Sermons (Page 58)
Born of the Spirit
[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 is the Gospel reading where Jesus proclaims He is the serpent on the pole. You may be seated. One of the first Bible passages that I was taught to memorize, as you, was John 3:16. But John 3:16 is not the…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 1
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It was said of Jesus in the book of Hebrews, “who for the joy, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross and scorning its shame.” And yet, in this evening’s text, we see not so much joy at all. Can the two coexist inside…
Him Only Shall You Serve
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text is the reading about the temptation of our Lord Jesus Christ for you. You may be seated. In the Old Testament reading, enter the serpent, or really rather the evil one. The one who seeks someone to devour and the only people for him to…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. You may be seated. Whenever we do think of repentance, we tend to associate it always with when we have been caught doing wrong. And that is a very true thing. Having come out of a tragedy or a difficult experience, it drives us to our knees to…
Rise and Have No Fear, Alleluia
[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 celebration of the Transfiguration is the account heard in the Gospel reading. You may be seated. The great mystery of the Christian faith, or one of the great mysteries of the Christian…
Revenge Feels So Good
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ, a text today looking at the Gospel reading of Jesus. Please be seated. During the conflict in Vietnam, some American soldiers who were stationed there hired a local boy to do their cooking and cleaning. These guys were…
But I Say to You
[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 that gospel reading, Jesus’ sermon. You may be seated. In the opening prayer that I chanted at the very beginning, we call it a collect or a prayer. It’s on the front of your…
The Character of Your Calling
[Machine transcription] Praise and mercy be to you, for God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. It is the fourth verse that we just sang. Let me read it to you again. From the cross, thy wisdom shining, breaketh forth in…
Walking Humbly With Your 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 comes from the Epistle reading, Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. You may be seated. So what is it about you or about me that makes us so cocksure of ourselves when we compare ourselves with…
Your Calling
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon 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. You may be seated. If there was ever a place that Jesus preached and taught and performed miracles that had any similarity to this area known as the greater Austin…