Sermons (Page 57)
Prepare the Way of the Lord!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon 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. You gotta come hear this new preacher. And that’s how it all began. Word went out about John the Baptist and his amazing…
Your King is Coming!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Please be seated. After that Gospel reading, you may be thinking to yourself, Is this Palm Sunday? Did I go into some sort of time warp and completely miss Lent? Which would sadden most Lutherans, I think, to miss Lent. No, it’s not Palm…
You Will See the Distinction
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father. From our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Old Testament reading, the prophet Malachi’s proclamation. You may be seated. To set the stage for the sermon and to give meaning to the concept that occurs in the…
You Shall Go Out Leaping
[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 about the end times. You may be seated. The last book of the New Testament, the Revelation of St. John, was the last book written by God’s chosen Apostle John to…
Blessed Are the Sheltered
[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 brief epistle of St. John, the second reading. You may be seated. So when you think of the treasures of the church, what are they? Maybe I should ask it in a different…
Naked and Needy Receivers
[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. So can I say that the political situation is even getting crazier right now? And it makes one wonder a question that I’d like to ask you. Do you…
Uniformity of Practice and Confession
[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 Acts reading regarding the first council in Jerusalem. You may be seated. So two weeks ago, we talked about a great pillar of faith in the Old Testament. Her name was…
Wrestling With God
[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 Old Testament reading regarding the patriarch Jacob. Will you pray with me? The Lord my life arranges. Who can his work destroy? In his good time he changes all sorrow into joy. So then let…
Forgiveness Finding Foreigners
[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 Old Testament reading regarding Ruth. You may be seated. Ruth becomes the Old Testament example of these words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “Whoever loves father or mother…
Living By Faith
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto 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 the Gospel reading. You may be seated. One of the first prayers you ever memorized, without even realizing it, especially if you grew up in the church, is the Lord’s…