Sermons on Sermon

Sermons on Sermon

The Church Triumphant

ALL SAINTS’ DAY (OBSERVED) The Church Triumphant Revelation 7:13-14 — Grace, Mercy and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear people of God, there is tension between God’s ultimate promise in Christ and the struggles and suffering we face in this present life.  We are pulled between the realities of this life and of the life of the world to come. Pulling in one direction, is the reality of our lives in this…

Here I Stand

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2025 | REFORMATION DAY (Observed) Revelation 14:6–7 | Romans 3:19–28  | John 8:31–36 Here I Stand — Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. There are moments when Jesus says things that offend us. And our Gospel reading describes one of those times. To the Jews (and to you and to me), Jesus says, “You are slaves.” And whenever we feel like we’re being attacked and accused,…

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…

The Unshakeable Peace of Faith

Dear people of God, do you notice how I begin most every message that I preach. I begin with this greeting: Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you…it actually comes from the New Testament epistles, but it is also the custom of many preachers to use that greeting at the beginning of a sermon. We begin with the Peace of God. And we end too, with the Peace of God. The last words I say to you in today’s message;…

Disciplined by Faith

Grace,  Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen These last few weeks we’ve been studying the book of Hebrews,  and asking the question, “What does faith have to do with Faith?” And why are Christians everywhere called to to walk by faith, to live by faith? Two weeks ago, we learned that Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Faith clings to the unbreakable…

Enduring by Faith (Hebrews 11:32-40)

Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. — Dear people of Faith,   Last week I posed this question to you: What does faith have to with Faith? Why is this the name that the people of God here at this congregation chose to be known by? And why is it a name that we, too ought to exemplify in our lives as God’s people?   Last week we studied…

Assured by Faith (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16)

Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. — Well this is a special day. Last week I had the honor of being installed as your pastor. And today I have the privilege of proclaiming God’s Word to you for the very first time. Now I’m not a mystic, I’m not always looking for signs everywhere. But I find it interesting, maybe even providential, that the epistle texts in our lectionary…