Praising God in Cottonwood

Sermon for Quinquagesima, February 15, 2026 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.  Amen. Joshua 7:20-26  20Achan answered Joshua, “It is true.  I am the one who has sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21Among the plunder I saw an expensive Mesopotamian robe, a fine one, and two hundred shekels of silver and one…

Sermon for Sexagesima, February 8, 2026 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.  All who do his precepts have good understanding.  Amen. Psalm 35:11-28  11Malicious witnesses arise.  They ask me about things I do not know.  12They repay me with evil instead of good.  They rob my soul of happiness.  13But when they were sick, I dressed in sackcloth.  I afflicted myself with fasting.  My prayers returned unanswered.  14I walked around mourning, as if mourning for a…

Sermon for Septuagesima, February 1, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Psalm 37:21-29  21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and give.  22So those God blesses will inherit the earth, but those he curses will be cut off.  23By the Lord the steps of a person are made secure.  Then he will delight in his way.  24Though he falls, he will not stay down, because the…

Sermon for Transfiguration, January 25, 2026 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.  Amen. 2 Corinthians 3:7-18  7If the ministry that brought death (which was engraved in letters on stone) came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look directly at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (though it was fading), 8how will the ministry of the spirit not be much more glorious?  9For…