Saved, not by works, but by mercy and promise.
Sermon for Trinity 16, September 19, 2021 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 9:1-13 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying—my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit 2that I have great sorrow and continuous pain in my heart. 3For I almost wish that I myself…
Love the God of love and mercy.
Sermon for Trinity 15, September 12, 2021 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. Deuteronomy 6:4–7 4Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is one! 5Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6These words that I am commanding you today are to be on your heart. 7Teach them…
Walk with the Lord who has authority to heal.
Sermon for Trinity 14, September 5, 2021 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. John 5:1-14 After this, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades. 3Within these lay a large number of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—who were waiting for the movement of the water. 4For an angel would go…
God gives righteousness and life by a promise.
Sermon for Trinity 13, August 29, 2021 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Galatians 3:15–22 15Brothers, I am speaking in human terms. When someone has established a last will and testament, no one nullifies it or adds to it. …
God, I thank You, that You cover me with Jesus.
Sermon for Trinity 11, August 15, 2021 Grace, mercy, and peace to you all from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Luke 18:9–14 9Jesus told this parable to certain people who trusted in themselves (that they were righteous) and looked down on others: 10“Two men went up to the temple courts to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you…
Spirit given gifts give glory to God.
Sermon for Trinity 10, August 8, 2021 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Amen. 1 Corinthians 12:1–11 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were deceived and somehow led away to mute idols. 3Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “A curse be upon Jesus,” and no one can…
Praise the Lord of everything.
Sermon for Trinity 9, August 1, 2021 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. 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 10David blessed the Lord in the presence of the entire assembly. He said: Blessed are you, Lord, the God of Israel, our father, from eternity to eternity. 11To you, O Lord, belong greatness, power, glory, victory, and majesty, because everything in the heavens and…
Beware! Be Aware! Be in Christ’s Care!
Sermon for Trinity 8, July 25, 2021 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Matthew 7:15-23 15Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. You do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, do you? 17So then, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18A good…
God gives us what cannot be earned.
Sermon for Trinity 7, July 18, 2021 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. Romans 6:19–23 19(I am speaking in a human way because of the weakness of your flesh.) Indeed, just as you offered your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, resulting in more lawlessness, so now offer your members in the same way as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. …
We are saved by the Lord your God.
Sermon for Trinity 6, July 11, 2021 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Exodus 20:1-17 Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, where you were slaves. 3You shall have no other gods beside me. 4You shall not make any carved image for yourself or a likeness of anything in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in…
At the word of the Lord, we follow Him.
Sermon for Trinity 5, July 4, 2021 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. Luke 5:1–11 One time, while the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. 2He…
Let the Father’s mercy be in you.
Sermon for Trinity 4, June 27, 2021 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and Jesus our Teacher, Redeemer, and Lord. Amen. Luke 6:36–42 36“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into…