Sermons from 2026

Sermon for Trinity 15, September 13, 2026 Our faithful Lord answers your prayers. Dear children of the Living God, St. John, in his greeting to the members of the seven churches in the province of Asia: (Revelation 1:4) wrote, “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.” (Revelation 1:6)  Today, this serves…

Sermon for Trinity 14, September 6, 2026 The God of love and peace will be with you.  Amen. 1 Corinthians 11:23-32  23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”  25In the same way, after the meal, he also took…

O Lord, we are gathered in sorrow, yet not as those who have no hope.  We thank You for all the blessings bestowed on our brother, now fallen asleep and for all the blessings given through him.  But most of all, we thank You for making him Your dear child by faith in Jesus Christ.  Give us to have that same trust in Jesus always.  We ask this all in Christ’s holy name.  Amen. Grace to you and peace from…

Sermon for Trinity 13, August 30, 2026 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. Hebrews 9:6-14  6After these things had been furnished in this way, the priests would always enter the first room of the tent to perform their ministries.  7But only the high priest would enter the second section of the tent, once each…

Sermon for Trinity 12, August 23, 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. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17  16The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ?  The bread that we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?  17Because there is one bread, we, who are many, are one body,…

Sermon for Trinity 11, August 16, 2026 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. 1 John 1:5-2:2  5This is the message we heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light.  In him there is no darkness at all.  6If we say we have fellowship with him but still walk in darkness, we are lying and do not put the truth into…

Sermon for Trinity 10, August 9, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Matthew 18:12-20  12“What do you think?  If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go looking for the one that wandered away?  13If he finds it—Amen I tell you—he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away. …

Sermon for Trinity 9, August 2, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. 1 Corinthians 12:1-7, 28-31  Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.  2You know that when you were pagans, you were deceived and somehow led away to mute idols.  3Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “A curse be upon Jesus,” and no one can say, “Jesus…

Sermon for Trinity 8, July 26, 2026 Mercy and peace to you all, for the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.  Amen. John 20:19-23  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 you!”  20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.  So the disciples rejoiced…

Sermon for Trinity 7, July 19, 2026 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. Ephesians 6:10-18  10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.  11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can stand against the schemes of the Devil.  12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the…

Sermon for Trinity 6, July 12, 2026 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. Romans 6:3-11  3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  4We were therefore buried with him by…

Sermon for Trinity 5, July 5, 2026 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. Mark 16:16  16 “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” (EHV) Acts 2:38-39  38Peter answered them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus…