Sermons (Page 15)
Sermon for Trinity Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s Church, you have just confessed it. There is one God. There is one revelation of God in the world. And there is only one way of salvation. It’s that bond that has been communicated to us. As God has communicated how He lives and works in the Godhead, God has revealed…
Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, I haven’t yet gotten in the habit of giving titles to my sermons. When I read this text, I thought I’d be real smart and come up with something creative. And so I came up with, Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit? But if you just do…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Jesus prays, “For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them, and have come to know in truth that I came from you, and have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Amen. Dear Annabelle, Dylan, Caroline, Immy, and Briley, I bow to make your good…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, at the end of his life they were publishing Luther. At the end of Luther’s life they were publishing an edition of his German works, and he wrote in the preface of that a little commentary on Psalm 119. We read or sang a few verses of Psalm 119. We…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. I am the way, the truth, and the life, says Jesus. No one comes to the Father except by me. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, this is an absolutely beautiful text. Wonderful words from our Lord Jesus. And I think, as I was thinking about it this week, that this might be the…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. This Sunday, you might often hear it referred to as Good Shepherd Sunday, and I think it’s interesting that in our gospel text, we really don’t even get to the verses that talk about the Good Shepherd himself. But to follow the…
Sermon for Ordination and Installation of Pastor Ross Davis
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed, alleluia. Dear Carrie, Sarah, William, dear brother pastors, especially Circuit Visitor Brinstead, dear family and friends of the pastor-elect, Ross Davis, dear saints of God of St. Paul Lutheran Church, dear friends of Jesus, and dear…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Jesus is risen. Hallelujah. What did they see? What did they see? There they were, these two men walking on the road to the village of Emmaus, engulfed in a deep conversation about the things that had happened. Now, with each step, they were putting more distance between themselves and Jerusalem. While they were talking and discussing these things…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground in the garden, and then he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. That was the first gift of life. Life, the gift that Adam and Eve squandered in the garden when they ate the…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” You may be seated. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. God be praised that we are gathered here as we’ve been emphasizing all week on the 1,990th anniversary of our Lord’s death and resurrection from the dead. We want to hone in on those…