Sermons (Page 84)
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…
He Shall Be Your Peace
[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. You may be seated. Every day of every week, you and I, whether we realize it or not, and whether we want it or not, get schooled by the world in the…
The Perfect King is Coming Soon
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
So, how many of the Ten Commandments did King David break in our first reading, from 2nd Samuel, chapter 11? Were you keeping track? By my count, it was six of them. Let’s see if you agree, or if you find even more.
At the very beginning, we are told that…
He Is The One
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Gospel reading last week ended somewhat ominously: “But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.” (Luke 3:19-20)…
Priest for You
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. This is a sad story, the story of Eli. But it’s an interesting story in that Eli was a faithful priest as far as his priestly duties went. Meaning prayer, encouragement, interceding before God for the people. Exactly as the book of Hebrews describes…
Good News for 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 meeting primarily, that we will quote the Old Testament and the Epistle as well. You may be seated. This morning is the transition, the transition from the Old…