Sermons (Page 28)
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, you lack one thing. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, this is a beautiful but difficult text that we have in the Gospel of Mark chapter 10, as we continue to read through the Gospels. I have two things that I want to give you by way of preface to warm up to the…
Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Jesus is reflecting this morning for us on his gift of marriage. The Pharisees came and asked him, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” And Jesus asks what Moses has written. Then…
Sermon for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, I think this morning we might be best served to walk through this Gospel reading a little bit slowly and take a look at a few of the things that Jesus is getting after. And then we want to come back and try to understand what…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And Jesus took a little child and put him in the midst of them. And taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. We’re moving from the first time that Jesus told His disciples that he had to die to the second time that Jesus told…
Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Dear Ariel, when Jesus was baptized, God the Father spoke from heaven and said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And when you are baptized just now, when the Holy Spirit gives you the washing of rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit and calls…
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, when I was asking the vicar this morning for sermon help, he said that I should unravel the James 2 passage. I wanted to preach on the gospel, so I figure we’ll do a little bit of both,…
Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God the Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. In the church where I grew up, there would be an assembly every Sunday morning before children were dismissed to their Sunday school classes. The Sunday school superintendent would conduct a short devotion consisting of scripture and prayer. The whole…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints of God, wives, submit to your husbands. Husbands, love your wives. This is the wisdom from St. Paul, and we want to consider it this morning. Paul begins his table of duties, how we are to live as Christians in this fallen world. But let’s take a couple of steps back, and then we’ll get a bit of a…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel reading from the book of John, Gospel of John, which was just read. In the name of Jesus, amen. The people listening to Jesus are confused, and they ask, “How can this man give us his…
Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Our text for this morning’s sermon is the gospel reading from the book of John that was just read. In the name of Jesus, amen. During World War II, the Nazis forced many 12- and 13-year-old boys to join the junior Gestapo. They were treated…