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Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] From 2 Corinthians chapter 5, we implore you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God. For our sake, he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. So far the text. People have many ideas about Lent. Some see it as a time to deny themselves some pleasure. You may have even been asked the question,…
The Removal of the Veil
[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, on this Transfiguration Sunday, the text comes from the Epistle reading of St. Paul. You may be seated. What you heard read in your ears in the Gospel reading happens only twice in all of Scripture, where the voice of…
Your Way is Not Hidden
[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 comes from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, the Epistle reading. You may be seated. Some of you remember, and many of you filled it out. We had a questionnaire, both online and in…
As One Who Has Authority
[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 from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. So I have a question for you. Do you recall the Great Declaration of Independence that was spoken long before 1776? Now this Great Declaration of…
Leaving Your Nets
[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 both the Gospel reading and the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. For those who have dealt with kids, you know that when you ask a child, “What’s wrong? What’s the…
God’s Calling
[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 comes from the Epistle reading this morning. You may be seated. So, as was mentioned, the three texts all talk and address our calling. But the three texts talk about two aspects of your calling. When you were…
He Speaks Us Alive
[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 our meditation this morning comes from all three readings for the baptism of our Lord. You may be seated. To be connected to God is an amazing and I would dare say terrifying thing to ponder. When we hear…
King for All Peoples
[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 meditation for this evening is based on all three of our Epiphany readings. You may be seated. Why are you here? No, I mean, what are you doing here? Who warned you to flee from the wrath that is to come? Do you not…
Speaking of Him to All
[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. Today is the city of destiny in the text, and the city of destiny for our Lord Jesus is Jerusalem. This is the first of many times that our Lord ends…
He Came to His Own
[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 of John you heard read amongst yourselves. You may be seated. Luther hit that one out of the park. Now in the manger we may see God’s Son from eternity, the gift from…