Sermons on Isaiah
Delivered from Every Trouble
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2025 | FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS YEAR A Delivered from Every Trouble Isaiah 63:7–14 | Gradual | Galatians 4:4–7 | Matthew 2:13–23 — Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. In the 1954 Christmas Film, White Christmas — one that my family and I watch every year — Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney encourage us in song to face sleepless worry-filled nights in this way: If you’re…
Kiss the Son
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2025 | CHRISTMAS DAY YEARS ABC Isaiah 52:7–10 | Psalm 2 Kiss the Son (Psalm 2) — Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. What is best news you have ever received? When I ask that question, some of you don’t even need to think. Right away you have the answer. Maybe it was the day you got into the school that you wanted to or were…
Re-Claimed and Transformed
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025 | THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT YEAR A Isaiah 35:1–10 | Matthew 11:2–15 Re-claimed and Transformed (Matthew 11: 2-15) — Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. In our Gospel reading for today, John the Baptist is in prison. Herod has jailed John at the request of his wife, Herodias. Herodias was furious because John had criticized her marriage to Herod. Why? She was already married to…
Re-Claimed through Baptism
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025 | SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT YEAR A Isaiah 11:1–10 | 2 Kings 16:2-8 | Psalm 1:1-3 | Matthew 3:1-12 Re-Claimed Through Baptism Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. — The image that we begin with in Isaiah’s prophecy is the image of the stump. Think of a mighty tree, with a huge trunk and great branches, with beautiful leaves. And then think of it being…
Our Humble King Re-Claims Us
November 30, 2025 – FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT – YEAR A Isaiah 2:1–5 | Romans 13:(8–10) 11–14 | Matthew 21:1–11 Our Humble King Re-Claims Us Grace mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is the first Sunday in Advent and the beginning of a new church year. In the church we begin our year with a time of preparation and expectation for Christmas. We call this season Advent because during…