Sermons (Page 51)
We Are the Work of Your Hand
[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 Old Testament reading, the prophet Isaiah’s proclamation. You may be seated. It’s always been the temptation of mankind to remove themselves from others who don’t share…
Light in the Day of Darkness
[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, on this last Sunday, it is the parable of the sheep and the goats as the text for the sermon. You may be seated. The last several weeks, as you remember, have been texts and hymns that talk about Judgment Day.…
Sermon for Thanksgiving
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text I’m looking at tonight for the sermon is the second lesson from 1 Timothy. Please be seated. And I’ll admit right away that I first gave this sermon back in 2012. That was an election year. I also gave this sermon last year at…
He is NOT a Hard Man
[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 comes from the Gospel reading, that parable we heard. You may be seated. Christianity as a faith, unfortunately, has been misused as only being a religion of “don’t do this.” Now that is…
Light in the Day of Darkness
[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 for this morning is the parable of the ten virgins. You may be seated. Surely you have thought about this in recent weeks and in recent months. You just finished barely processing the heinous shooting…
Faithful Shepherd Lead Us
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning’s sermon comes from St. John’s Revelation, the first reading, and that heavenly vision that he was given for your sake and mine. You may be seated. Though many Christians have taken revelations about saints…
The Truth of Freedom
[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 was the one heard in your midst from the Holy Gospel of St. John. You may be seated. The two facets to this profound and most beneficial movement within Christendom are these two things.…
Whose Likeness Is This?
[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. You may be seated. Now rightly so, can we fault these goofy Herodians and faithless Pharisees in what they were trying to do with Jesus and twist His words and dishonor…
Come to the Wedding Feast
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers, sisters in Christ, the text is the parable that Jesus spoke. You may be seated. I don’t think, although I could be wrong, I don’t think any of you have a story of your wedding reception that wasn’t without a little…
We’re Only the Tenants
[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 for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. In the latter part of the Gospel reading, it’s kind of like the light finally went off in those men’s heads. But…