Sermons from 2024 (Page 5)

Sermon for Lent 5, March 17, 2024 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. Isaiah 43:1-7  But now this is what the Lord says, the Lord who created you, O Jacob, the Lord who formed you, O Israel.  “Do not be afraid, because I have redeemed you.  I have called you by name.  You are mine.  2When you cross through the waters, I…

Sermon for 5th midweek Lent, March 13, 2024 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Christ Jesus, our Lord.  Amen. John 18:33-40  33Pilate went back into the Praetorium and summoned Jesus.  He asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”  34Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”  35Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew?  Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me.  What have you done?” …

Sermon for Lent 4, March 10, 2024 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. John 3:14-21  14“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15so that everyone who believes in him…

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…

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,”…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…