Sermons from November 2025

Sermon for Advent 1, November 30, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen. Matthew 21:14-17  14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.  15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonders he performed and heard the children calling out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant.  16They said to him, “Do you…

Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, 2025 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.  His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.  Amen. James 1:16-18  16Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.  17Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the…

Sermon for the Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 23, 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. Habakkuk 1:1-3 & 2:1-4  The threatening oracle which the prophet Habakkuk saw.  2How long, Lord, must I cry for help, but you do not listen?  I call out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save!  3Why do you cause me to see injustice? …

Sermon for Pentecost 23, November 16, 2025 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Luke 21:5-19  5As some were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said, 6“These things that you see here—the days will come when there will not be one stone left on another—every one will be thrown down.”  7They asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen?  And what is the sign that…

Sermon for Pentecost 22, November 9, 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. Revelation 22:1-5  The angel showed me the river of the water of life, which was as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb.  2In the middle of the city’s street and on each side of the…

Sermon for All Saints’, November 2, 2025 Grace to you and peace from Him who is, who was, and who is coming.  Amen. Revelation 21:1-6  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.  And the sea no longer existed.  2And I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  3And from the throne…