Sermons (Page 69)
Peace Be With You
[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, the text for this morning is the Gospel reading which we sang in the hymn. You may be seated. Christ is risen! Hallelujah. We younger folk have much to learn from our mothers in the faith and our fathers in…
I Have Seen the Lord
[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 joyous celebration of the feast of victory of our God, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. The first Easter was nothing like this. This we celebrated with gusto and joy and…
He Prepares a Table
[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, the text for this evening’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. It was kind of an awkward moment that night. All of the apostles gathered around, but the most important social grace…
The World Has Gone After Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace 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 Palm Sunday Gospel reading read at the very beginning of the service. You may be seated. This is from Psalm 122, verse 1. Listen to the word of the Lord: “I was glad when…
One Little Word Can Fell Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you. I’m not our Father; I’m not our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text is from Isaiah 49. You will desperately need it for this day. I hope you were able to catch some of these, uh, lying series that is so germane to your and my existence. Just like in the…
In Your Glory
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. Will you pray with me? When God takes me home to heaven, should this be the day that I die, God will keep my spouse and children as the apple of his eye. Though the road ahead be thorny,…
Get Out
[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, the text for this evening comes from Isaiah 48, the Old Testament reading for this evening. You may be seated. You have heard it said, better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. Now what…
Being Exposed
[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, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading as it ties into the Old Testament as well. You may be seated. Hans Christian Andersen wrote the story about the emperor’s new clothes. And no one…
Breaking Down the Gates
[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, the text comes from the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. In recent memory, or in long-term memory, have you ever been stuck or trapped in a situation where it seemed that there was no way out?…
Zeal for Your House
[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, the text comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. With session going on right now in the Capitol, there is always this saying floating around the halls there, the devil is in the details, the devil…