Sermons (Page 46)
A Miraculous Change
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, you’re looking at that gospel reading, the miracle of changing water to wine for our text. Please be seated. There was a picture going around the Internet of a grocery store wine aisle, but the sign that was advertising…
Intertwined with Christ
[Machine transcription] May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel and the Epistle lessons, especially these words from Romans 6. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were…
Receiving the Revealing
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, using the Gospel reading, the visit of the three wise men, for the sermon text, please be seated. And that’s what we observe and celebrate on Epiphany Sunday, is the visit of the three wise men. But epiphany is a fancy…
Great Expectations
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel lesson today, we hear words of Jesus about his return. Please be seated. So what are we doing here on a perfectly good New Year’s Eve? Aren’t there better things to do on such a night? There…
Seeing Jesus
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading today, especially about the prophet Simeon, please be seated. Speaking of Simeon, it would be no surprise if you’re jealous of him. Because in that gospel reading today, he not only saw baby…
Christmas is weird
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the gospel reading for today, especially where it says the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, please be seated. Christmas is here, isn’t it wonderful? As the song says, it’s the most wonderful time of…
The Manger and the Cross
[Machine transcription] With you and all your families this blessed holiday, please be seated. I can’t relate, but I understand that the birth of a baby is pretty awesome, and that’s what we celebrate: the birth of baby Jesus. Babies are so cute; even a fake baby Jesus lying in a manger always seems so cute. People seem to love baby Jesus, especially Ricky…
It's the Little Things
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the Old Testament reading from the prophet Micah for the text, please be seated. In a TV show years ago called Kids Say the Darnedest Things, kids were asked questions. They would usually say something silly and people…
The Light of Acts of Service
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Tonight, looking mostly at the gospel reading of Jesus reading from the scriptures the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue. Please be seated. We get a lot of Isaiah tonight, actually. Part of that is because the ongoing verse that we’ve been using,…
Rejoice. Be gentle. Don’t be anxious. Pray
[Machine transcription] Praise, mercy, and love to Him, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, using the reading from Philippians as our text today, please be seated. I was talking with a student at University of Lutheran about their concern over the political climate of the world and even the possibility of a World War III they were…