Sermons (Page 88)
Prepare The Way for The Lord
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. That which the children sang to us is our prayer as well. Come, Lord Jesus. Come. But when Jesus came the very first time, when he began his ministry, he wasn’t received and still isn’t being received with open arms. But when you…
The Witness, The Martyr
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
For a little over a year now, there’s been a new emphasis on what our church body is all about. The phrase that has been chosen to communicate this emphasis is: Witness, Mercy, Life Together. As we begin our Advent midweek services in this new Church Year, Pastor…
For Those Who Wait for Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Haven’t we had the natural disasters as of late? Like in the last five years at least. Think about it. Just recently the tornado tore through east of here, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and destroyed so many homes and businesses, and changed…
Blessed to Be Thankful
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
So, which of the two miracles in tonight’s Gospel lesson from St. Luke do you consider the more amazing? The first one? Or the second? It’s not a trick question; there really are two—maybe even more. We just have to move our eyes and thoughts away from our obsession…
Whose Good Works?
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Fifty-two Sundays. That’s what we get each year. Advent and then Christmas; Epiphany and then Lent; Holy Week and Easter; Ascension and Pentecost and all those green Sundays which follow; a smattering of saints’ days and other observances mixed in, and it all…
Faithfulness Trumps Success
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Most all of us who have any kind of a retirement fund or pension fund know that it’s all connected and interlocked with the stock market. And knowing that investment is going up and going down, it is frightening at times. Now, in…
We Shall Be Like Him
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I believe in the one holy Christian and apostolic church. I believe in the communion of saints. I believe in the forgiveness of sins. I believe in the resurrection of the body. And I believe in the life everlasting. Those are the words that you…
The Promise of Faithfulness
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. You may be seated. First things first, this red is not in honor of St. Louis Cardinals. Just thought I’d put it out there for you. Because being a Texan and a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Texas is difficult; you’ve got this draw to St.…
Saints and Ain’ts
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
“Oh, no! It’s another one of those ‘saints’ days’ on the church calendar. St. James of Jerusalem? What does pastor think we are, Roman Catholic? It’s bad enough he wears that black shirt with the little white collar tab that makes him look like a priest most of the…
Marvel Not, But Believe
[Machine transcription] Earlier this week, I was reading through some Luther, and I came across a quote that was written or put down in pen sometime in the 1400s before Luther was born. It was surprising how applicable it still is to today because man does not change. He is sinful from the time of his conception, and there is nothing new under the sun. The quote goes like…