Christ gives His body and blood for you.
Sermon for Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2026 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Matthew 26:26-29 26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples. He said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” 27Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it all of you, 28for this is my blood of the new testament, which is poured out…
In equal attitude, confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Sermon for Lent 6, Palm Sunday, April 29, 2026 Mercy and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. Philippians 2:5-11 5Indeed, let this attitude be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. 6Though he was by nature God, he did not consider equality with God as a prize to be displayed, 7but he emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant. When he was born in human likeness, and his appearance was like that…
Christ mediated a new covenant with His own precious blood.
Sermon for Judica, Lent 5, March 22, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Hebrews 9:15-22 15For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. A death took place as payment for the trespasses committed under the first covenant, so that those who are called would receive the promised eternal inheritance. 16For where a will exists, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made the…
Receive, from the Father’s Son, the Bread of life.
Sermon for Laetare, Lent 4, March 15, 2026 Now may the God of hope fill you with complete joy and peace as you continue to believe, so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. John 6:41-47 41So the Jews started grumbling about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They asked, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? So how can he…
What God wills will be done.
Sermon for 4th midweek Lent, March 11, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Luke 23:20-25 20Pilate addressed them again, because he wanted to release Jesus. 21But they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify him!” 22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found no grounds for sentencing him to death. So I will whip him and release him.” 23But they kept pressuring him with loud voices,…
Trust God who saves us from the roaring lion.
Sermon for Oculi, Lent 3, March 8, 2026 The God of love and peace will be with you. Amen. Daniel 6:10-24 10Now, when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house. It had windows on its upper story that opened toward Jerusalem. Three times each day he would get on his knees and pray and offer praise before his God. He continued to do that, just as he had been doing before this. 11Then these…
We proclaim the love of God Who created all things.
Sermon for Reminiscere, Lent 2, March 1, 2026 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Amen. Acts 17:22-29 22Then Paul stood up in front of the council of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way. 23For as I was walking around and carefully observing your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which had been…
The Seed of the woman has covered our shame.
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…
“Oh My Father…”
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,…
God’s righteousness requires harsh justice.
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…
The Lord takes delight in peace.
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…
Live forever in the Lord’s righteousness.
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…