Sermons (Page 4)
Sermon for the Day of Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Dear saints, our work today that the Lord has joyfully given us is to consider the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Holy Spirit that descended upon the upper room those 1,992 years ago today. That Holy Spirit who descended and gave the apostles—who, even though they had seen…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] May God grant us His grace and peace. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, why are you here? What brings you to this church on Sunday mornings? What are you here for? The Lord Jesus gets at the heart of this question in this beautiful prayer that He offered right before being arrested and crucified. And St. John wrote it down for us in…
Sermon for the Ascension of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] While they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into heaven? This Jesus who has taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way you saw him go into heaven.” Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. In the name of Jesus. Amen. You may be seated.…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen, he has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Mark and Hank and Noah, to all the baptized and to all those who confess our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus, in the gospel lesson tonight, is giving his last sermon. In fact, this is the last part of his last sermon to his disciples. Right after the words that we…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] When they heard these things, they fell silent and they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also, God has granted repentance that leads to life.” Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, we are going to end up right there with that text from Acts chapter 11 that God has…
Sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, you may be aware that today is a special day. Today is that one day, that particular day, that Sunday each year that we, if we’re smart, mark on the calendar, and we honor the one who has given us life. The one who cares for us in our…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, last week we heard from John chapter 20, the very end, where John says why he’s written all of these things down. He says, there’s many other things that Jesus did that were not written in this book, but these were written so that you would…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. Indeed, God, dear brothers and sisters in the risen Christ, especially this morning, Wyatt, as you have been made an heir of the kingdom of God, grace, mercy, and peace from God, the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now, there is a lot that we can talk about this morning, and I think given the gospel text, our…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. And dear saints, that’s a good thing for us. Because if Christ were not risen from the dead, our faith would be in vain. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we would have no hope beyond the veil of death. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we of all people are the most to be pitied.…
Sermon for Easter Vigil
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. The gospel text from Matthew printed in your bulletin is the text for Holy Saturday. That text from John 20 is the text for the Easter vigil. And it’s quite fitting that we, in fact, would think about both of them because we’re right on the cusp of this most momentous occasion. When the sun goes down on…