: it’s this, “Lord, help me.” But the prayer that comes from those who are…