Sermons (Page 19)
Sermon for Reformation Sunday
[Machine transcription] Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Harrison, and all the baptized, I want to begin today by meditating and thinking carefully about the law of God, and what the law…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus told the parable to some who trusted themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we should not live like beasts and act like animals. We should endeavor to be good people. But everybody knows that. Every religion and every philosophy in the world says that…
Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] So Jacob called the name of the place Piniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been spared. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, Jacob is 91 years old in the text, 91. That makes his brother Esau also 91; they were twins, remember? And they had been at it for 91 years. Here’s the back…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Please be seated. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. So this morning I want to attempt what is probably a vicar mistake. I want to touch on each of the three readings appointed for this 18th Sunday…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, we’ve heard the voice of the prophets, especially today the prophet Habakkuk. We’ve heard the voice of the apostles, especially today the voice of Saint Paul writing to Timothy. We’ve heard the voice of Jesus in the gospel commanding us to forgive, and even after we’ve forgiven, to…
Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, it is appointed for man once to die and then to be judged. That is a fearful proposition, especially as we consider that we are sinners and that we have deserved the Lord’s judgment, that we’ve earned it, that we have by our breaking of God’s commandments made ourselves worthy of hell and…
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen. Dear baptized believers in Christ’s Church, after hearing the gospel lesson this morning with the Master and the Manager, is God giving to His disciples and giving to you and me permission to be dishonest in the management of the things that He…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Did you hear in today’s Old Testament reading how much God talks about himself? I am the Lord. Behold, I, I myself, and I myself, and I myself am going to do all these things. I’ll do it. It’s all a little much, isn’t it? It’s as if…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear James and Noriko, dear Harrison, dear Blair and Tina, dear Andrea and Suzanne, dear saints of God, Jesus has a hard word for us today. He says, unless you hate, hate your father and your mother, your wife and your children, your brothers and sisters, your own life, you cannot be my disciple. What about love?…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. It’s the Sabbath day and Jesus is invited out to dinner by some Pharisees, and they were watching him very closely because to this dinner they had also conveniently invited a man who was sick. They sat him there right next to Jesus as if this was going to be a temptation. Now here’s what the Pharisees knew.…