Sermons (Page 89)
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…
A Banquet of Love
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
In reading through the Sunday lessons bit by bit, week by week, rather than reading through the gospels from start to finish, one of the things we often miss is the flow of these narratives. The gospels were never written to be received in isolated sections—but as a…
Is It Marvelous In Our Eyes?
[Machine transcription] From our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen. What kind of a father, what kind of a father would send his only son into a situation knowing what had been done to those whom he had previously sent? What kind of a father, knowing full well that his son would meet with the same kind of vengeance and anger and convoluted thoughts of ownership……
The Way of Righteousness
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
From Matthew, chapter 21:
For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
I’d like to…
More Than Fair
Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
If ever there was a parable that demonstrated the stark contrast between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of this world, it is this one. As we try to scramble to the top of the heap in our dog-eat-dog society, effort and initiative in our chosen field usually…
He Paid What You Owe
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. What a great and glorious God have we. Unbelievable that He would choose to put on flesh and blood in order to bring us release and freedom from the bondage of our own guilt and of the debt that we owe Him. Amen. So loving and miraculous is…