Sermons on Luke

Sermons on Luke

Persistent, Humble Prayer

PENTECOST PROPER 24 C Luke 18:1–14 — Grace mercy and peace be to you from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. You can’t serve two masters. Jesus has made this clear. In Luke 16-18, He has told us a series of stories that illustrate this point. And today in Luke 18, we hear the Lord instructing us in prayer, which reflects this truth. This truth that He alone is our master. The Gospel reading includes the first…

Ascension Assignment

The message for this LWML Sunday is based on the work of the LWML’s Senior Pastoral Counselor, the Rev. Mark Maas. Please join me in prayer: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. — From time to time in our lives, we meet people that God uses to bless us and transform our lives. Think for instance, of the first time you…

Beggars at the Gate

Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. The parable today of the Rich Man and Lazarus, continues Jesus’ theme in this section of Luke’s Gospel which is this: You can’t serve two masters. Like the Dishonest manager in the first part of Luke 16, the Rich man described here has been busily serving one master. He’s been serving money and the power and pleasure that comes with it. But meanwhile,…

You Can’t Serve Two Masters

Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. There has been a lot going on in our nation lately. I’ve been processing it. You’ve been processing it. The murder of Charlie Kirk and the aftermath has shocked and shaken us. And of course there’s been a lot of analysis. Everyone is trying to tell us what all this means. Well, frankly, I don’t know what it means politically or what it…