Sermons (Page 16)
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…
Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. It’s here. School is finally here. It’s upon us. And it’s interesting, when I talk to the children and to the young adults that are now in high school, I ask them, “Are you ready?” Some will say, “Yes, I’m…
Sermon for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grant now that the words of my mouth and the meditation of all our hearts are pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, first of all, I would like to bring greetings and God’s blessings from the India Evangelical Lutheran…
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…