Live in Christ’s love.
Sermon for Epiphany 7, February 23, 2025 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Luke 6:27-38 27“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. 29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer the other too. If someone takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt. 30Give to everyone who asks…
When in weakness, shelter in Christ’s strength.
Sermon for Pentecost 6, February 16, 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. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 7Therefore, to keep me from becoming arrogant due to the extraordinary nature of these revelations, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me, so that I would not…
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.
Sermon for Epiphany 5, February 9, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two they covered their faces. With two they covered their feet. With two they flew. 3One called…
We too must preach the Gospel.
Sermon for Epiphany 4, February 2, 2025 Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Luke 4:38-44 38Jesus got up, left the synagogue, and went into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in- law was suffering from a high fever. They asked him to help her. 39He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. 40As the sun was setting, they brought…
Pray gladly to speak boldly of God’s grace.
Sermon for Epiphany 3, January 26, 2025 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. Acts 4:23-31 23After Peter and John were released, they went to their own friends and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said. 24When they heard…
Faith makes you precious to the LORD
Sermon for Epiphany 2, January 19, 2025 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. Isaiah 62:1-5 For the sake of Zion I will not be silent. For the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth shining brightly, and her salvation burns like a torch. 2Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings will see your glory. You…
The Lord Jesus is your comfort and strength.
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 sister in faith, now fallen asleep, and for all the blessings given through her. But most of all, we thank You for making her 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…
The Mighty One put Himself in your baptism.
Sermon for Baptism of Jesus, January 12, 2025 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 15The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might be the Christ. 16John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But someone mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
Rejoice in the Word of salvation many reject.
Sermon for Epiphany, January 5, 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. Acts 13:46-49 46Then Paul and Barnabas responded fearlessly, “It was necessary that God’s word be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, look: We are now turning to the Gentiles! 47For this is what the Lord has instructed us:…
See the comfort, peace, glory, and redemption.
New Year’s Eve, Dember 31, 2024 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Luke 2:22-40 22When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. 23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be called holy to the Lord.”) 24And they came to offer a sacrifice according to what was…
From then to forever, the Lord God gave.
Sermon for Christmas 1, December 29, 2024 Mercy and peace to you all, “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.” Amen. Isaiah 50:4-9 4The Lord God gave me a tongue like the learned, an instructed tongue, so I know how to sustain the weary with a word. He wakes me up morning by morning. He wakes up my ears so that I listen like the learned. 5The Lord God opened my ear, and I myself…
Witness the Word, the life, the light, and the glory.
Sermon for Christmas Day, December 25, 2024 The Light, who brings light and life to the world, shine upon you, for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared for all people. Amen. John 1:1-18 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 one thing was made that has been made. 4In him was…