Sermons (Page 73)

Sermons (Page 73)

Past Imperfect Prophet, Future Perfect

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Imagine for a moment that you have no food or water. Here in Texas, we’ve been in a drought for a few years now. There’s been very little rain. We got a little sprinkling yesterday, but none at all last month. Since I moved here almost six years ago, Lake Travis,…

Stand Fast in the Faith

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. It’s the Second-Last Sunday of the Church year. Soon we will begin another, and the crisp blue paraments of Advent will find their way upon our chancel, upon altar, pulpit, and lectern. As Church years draw to a close, we hear lessons that speak of the end times,…

Who Are These Saints?

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So, can you answer the heavenly elder’s question to St. John in our reading from Revelation 7? Just who are these? Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” (Revelation 7:13-14, ESV)…

A Different Kind of Rich

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the…