Sermons (Page 2)

Sermons (Page 2)

With the veil lifted, we are transformed.

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…

It is good not to be alone.

Sermon for Epiphany 2, January 18, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ, our Savior, Bridegroom, and Lord.  Amen. Genesis 2:18-25  18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a helper who is a suitable partner for him.”  19Out of the soil, the Lord God had formed every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and he brought them to the man to see…

Christ’s righteousness covers your shame.

Sermon for Epiphany 1, January 11, 2026 Grace and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus.  Amen. Genesis 9:18-29  18The sons of Noah who went out from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)  19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, people spread out over the whole earth.  20Noah began to be a man of the soil and planted a vineyard.  21He drank some of the wine and…

Flee to the Savior who died so you might live.

Sermon for Christmas 2, January 4, 2026 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen. Matthew 2:16-18  16When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Wise Men, he was furious.  He issued orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under.  This was in keeping with the exact time he had…

Jesus took the cut of the law to save you.

Sermon for New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Luke 2:21  After eight days passed, when the child was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (EHV) Jesus took the cut of the law to save you. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There is likely not a man out there anywhere that does not…

Come worship the Lord!

Sermon for Christmas 1, December 28, 2025 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…

To us God’s Son is given!

Sermon for Christmas Day, December 25, 2025 The grace of Almighty God, the reconciliation of His Son, and the Word of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen. Isaiah 9:6-7  6For to us a child is born.  To us a son is given.  The authority to rule will rest on his shoulders.  He will be named: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  7There will be no limit to his authority and no end to the peace…

The Word, Creator and Savior, hid in human form.

Sermon for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025 “Do not be afraid.  For behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be for all people: … in the town of David, a Savior was born for you.  He is Christ the Lord.”  Amen. John 1:1-14  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2He was with God in the beginning.  3Through him everything was made, and without him not…

The testimony of Scripture is Christ.

Sermon for Advent 4, December 21, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, in truth and love.  Amen. John 1:19-28  19This is the testimony John gave when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”  20He confessed and did not deny.  He confessed, “I am not the Christ.”  21And they asked him, “Who are you then?  Are you Elijah?”  He said,…

God’s grace comes through Jesus Christ.

Sermon for Advent 3, December 14, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. John 1:15-18  15John testified about him.  He cried out, “This was the one I spoke about when I said, ‘The one coming after me outranks me because he existed before me.’”  16For out of his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.  17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  18No one…

Overflow with hope for Christ accepted you.

Sermon for Advent 2, December 7, 2025 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  By his great mercy he gave us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  Amen. Romans 15:4-13  4Indeed, whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we would have hope.  5And may God, the source of patient endurance and…

Hosanna to the Son of David!

Sermon for Advent 1, November 30, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen. Matthew 21:14-17  14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.  15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonders he performed and heard the children calling out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant.  16They said to him, “Do you…