Sermons (Page 48)
The Power of What You Say
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Text today looking at that epistle lesson from the letter of James. Please be seated. And that passage from James may be somewhat familiar. Talking about the tongue and how it can be a very powerful thing. What people say can be very powerful, either…
Grand Openings
[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 comes from our Gospel lesson. You may be seated. When a new store or a new attraction comes to town, the business will often celebrate with a grand opening event. The hope is to attract people…
Getting to The Heart of The Matter
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Using the gospel text for our sermon today, please be seated. Some background about that gospel reading today is what we heard last week, actually, that some Jewish religious leaders, Pharisees, approached Jesus and asked him about his disciples,…
That Dreaded Word…
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Sermon text today: we will be looking at that epistle reading, St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Please be seated. When I do premarital counseling with couples, I suggest to them common Bible verses about marriage that they can use in…
Where Ya Gonna Go?
[Machine transcription] May God’s grace be with you this day in the hearing of His Word, words of eternal life. Amen. The sermon will be looking at the part of the Gospel reading for today. Please be seated. We can see or hear a lot of words on signs, TV, radio, the Internet, all trying to persuade us to go to certain places or do certain things. For example, sale.…
The Bread IS My Flesh
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text is from the Old Testament as well as the Gospel. You may be seated. When I was a young boy, or I should really say it’s the same for you, when you were a young boy or a young girl, you and I were all carefree…
The Father Gives You the True Bread
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning’s sermon is based on the Gospel reading from John 6. You may be seated. One of the first great statements by our Lord Jesus recorded in Scripture is His dialogue with Satan in the…
Guards You in the Boat
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading. Will you pray with me? Entrust your days and burdens to God’s most loving hand. He cares for you while ruling the sky, the sea, the land. For he who guides the…
One Who Fears the Lord
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the texts come from the Gospel reading, but also the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. Of all the New Testament women, Mary Magdalene is mentioned the most. Interesting. One of the most prominent parts…
Go, Proclaim Me to the World
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text is the story of Amos in the Old Testament reading with references to the epistle and gospel. You may be seated. So what do you think about this saying? Our Lord delights to call the humble to high…