Sermons from 2025 (Page 3)
Believing, not seeing, brings us peace.
Sermon for Easter 2, April 27, 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. John 20:19-31 19On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because of their fear of the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with…
Rejoicing in resurrection hope.
Sermon for Easter, April 20, 2025 This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. His mercy endures forever. Amen. Psalm 51:18-19 18As it pleases you, do good for Zion. Build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19Then you will be pleased with righteous sacrifices, burnt offerings and whole offerings. Then bulls will be offered up on your altar. (EHV) Rejoicing in resurrection hope. Dear lambs of the risen Shepherd and Lord, Confusion was…
Restored by His sacrifice.
Sermon for Good Friday, April 18, 2025 The God of love and peace will be with you. Amen. Psalm 51:14-17 14Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, the God who saves me. My tongue will shout for joy about your righteousness. 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it. You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17The sacrifices God wants are a broken spirit. A…
Renewed through the Gospel.
Sermon for Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Psalm 51:10-13 10 “Create in me a pure heart, O God. Renew an unwavering spirit within me. 11Do not cast me from your presence. Do not take your Holy Spirit from me. 12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Sustain me with a willing spirit. 13I will teach…
The beloved Servant establishes justice forever.
Sermon for Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025 Grace and peace, hope and strength to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Isaiah 42:1-4 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I am placing my Spirit on him. He will announce a just verdict for the nations. 2He will not cry out. He will not raise his voice. He will not make his voice heard in the street. 3A bent…
The rejected Son came to receive you.
Sermon for Lent 5, April 6, 2025 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All who do his precepts have good understanding. Amen. Luke 20:9-20 9He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some tenant farmers, and went away on a journey for a long time. 10When it was the right time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. …
The Spirit of Christ gives eternal life.
Sermon for Lent 4, 2025 Grace and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. Romans 8:1-10 So then, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For in Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3Indeed, what the law was unable to do, because it was weakened by the flesh, God did, when he sent his own Son in the…
Relying on God’s grace.
2nd Sermon for Midweek Lent To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his own blood and made us a kingdom and priests to God his Father—to him be the glory and the power forever. Amen. Psalm 51:7 7Remove my sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. (EHV) Relying on God’s grace. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, How do you remove the stain? I’m…
Who is this “I AM” who saves?
Sermon for Lent 3, March 23, 2025 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Exodus 3:1-15 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, a priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire,…
By faith, we see Jesus—determined to save.
Sermon for Lent 2, March 16, 2025 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Amen. Luke 13:31-35 31In that very hour, some Pharisees came to him and said, “Leave, and go away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I am going to drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach…
Our Great High Priest makes us confident.
Sermon for Lent 1, March 9, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Hebrews 4:14-16 14Therefore, since we have a great high priest, who has gone through the heavens, namely, Jesus the Son of God, let us continue to hold on to our confession. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way, just as we…
Recognizing against whom we sin.
1st Sermon for Midweek Lent Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Psalm 51:3-4 3For I admit my rebellious acts. My sin is always in front of me. 4Against you, you only, have I sinned, and I have done this evil in your eyes. So you are justified when you sentence me. You are blameless when you judge. (EHV) Recognizing against whom we sin. Dear friends in Christ, The season of Lent is…