Sermons (Page 87)
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…
What is This Wisdom?
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
How do you like being embarrassed? Not many people do, I suspect. It can hurt deeply to get criticized in front of a group. The old advice, “Give praise in public and criticism in private” is really just a secular conversion of the 8th Commandment and the biblical…
Do Not Fear, Only Continue to Believe
[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 regarding those two miracles. Faith is a very powerful thing. If we cry out to God for sustenance of that faith, His answer is always, Yes, yes, He will strengthen and sustain us. However,…
The Way of the New Covenant
[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. You may be seated. Okay, you’ve got to get ready. Only six more months until Christmas, so get out there shopping. See, that’s how they set John the Baptist’s nativity.…