Sermons (Page 62)
Sin Is Alluring
[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, this first Sunday in Lent, is from the Gospel reading, The Temptation of Our Lord Jesus. You may be seated. This morning’s text talks about something that most of the world…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday
[Machine transcription] First, the Antichrist, the remodeled world’s Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this evening comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. I, a poor sinner, plead guilty before God of all sins. I have lived as if God did not matter, and as if I mattered most. My Lord’s name I have not…
Just a Glimpse
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace 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 on this glorious celebration of the transfiguration of our Lord comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Today is the last Sunday of the Epiphany season. This coming Wednesday, we…
What Is This Word
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning is the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Truly I have the best job of all of you, and it is you who have given me the privilege to do it, for you have called me to proclaim to you the good news of Jesus. That is the…
Make the Good 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 Epistle reading, Paul’s letter to his dear beloved son by faith, Timothy. You may be seated. This morning’s texts are more about God’s divine hand in…
He Is All About Her
[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 Gospel reading. You may be seated. I am sure you cannot tell me how many times you have heard this parable, or this first miracle, I should say. Forgive me. It’s…
You Have Been Called by His Name
[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 the Old Testament reading, the prophet Isaiah. You may be seated. Without exception, every single one of us loves the story of an underdog. We love to see the little David…
Finding Jesus
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Please be seated. I found Jesus. Oftentimes, you hear this from people who were in a deep low in their life. Something like maybe a near-death situation, loss of a lot of finances or material possessions, or maybe they even ended up in jail. In the…
Great Expectations
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. So what are we doing here on a perfectly good New Year’s Eve? Aren’t there better things to do on such a night? There must be a party somewhere to go to. Or go down to Lady Bird Lake for the concert and the fireworks. Or at least be…
Appointed for the Rising and Falling of Many
[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 third day of Christmas, the text for this morning comes from that gospel reading. You may be seated. This was an interesting event indeed. Forty days after Christ’s birth, because that was the…