Sermons (Page 47)
The Light of Physical Touch
[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, kind of looking at all of the readings tonight as part of the text. Please be seated. Physical touch is oftentimes more than simply a physical connection. There’s usually more behind it. An example is a handshake when agreements are made and sealed by the physical touch that joins the two people together in that…
Advent and Baptism
[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. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson and these two verses immediately following. As the people were in expectation, all were questioning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ. John…
The Light of Time
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at Isaiah’s passage tonight and from Galatians as well, please be seated. The day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday, but for Marsha and I, and maybe some other people as well, it could be called Light Friday because…
Waiting and Looking Forward
[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 Old Testament reading from Jeremiah as the text, please be seated. People generally like to look forward to certain things: vacation, parties, births, anniversaries. And of course, this time of year, we’re…
You Don’t Vote for A King
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, we’re looking at the gospel reading for today, Jesus before Pilate, for our text. Please be seated. It’s true, I’m guilty of quoting movies and sermons and in teachings. Today is no exception. Sorry. But for…
Give thanks in the good. Give thanks in the bad.
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, be looking at the Old Testament reading for Deuteronomy as the text for the sermon. Please be seated. I think most people like to be thankful. I…
The End is Near
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, be looking at the Gospel reading for the text today. Please be seated. In public areas, sometimes people can be seen with signs and handing out brochures proclaiming, “The end is near,” warning about the coming end…
God Is Enough
[Machine transcription] Acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer. Amen. Our text for this morning comes from both the Old Testament and the Gospel lessons. You may be seated. We’ll let it pass. Ah, it’s 11 o’clock. How much do you trust God? Do you worry about your clothes, what you’re going to wear? Do you worry about your food,…
Saints Alive
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, be looking at the Revelation reading for the sermon text. Please be seated. This time of year is quite eventful in the Christian calendar. Of course, October 31st is Halloween, which does have a Christian connection because since…
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[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 mostly at that epistle reading today from Romans as the text. Please be seated. In the 19th century, there were two events that greatly changed Europe. One was the bubonic plague, and the other was the…