Sermons (Page 77)
Patiently Wait and Trust in the Lord
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Remorseless evil against the weak and helpless is hard to fathom. Hearing various news stories every day of heinous acts both local and around the world, we are led to wonder, “What kind of monster could even think of such a thing, much less act upon it?”…
Christ, the Lord of Hosts, Unshaken
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning comes from the second reading, the Revelation of St. John regarding St. Michael and the angels. From the very moment of your baptism, you were snatched from the kingdom of Satan and of death and…
Eyes on Eternity
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
How should we view worldly wealth? Do you recognize the names Andrew Carnegie, J. D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Leland Stanford, and Cornelius Vanderbilt? These were the titans of steel, oil, finance, timber, and rail in the 19th century. They also left a legacy of…
He Rejoices Over You
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto 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 Gospel reading. So, what really was the attraction? I mean, why draw near to hear someone speak who is decidedly different than you are? I mean, you know the old saying,…
Counting the Cost
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Count the cost first. That’s Jesus’ point in the Gospel lesson today. See whether or not you have what is needed to complete the task, to finish the mission. If you don’t, then don’t begin, lest someone ridicule you for falling short of your goal. And of…
Grant Me Humility
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the gift of humility that we pray, Lord, to grant us all. As of late, we have been looking at the Gospel readings all from the Gospel according to St. Luke.…
One of the Many, or One of the Few?
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 about entering the narrow door.
On any given Sunday, there are more Lutherans worshipping in the country of Africa than there are in the United States and Europe…
Divided From the World, United With Christ
Grace, Mercy, and Peace be to us all from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen
These days, division is a dirty word. We need to get along. Avoid rocking the boat. Learn to compromise. We can’t insist that we have the market cornered on truth. The idea is, that the best way to achieve unity is to simply pretend that we’re united. Jesus is…
Seeking a Homeland as Exiles
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. There is an old saying that goes like this: You can’t lose what you don’t have. You can’t lose what you don’t have. So…
The Right Kind of Foolishness
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson, from Luke, Chapter 12. The concluding verses:
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you, and things you have prepared for yourself, whose will they be?’ So is the…