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We know not how, and it is a marvel

[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 about the two parables. To all of you daddies, happy Father’s Day. What a great gift. Enjoy and enjoy your children. I met a young lady, though, who didn’t have quite as good of…

The Stronger Man Prevails

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Most of us have had what is often called a “bad hair day.” Not necessarily in the literal sense of how our heads are adorned, but just those sort of days where very little seems to go your way. I know I have an awful lot of days like that. Occasionally we probably…

What it Means to Be Baptized

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from our holy, triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Nicodemus said to [Jesus], “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is…

Concerning Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. No, let me try that again: Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and from the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, Helper, and witness of the Truth. Amen. It’s Pentecost, after all. It’s the Holy Spirit’s day to…

Keep Them in Thy Name

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. That hymn we just sang, eighth graders, that was for you. It was a prayer over you. But not just you. It’s also a prayer for your brothers and sisters. It was a prayer for your moms and dads. It was a prayer for your cousins and aunts…

Love and Abide

Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Most of us know that the phrase caveat emptor means, “Let the buyer beware.” The phrase is a warning to the consumer that it is better to thoroughly check out the goods before you buy them than to try to…

Knowing that You are Known

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Be seated. It’s a great Sunday to celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday because of also having the great celebration of what God has done with lambs of his flock here among us, not only as a very old Lutheran school, in fact the oldest in the…

Old Jesus; New Jesus; One Jesus… For You

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed; Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Here’s a pop quiz for you. Don’t worry, it’s only one question. I’m even going to give you the potential answers. Your choices are Old Testament and New Testament. Ready for the question? The Bible says that…