Praising God in Cottonwood

Sermon for Invocavit, February 22, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. The Seed of the woman has covered our shame. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Our sermon text this morning is the first fifteen verses of our Old Testament reading from Genesis 3.  I reread just two verses at this time: “The Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all…

Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Mercy and peace to you all, for the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.  Amen. Matthew 26:36-46  36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane.  He told his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”  37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and he began to be sorrowful and distressed.  38Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful,…

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…