Sermons (Page 73)
Seven Words of Truth and Love From the Cross
They came to the place which is called The Skull. It’s known also to us as Calvary. As Golgotha. A pious legend says that this elevated place was the same small mountain as that where Abraham prepared to offer up his promised son, Isaac. But that seems unlikely, for the temple was built on the only significant nearby high point. One of my seminary professors speculated…
To Be Loved is To Be Served
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this evening comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. Dearest brothers and sisters, everything about the texts this evening speaks of taking different people, different things, and molding them…
Your Glory Is Revealed
[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, the text for this morning is the Gospel reading. Not the Palm Sunday text, but the text that was just read in the Gospel procession. You may be seated. The pastor who confirmed me was born in 1918. He was an older gentleman…
The Lamb For a Day, The Lamb For Eternity
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
As we come to the last of our Wednesday midweek Lenten worship services for this year, let’s backtrack for a moment and review where we’ve been. Each week, we’ve encountered some “creatures of the cross.” That is, some animals—real or symbolic—which played a role in…
No Regrets
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Like it or not, regret is a sad part of each and every one of our lives. How many times a day do you hear, “If only things had gone this way. If only I had done this. If only I had not said that…”? Just listen to the people around you some time. For that…
God’s Will Done in 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 of the man born blind who now sees. It was the Apostle Peter who wrote, “You are not your own. You were bought with a price. Glorify God in your body.” Amen.…
The Donkey of the Prophet, the Donkey of the King
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
There are a lot of different names for the animal. Sometimes it’s called a burro. Sometimes an onager. Most often we call it a donkey. Breed it with a horse and you get a mule. There are…
Do You Know the Gift?
[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 about Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well. Kind of like oil and water, the Samaritans and the Jews, they didn’t get…
Every Believer is Born Again
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Everyone seems so happy at the birth of a baby. They are just so cute and cuddly. The reality is, however, that everyone is born into this world as a sinner. But the even greater reality is that our first birth pales in significance in comparison to being born…
The Serpent of Death, The Serpent of Life
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Our midweek Lenten theme is “Creatures of the Cross.” I suspect that my wife being a veterinarian probably had at least some subconscious influence on giving me the idea of using the animals of the salvation story as our theme this year. Even so, there’s a far…