Sermons (Page 55)
Truly, Cutting Your Losses
[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 as well as the Epistle reading. You may be seated. So what does it mean when you are to cut your losses? Well, the first point that you must come to an accurate assessment is,…
To Die For
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Text today for the sermon is taken from the gospel lesson. Please be seated. The old saying goes that there are two things in life that are inevitable: death and taxes. There we go. And they’re probably both equally disliked and avoided, but there…
Yeah. We’re Different
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text today is from the gospel reading commonly called the Confession of St. Peter. Please be seated. I’m a distance runner by hobby and, well, admittedly by habit, maybe even addiction. And runners, runners are different. In the early 90s, the…
Who Is The Outcast?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading, but also in connection with the Old Testament and in the Epistle. You may be seated. In Christ there is no east or west or south or north, as well as the first…
Do You Believe 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 this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. A saint is not a believer who never fails, but rather a saint is a believer who, when he does fail, and he fails often, gets up and is…
The Spiritual and the Material
[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 this morning. You may be seated. One of Jesus’ more famous miracles, the feeding of the 5,000. And Matthew’s Gospel has it recorded in a very specific…
It Is Invaluable, Isn’t It?
[Machine transcription] Will you pray with me? Each day, at His good pleasure, God’s gracious will is done. He sent His greatest treasure in Jesus Christ, His Son. He, every gift, imparts. The bread of earth and heaven are by His kindness given. Praise Him with thankful hearts. In the name of Jesus, amen. Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, and…
We Don’t Shine, Yet
[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 this morning comes from the Epistle reading, Paul’s letter to the Romans. You may be seated. Being in the dog days of summer, as we are finding ourselves to be, there’s only one worse thing…
His Purposes, Not Ours
[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 Isaiah’s Old Testament reading. You may be seated. Whenever rain is received in Texas, like for lots of people yesterday, it’s almost a holy moment because you and I…
Fear Only Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon 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. You may be seated. It was on this day in 1530 when laymen, princes of Saxony, and various other provinces in Germany risked a great deal to read before the emperor what…