Sermons (Page 72)
The Voice of One Crying 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 morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Consider your parish family, St. Paul. Consider the people who are sitting here with you and worshiping and receiving God’s…
Sermon for Advent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Did you know that Mary, her life was saved by Joseph? Because the cultural norm for not just the Jews, but the Romans and the Greeks, were that any woman who was caught having committed adultery, and in this case she is pregnant without…
Speak Tenderly to Me
[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 Old Testament reading, the prophet Isaiah. You may be seated. It is hard not to miss that this is John the Baptist’s Sunday because the hymns and even the gospel…
Sermon for Advent Midweek 1
[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 we have received. We’re in the Advent season, looking at God’s portrayal of His power and His purpose—in various people’s lives. Tonight and next Wednesday…
For Those Who Wait For Him
[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 that Old Testament reading that you’ve heard read to you. You may be seated. By now you have received a letter from one of your elders, and if not, you will receive it in the coming…
Whether Lost or Strayed
[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 talks about the King returning with glory to bring his sheep home in the parable and the gospel reading. You may be seated. Today, as in the last two Sundays, we have been reading…
The Praise of the Master
[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 parable of the faithful and unfaithful servants, but also includes reference to the Old Testament reading and the Epistle reading. You may be seated. Complacency. Did…
His Virgins Watch
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear fellow virgins of the bridegroom, the text for this morning is about the ten virgins, the parable that Jesus spoke to talk about his return with glory. You may be seated. We have something in common with all the rest of the world that is…
Sermon on Matthew 5:1-12
[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 comes from the Gospel lesson from Matthew chapter 5, as well as these words from Revelation 14. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the…
Freed from Fear
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be with God our Father and with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Little did Martin Luther know that when he nailed onto the chapel door in Wittenberg, Germany, a sheet of paper with 95 statements or…