Sermons (Page 77)
Loving the Unloveable
[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. Be seated. In the document that made the great separation between the British Empire and the country we call the United States of America, the Declaration…
Turned Away From Sin; Turned To Christ
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
In our politically-correct, fearful-to-offend culture, “sin” is a word that is not to be used very often. At times in our so-called “enlightened society,” sin is ignored, dismissed, overlooked, excused, denied, and—in many segments—even celebrated as good and…
Jesus Defines 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, our text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. Having been baptized into Christ Jesus, having been called to a faith relationship with your Lord Jesus, you have been placed in a vocation. Not a vacation. A…
The Presentation
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
As has become our pattern in recent years, we celebrate the feasts and festivals of the church year when they fall on Sundays. In spite of the much-appreciated extra work for our beloved Altar Guild in changing the paraments a few more times, it is right and…
Faithful and True
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
He didn’t write a book in the Bible. Nothing a single word he spoke is recorded, either. The only thing we know physically about him is that he wasn’t circumcised, for to do that would’ve been to surrender to the pressures and false teachings of those who were…
Behold, the Sacrifice
[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’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. I received kind of an unsettling email yesterday afternoon. It was a cry for help. A cry for help for a young man who I…
The King’s Coronation
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you. From God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Happy Epiphany to you all. The text for this morning, or this evening, comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. With all of the pomp and circumstance that the choir and the brass choir bring to the service, it is the coronation song of…
In the Father’s House
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father, and from His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. Amen.
You take your family to a
big event or venue. Maybe it was out to see the Christmas displays at the
Trail of Lights. Maybe to a concert or a sporting event. Perhaps to a museum
or a zoo. For good measure, you take a few of the…
An Eternity of Service
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, this text for this evening, the last service of this calendar year, comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. That’s a big concept to grasp as a little boy or a little girl, isn’t it? Whenever the teacher…
You Lead Your People
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Merry Christmas on this fifth day of Christmas. The text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. In and through this child, the one born of the Virgin, the one named Jesus because he would save us from our sin. In…