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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. 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…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, here is the situation that Paul wants to set before us this morning in the Epistle lesson. He talks about what it is to be a slave, either of sin or of righteousness. Those are really the only two options. And here’s the idea. Ever since the fall, Adam and Eve in the garden, when they took the fruit…
Sermon for Third Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more now that we are reconciled shall we be saved by His life. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Della and the baptized, St. Paul is interested in this chapter 5 of Ephesians to let us know. So, to remind us, maybe even to impress upon us, how…
Sermon for St Barnabas
[Machine transcription] When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith. Please be seated. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So if you’re asking yourself this…
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…