Sermons (Page 84)
A Tongue Loosened for What?
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
“If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off. Cast it from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” As John Madden is fond of saying, “Hey, wait a minute!”
Our Scripture…
Defiled and Detoxified
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Labor Day weekend. A time when we observe and celebrate the efforts of workers and the nobility of work, even as most of us take a short respite from it. Labor Day is certainly not a special day on the church year’s calendar. Even so, apart from the infinite, eternal…
Establishing His Tradition
[Machine transcription] Pray with me. Restrain, O Lord, the human pride that seeks to thrust your truth aside, or with some man-made thoughts or things would dim the words your Spirit sings. In the holy name of Jesus, amen. 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…
Christ Has Added All These Things to You
Lillie Mae, Carolyn, all of Walter’s family and friends, brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
By no small coincidence, our Gospel lesson this day, from Matthew, chapter 6, concludes with Walter’s confirmation verse: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His…
Abiding in Him and He in 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, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. The last two Sundays, and then today, have all been from John chapter 6, which talks about Jesus. Jesus is telling his disciples and those…
The Will of Him Who Sent Me
[Machine transcription] 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 with ties to the Old Testament reading. You may be seated. What just happened tonightly was God’s will. That is God’s will that He adopt His people as His own children,…
We Choose, God Chooses
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
August begins. Summer has reached its zenith, and soon our routines will resume their more normal rhythm. Not exactly the same rhythm as the last time around, of course, because nothing endures forever but God and His word. Children will move to new grades in…
Jesus In the Boat
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Today’s Gospel picks up from the account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand that was in last week’s Gospel. You may remember the Jesus and the disciples attempted to go to a deserted spot on the other side of the Sea of Galilee for a little bit of R&R. The…
Follow Jesus, Our Shepherd-King
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Sheep are not the brightest of creatures, which is probably why we in the church are often called by that name. As I’ve mentioned a couple times before in sermons, years ago a fine pastor taught me that sheep are “dirty, smelly, stubborn, and stupid.” Sounds a lot…
Is That It?
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, as well as the Old Testament.
Every Sunday on the front of your bulletin, at the top, is the Collect of the Day. The Collect of the Day is kinda the main prayer, or summary prayer, of what’s going on…