Sermons from 2026
We proclaim the love of God Who created all things.
Sermon for Reminiscere, Lent 2, March 1, 2026 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Amen. Acts 17:22-29 22Then Paul stood up in front of the council of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way. 23For as I was walking around and carefully observing your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which had been…
The Seed of the woman has covered our shame.
Sermon for Invocavit, February 22, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Seed of the woman has covered our shame. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Our sermon text this morning is the first fifteen verses of our Old Testament reading from Genesis 3. I reread just two verses at this time: “The Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all…
“Oh My Father…”
Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Mercy and peace to you all, for the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. Amen. Matthew 26:36-46 36Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and he began to be sorrowful and distressed. 38Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful,…
God’s righteousness requires harsh justice.
Sermon for Quinquagesima, February 15, 2026 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. Joshua 7:20-26 20Achan answered Joshua, “It is true. I am the one who has sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21Among the plunder I saw an expensive Mesopotamian robe, a fine one, and two hundred shekels of silver and one…
The Lord takes delight in peace.
Sermon for Sexagesima, February 8, 2026 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All who do his precepts have good understanding. Amen. Psalm 35:11-28 11Malicious witnesses arise. They ask me about things I do not know. 12They repay me with evil instead of good. They rob my soul of happiness. 13But when they were sick, I dressed in sackcloth. I afflicted myself with fasting. My prayers returned unanswered. 14I walked around mourning, as if mourning for a…
Live forever in the Lord’s righteousness.
Sermon for Septuagesima, February 1, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Psalm 37:21-29 21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and give. 22So those God blesses will inherit the earth, but those he curses will be cut off. 23By the Lord the steps of a person are made secure. Then he will delight in his way. 24Though he falls, he will not stay down, because the…
With the veil lifted, we are transformed.
Sermon for Transfiguration, January 25, 2026 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Amen. 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 7If the ministry that brought death (which was engraved in letters on stone) came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look directly at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (though it was fading), 8how will the ministry of the spirit not be much more glorious? 9For…
It is good not to be alone.
Sermon for Epiphany 2, January 18, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ, our Savior, Bridegroom, and Lord. Amen. Genesis 2:18-25 18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is a suitable partner for him.” 19Out of the soil, the Lord God had formed every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and he brought them to the man to see…
Christ’s righteousness covers your shame.
Sermon for Epiphany 1, January 11, 2026 Grace and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. Genesis 9:18-29 18The sons of Noah who went out from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, people spread out over the whole earth. 20Noah began to be a man of the soil and planted a vineyard. 21He drank some of the wine and…
Flee to the Savior who died so you might live.
Sermon for Christmas 2, January 4, 2026 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Matthew 2:16-18 16When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Wise Men, he was furious. He issued orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under. This was in keeping with the exact time he had…