Sermons (Page 18)
Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] I don’t know how it is, dear saints, in your mind when you picture the baptism of Jesus, but I always think of John the Baptist, this old, grisly man with his big, gray beard and crazy hair standing there in the middle of the Jordan River. I have to remember that he was only 30 years old, maybe 31. Jesus was 30. And Jesus comes down to him as…
Sermon for the Epiphany of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, a blessed epiphany to you as we celebrate how the Lord Jesus reveals himself also to the Gentiles. And we remember tonight how the Lord sent the wise men from the east to find the child Jesus in the home in Bethlehem and fall down and worship him. Now, this story, this biblical history, has always, to me,…
Sermon for First Sunday after Christmas
[Machine transcription] Rise and take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s Church, Happy New Year! But what is happiness? Where do you find happiness? The unbelieving world has already moved on past the…
Sermon for Christmas Day
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Merry Christmas, dear saints, and may God grant us in this Christmastide, in this feast of the Lord’s incarnation, his joy and his peace. Especially dear Maddox, the baptized, it was about 2,024 years ago that Jesus was your size. Can you imagine that? He was held in the hands of his mother Mary; his stepfather…
Sermon for Christmas Eve
[Machine transcription] The angel said to them, “Fear not, behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all people.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, Merry Christmas and happy, as far as I can tell, the 2024th anniversary of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh, who has gathered us here so that we…
Sermon for Advent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. You may be seated. How can this be? Where’s the proof? During this Advent season, the focus has been on how the Lord has worked in and through certain apostles. Tonight’s apostle focus will be on Saint Thomas. Saint Thomas the misunderstood. St. Thomas, the man on a mission, St. Thomas, the missing link, St.…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, the problem is bigger than you think and the solution is smaller than you think. That’s what I want to talk about today. But I want to look at the text to get there. Matthew chapter 1 is an amazing, amazing text, an amazing bit of history of salvation. It’s when already Mary, the mother of our…
Sermon for Advent Midweek 3
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick, go and learn what this means. I desire mercy and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Please be seated. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. As Pastor mentioned in his opening, we continue with our…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen none, no one greater than John the Baptist, yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” Please be seated. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. So imagine that you’re a Galilean, and…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Advent
[Machine transcription] In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea saying, “Repent.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, this is the first word and perhaps the best summary of the preaching of John the Baptist. Repent! The kingdom of heaven is at hand. And then Matthew tells us, Mark and Luke too,…