Sermons (Page 2)
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 6
[Machine transcription] It is finished. That’s usually good to say or hear after completing a project, or paying off a debt, doing your taxes, or some other stressful chore. For my college students that I work with, it’s long papers, final exams, or just the end of a semester. but it is finished doesn’t seem good for Jesus to say he’s dying his…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 5
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the fifth words on the cross that Jesus spoke were two. I thirst. You may be asking yourself, why with all the other phrases, all the words that have just evidence of why they were said, why would Jesus say, I thirst upon the cross? Coming after, my God, my God, why hath Thou forsaken…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 4
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Doesn’t it seem utterly shocking, surprising, and unexpected that the Son of God would be forsaken by the Father on the cross? Here, the sinless Son of God is abandoned, accursed, condemned. end. What could be more shocking than this? And yet it should not be surprising…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 3
[Machine transcription] I invite you to stand for prayer. Lamb of God, pure and holy, who on the cross didst suffer, ever patient and lowly, thyself to scorn didst offer, all sins thou borest for us, else had despair reigned o’er us. Have mercy on us, O Jesus, O Jesus, Amen. And listen one more time, please, to the third word of Christ from the cross. John chapter…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 2
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And he said to him, truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. There’s an anonymous poem from the ancient church, popular among Aramaic-speaking Christians in the Middle East, that tries to tease out the…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 1
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Jesus’ first words from the cross are an inaccessory prayer given up to his Father, but who were these words meant for? Was Jesus crying out on behalf of the Roman soldiers, the ones who flogged him mercilessly, who mocked and ridiculed him and then drove the nails into…
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. I’m not entirely sure how long this has been going on, but in recent years it seems like there’s been this fascination among certain groups of Christians with the observance of a Passover meal. And maybe you’ve got friends who do this, and maybe you’ve…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. To Holland and to all the baptized, you have a different kind of king. A king is put into office and we call that their coronation or their exaltation. And that’s exactly what our Lord Jesus is talking about in the gospel lesson today in John…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus and his disciples are not on the same page. In fact, in the Gospel reading, they’re headed in opposite directions. Their minds are on opposite things. Jesus is leading them into Jerusalem, but it even says that the disciples are hanging back and they’re afraid. They know what’s…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 4
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God, our Father and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The drama that is before us this evening is a debate which can be described as a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public assembly for all to hear the opposing arguments as they are presented. The focus of this particular debate was, who is…
