Sermons (Page 84)
Fulfilled in Your Ears
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The last three Sundays of this month prior to today were all the beginning and a continuation of a season that we call in the church the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is an aha moment, a manifestation, a revelation of something that was, as it…
Wounds of Love
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Family and friends of our Christian sister, Grace, welcome. Our dear Christian brother, Kenley: We gather here in this holy place today to celebrate your mother’s life in Christ, and to rejoice in the new life she now already enjoys in the comfort and glories…
The Wedding Miracle
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
It didn’t happen in front of a great crowd of devout pilgrims on a high feast day, where Jesus could have rapidly spread His fame as Prophet and Priest throughout Judaism, like the miraculous proclamation of the Gospel on the Day of Pentecost. It didn’t happen…
You Are My Beloved!
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “Daddy, why am I so different?” “What do you mean, son?” “Well, so many of my classmates think that I’m quirky.” “I don’t think you’re quirky or different, son.” “Yes, I…
Hurry, Hurry
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
One of the many things that I think makes life interesting, and if I daresay, even fun, are its contrasts, disparities, and incongruities. If everything were too consistent, too regular, too bland, I think we’d cease to experience any surprise, any sense of wonder,…
Your Epiphany
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
By fortunate circumstance due to the cyclical and predictable nature of the calendar, the Epiphany of Our Lord falls on a Sunday this year. By even greater circumstance, but by no means a random one, you get to be in the house of our Lord on the Epiphany of Our…
Connected to Abraham’s Promise
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
New Year’s Eve, once again. Do they ever stop coming? No, not really. Time marches on, and we plod along with it. By this time, you all know the procedure:
Step 1: Closely review the past year.
Step 2: Determine what needs to be added, deleted, and…
Salvation Prepared in Your Presence
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
To God’s house they came, God’s righteous people. To the tabernacle. To the temple. To the synagogues. To the private homes and the catacombs. To the churches and to the cathedrals, they came and still do, for that is what God desires of His holy people: He calls us…
The Word of Promise
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Gone are the shepherds. Gone are Mary, and Joseph, and the innkeeper who didn’t have room. Gone are the magi, who haven’t even arrived yet. Gone are Zechariah, Elizabeth, and their then-infant prophet son, John. Gone is Herod-the-not-so-Great-at-all, his burning…
The Glory of God Revealed
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Merry Christmas, dear brothers and sisters. Welcome home. Welcome home to the only place in this time and in this earth where heaven and earth meet, where eternity and time come into unison, in this place where Christ has deigned to dwell among…