Sermons (Page 58)
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…
Keep the Faith and Spread the Faith
[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 text for this morning is drawn from the Old Testament and Gospel lessons. You may be seated. What is God’s nature? What is his character? What is God like? Can we know? What are you and I like? What’s our…
The Holy Spirit’s Work in 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 the book of Acts, the second reading. You may be seated. Before Jesus’ ascension, he had told his disciples, his beloved apostles, to wait until you are clothed from on high with…
That They May Be One
[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 Gospel reading. You may be seated. If you notice that the Christ candle isn’t up in the chancel area, it’s because last Thursday we celebrated the ascension of our Lord. Whenever the…
He Lives and Reigns to Eternity
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this celebratory day, the text is from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. That was the last thing that those apostles saw as their Lord ascended into heaven. In fact, you can scour the texts of the…
His Holy Spirits Dwells Within 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 for this celebration of the sixth Sunday after Easter, as well as confirming our seven youth this morning, comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. What we started last August, we finished…
Go Ahead, Ask!
[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, the text is the gospel reading, especially the last four verses. You may be seated. So from the Holy Scriptures, we know that Jesus has performed some remarkable miracles. Walking on water. No, we don’t see that…
He Leads You Out
[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 for this morning is the Gospel reading, also pulling some things from the Epistle. You may be seated. I’m sure you’ve had an occasion to quote this oft-said secular or pagan saying that there is nothing…