Sermons from 2025

Sermon for Pentecost 18, October 12, 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. Genesis 8:15-22  15God spoke to Noah.  He said, 16“Go out of the ark—you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.  17Bring out with you every living thing of every sort that is with you, all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that…

Sermon for Pentecost 17, October 5, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Luke 17:1-10  Jesus said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!  2It would be better for that person if a millstone would be hung around his neck and he would be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. …

Sermon for Pentecost 16, September 28, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Hebrews 13:1-6  Continue to show brotherly love.  2Do not fail to show love to strangers, for by doing this some have welcomed angels without realizing it.  3Remember those in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated, as if you yourselves were also suffering bodily.  4Marriage is to be held in honor by all, and…

Sermon for Pentecost 15, September 21, 2025 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.  All who do his precepts have good understanding.  Amen. Ecclesiastes 5:10-20  10Anyone who loves money is never satisfied with money, and anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.  This too is vanishing vapor.  11When goods increase, so do those who eat them.  What profit, then, does the owner get, except to see these things with his eyes?  12The worker’s sleep…

Sermon for Pentecost 14, September 14, 2025 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.  Amen. Luke 15:1-10  All the tax collectors and sinners were coming to Jesus to hear him.  2But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”  3He told them this parable: 4“Which one of you, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one…

Sermon for Pentecost 13, September 7, 2025 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Philemon 1:7-21  7For I have received great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.  8For that reason, even though I have plenty of boldness in Christ to order you to do what is proper, 9I am appealing to you instead, on the basis of love, just as…

Sermon for Pentecost 12, August 31, 2025 Grace to you and heavenly peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ, our eternal King.  Amen. Christ elevates you to glory. Dear friends of the humble Savior, Our readings this morning were chosen around the theme of humility before God.  Humility is a most rare thing in our world, unless, of course, someone is trying to live a life of self-deprivation, as the monks of the Middle Ages often did.  Truthfully though,…

Sermon for Pentecost 11, August 24, 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. Luke 13:22-30  22He went on his way from one town and village to another, teaching, and making his way to Jerusalem.  23Someone said to him, “Lord, are only…

Sermon for Pentecost 9, August 10, 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. Genesis 15:1-6  After these events the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision.  He said, “Do not be afraid, Abram.  I am your shield, your very great reward.”  2Abram said, “Lord God what can you give me, since I remain childless, and the one who will…

Sermon for Pentecost 8, August 3, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen. Luke 12:13-21  13Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”  14But Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed me to be a judge or an arbitrator over you?”  15Then he said to them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because a man’s life is not…

Sermon for Pentecost 7, July 27, 2025 Now may the God of hope fill you with complete joy and peace as you continue to believe, so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. 1 Timothy 2:1-7  First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2for kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we might live a quiet and peaceful life in…

Sermon for Pentecost 6, July 20, 2025 Grace, mercy, peace, and abundant joy to you from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Genesis 18:1-14  The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he was sitting by the door to his tent during the heat of the day.  2Abraham looked up, and he saw three men standing in front of him.  When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and…