God’s servants cleansed the Lord’s house.
Sermon for Reformation Sunday, October 30, 2022 Grace, mercy, peace, and the comfort of the Gospel be yours from God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. 2 Chronicles 29:12-19 12These are the Levites who responded: from the descendants of the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah, from the descendants of Merari: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jahallelel, from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah, 13from the descendants…
Forgive with the compassion Jesus showed you.
Sermon for Trinity 22, October 23, 2022 Abundant love, undeserved mercy, and redeeming grace be yours from God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Matthew 18:23-35 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 “And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 “But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be…
Conquering the grave, the Lord redeemed His beloved.
Sermon for Trinity 21, October 16, 2022 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. Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave! I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Grave, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes. (EHV) Conquering the grave, the Lord redeemed His beloved. Dear beloved of the Lord,…
Dress for heaven in Jesus.
Sermon for Trinity 20, November 9, 2022 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Matthew 22:1–14 Jesus spoke to them again in parables. He said, 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3He sent out his servants to summon those who were invited to the wedding banquet, but they did not want to come. 4“Then he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell…
Receiving new life, put off the old.
Sermon for Trinity 19, October 2, 2022 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. Ephesians 4:22–28 22As far as your former way of life is concerned, you were taught to take off the old self, which is corrupted by its deceitful desires, 23and to be renewed continually in the spirit of your…
Serve the Lord for riches everlasting.
Sermon for Trinity 15, September 25, 2022 Grace to you and abiding peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Lord. Amen. Matthew 6:24–34 24“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon. 25“For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink,…
Give glory to God, faith in Jesus saves.
Sermon for Trinity 14, September 18, 2022 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Luke 17:11-19 11 On another occasion, as Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 When he entered a certain village, ten men with leprosy met him. Standing at a distance, 13 they called out loudly, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When…
We are blessed to see Jesus rescue us.
Sermon for Trinity 13, September 11, 2022 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. He gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Jesus sent out seventy-two disciples to proclaim the Good News. Those seventy-two rookie missionaries returned to Him rejoicing for the response they had received. They reported that at…
The humble and poor rejoice in Jesus.
Sermon for Trinity 12, September 4, 2022 To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His own blood and made us a kingdom and priests to God His Father—to Him be the glory and the power forever. Amen. Isaiah 29:18-19 18On that day, the deaf will hear the words from a book, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. 19The humble will rejoice in the Lord once again, and…
God’s grace is confirmed by eyewitnesses.
Sermon for Trinity 11, August 28, 2022 Grace, mercy, and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. God’s grace is confirmed by eyewitnesses. Dear brothers and sisters in the grace of God, How do you turn a murderer into one of the world’s greatest evangelists and apostles? How do you turn timid, scared fishermen and outcasts into bold missionaries who trust in Christ for forgiveness, life, and salvation? How do we work out peace between ourselves…
Jesus has compassion to save you.
Sermon for Trinity 10, August 21, 2022 Grace to you, and peace. 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. Luke 19:41–48 41As he came near, he saw the city and wept over it. 42He said, “If you, yes you, had only known on this day the things that would bring peace to you. But now, it is hidden from your eyes. …
Heed God’s warning; trust His faithfulness.
Sermon for Trinity 9, August 14, 2022 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 1 Corinthians 10:6–13 6Now these things took place as examples to warn us not to desire evil things the way they did. 7Do not become idolaters like some of them—as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to celebrate wildly.” 8And let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did,…