Sermons (Page 97)
Taking Out the Trash
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father,
and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
It’s been years and years since I’ve seen it, but
every time I think of it, I still chuckle. I don’t remember exactly how long
ago it was, but I know that I was just old enough and just wise…
Exposition on 7th and 8th Commandments
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and
from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
One of the first things that you and I remember getting
caught at and punished duly by our parents was telling a lie. But probably the
second one was probably taking something that wasn’t…
The Ministry of Reconciliation
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and
from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
Is there injustice and inequality in this life? Yes, of
course! You’ve experienced it, and I’ve experienced it. Either at the hands of
someone else or at our own hands where we have…
Exposition on 5th and 6th Commandments
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, Amen.
These are two pretty touchy subjects tonight: murder and
sex. Now when I say just sex obviously you are understanding it in terms
of the only place where God has said, “Express it in a…
Warning to Repent
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and
from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
Well you know that’s why she was rowdy. You know exactly
that’s why. Her father was not around when he ought to have been to be a
positive influence on her life and she became as…
Sabbath & Authority
As those of you who attended last week’s Wednesday
Lenten services will remember, this year we are focusing on two of the Ten
Commandments at each of our midweek services. Last week we covered the 1st
and 2nd commandments, and today we move on to the 3rd and
4th.
In our way of numbering the commandments,…
Irritation and Healing
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. Amen.
Change is
all around us. For better or for worse, nothing of this world stays the same
for long. Just think of the changes in such things as technology,
transportation, medicine, and world affairs…
Above All Things
In the name of Jesus (+). Amen.
Lent: Forty days of reflection and repentance,
preparing us spiritually for the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord.
Those events to which we look forward each year in Holy Week are the culmination
and the focus of Jesus’ entire life and ministry. These five-and-a-half weeks which
precede Holy Week…
He Holds the Field, Victorious
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Don’t kid yourself for one single minute: The devil is smarter than you. The devil is stronger than you. And even at your most creative, sinister, manipulative best, the devil is craftier than you. The devil knows God’s Word better than you and I could ever hope to, also.…
Return to Me
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Brothers and sisters, we look at the Old Testament reading for this evening's contemplation as we began our journey to the Cross and the empty tomb. We find our identity is very, very tied to our family. And families do lots of different things together that bind…