The message of the cross is power that saves.
Sermon for Lent 3, March 3, 2024 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All who do his precepts have good understanding. Amen. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. 19In fact, it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nothing. 20Where is…
Misconceptions.
Sermon for 3rd midweek Lent, February 27, 2024 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Luke 23:1-12 The whole group of them got up and brought him before Pilate. 2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this fellow misleading our nation, forbidding the payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” “It is as you say,”…
In riches or sorrows, God’s name be blessed.
Sermon for Lent 2, February 25, 2024 The God of love and peace will be with you. Amen. Job 1:13-22 13One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their oldest brother, 14a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby, 15when the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to death with the sword, and I am the only…
Our Substitute enters the war.
Sermon for Lent 1, February 18, 2024 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Mark 1:12-15 12The Spirit immediately sent Jesus out into the wilderness. 13He was in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels were serving him. 14After John was put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15“The time is fulfilled,” he said. …
Restraint
Sermon for 1st midweek Lent, February 14, 2024 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Amen. Luke 22:47-53 47While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him. 48But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” 49When those who were…
We preach the Gospel that you may see Christ.
Sermon for Transfiguration, February 11, 2024 Grace, mercy, and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing. 4In the case of those people, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from clearly seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is God’s image. 5Indeed, we do not…
Listen to God’s greatest Prophet.
Sermon for Epiphany 4, February 4, 2024 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Deuteronomy 18:15-20 15The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brother Israelites. Listen to him. 16That is exactly what you asked from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly. You said, “Do not let me hear the voice of the Lord my…
“The kingdom of God has come near!”
Sermon for Epiphany 3, January 28, 2024 To all those loved by God…called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Mark 1:14-20 14After John was put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. 15“The time is fulfilled,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near! Repent, and believe in the gospel.” 16As Jesus was going along the Sea of Galilee, he…
Give thanks and pray for fellow believers.
Sermon for Epiphany 2, January 21, 2024 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Amen. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 13But we are always obligated to thank God for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation by the sanctifying work of the Spirit and faith in the truth. 14For this reason he also called you through our gospel so that you would obtain the…
God’s Servant is our Savior.
Sermon for Epiphany 2/Baptism of Jesus, January 14, 2024 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Isaiah 49:1-6 Listen to me, you coastlands. Pay attention, you faraway peoples! The Lord called me from the womb. When I was inside my mother, he mentioned my name. 2He made my mouth like a sharpened sword. He hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me a polished arrow. He concealed me in…
Home at peace where glory dwells.
O Lord, we are gathered in sorrow, yet not as those who have no hope. We thank You for all the blessings bestowed on our brother, now fallen asleep and for all the blessings given through him. But most of all, we thank You for making him Your dear child by faith in Jesus Christ. Give us to have that same trust in Jesus always. We ask this all in His holy name. Amen. Grace and peace to you from…
God reveals His Savior Son to the Gentiles.
Sermon for Epiphany, January 7, 2024 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. Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, when Herod was king, Wise Men from the east came to Jerusalem. 2They asked, “Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” …