Sermons from 2026

Sermon for Easter 3, Misericordia Domini, April 19, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace be yours, forever, from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen. Romans 1:1-6  Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2which he promised in advance through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.  3This gospel is about his Son-who in the flesh was born a descendant of David, 4who in the spirit of holiness was declared…

Sermon for Easter 2, April 12, 2026 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. Matthew 12:38-41  38Then some of the experts in the law and Pharisees replied, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”  39But he answered them, “An evil…

Easter Sunday, April 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. Luke 11:21-22  21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.  22But when someone stronger attacks him and defeats him, he takes away that man’s full armor, in which he had trusted, and divides up…

Sermon for Good Friday, April 3, 2026 Grace and mercy to you from the One Who was despised and rejected by men, a man who knew grief, who was well acquainted with suffering.  Amen. John 19:33-42  33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.  34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear.  Immediately blood and water came out.  35The one who saw it has testified, and…

Sermon for Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2026 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Matthew 26:26-29  26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples.  He said, “Take, eat, this is my body.”  27Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it all of you, 28for this is my blood of the new testament, which is poured out…

Sermon for Lent 6, Palm Sunday, April 29, 2026 Mercy and peace to all of you who are in Christ Jesus.  Amen. Philippians 2:5-11  5Indeed, let this attitude be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.  6Though he was by nature God, he did not consider equality with God as a prize to be displayed, 7but he emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant.  When he was born in human likeness, and his appearance was like that…

Sermon for Judica, Lent 5, March 22, 2026 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Hebrews 9:15-22  15For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant.  A death took place as payment for the trespasses committed under the first covenant, so that those who are called would receive the promised eternal inheritance.  16For where a will exists, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made the…

Sermon for Laetare, Lent 4, March 15, 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. John 6:41-47  41So the Jews started grumbling about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”  42They asked, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?  So how can he…

Sermon for 4th midweek Lent, March 11, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  Amen. Luke 23:20-25  20Pilate addressed them again, because he wanted to release Jesus.  21But they kept shouting, “Crucify!  Crucify him!”  22He said to them the third time, “Why?  What evil has he done?  I have found no grounds for sentencing him to death.  So I will whip him and release him.”  23But they kept pressuring him with loud voices,…

Sermon for Oculi, Lent 3, March 8, 2026 The God of love and peace will be with you.  Amen. Daniel 6:10-24  10Now, when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house.  It had windows on its upper story that opened toward Jerusalem.  Three times each day he would get on his knees and pray and offer praise before his God.  He continued to do that, just as he had been doing before this.  11Then these…

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…

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…