Sermons on Trinity Season
Trinity 21 – 2024
Trinity21 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR TRINITY-21 John 4:46-54 “FAITH IN WORD ALONE” A REAL CAPERNAUM EVENT There was a certain nobleman, one of the royal officials of King Herod, whose son was critically ill and about to die. This nobleman had heard about Jesus, a Prophet whose powerful teaching was backed up by miraculous works, like the turning of water to wine. In fact it may well be that…
Trinity 20 – 2024
Trinity 20 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR TRINITY-20 Matthew 22:1-14 ‘A’-LIST REJECTS; ‘Z’S ARE IN PRAYER O mighty and everlasting God, Who extends the invitation to ALL… MANY vs. FEW Many are invited to the party; few bother to show up. Many are dead; few actually trust that fact. Many have a place at the Heavenly banquet; few take their seat at the table. We already have a sense of…
Trinity 19 – 2024
Bulletin- Trinity 19 – 2024 ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Sermon: Matthew 9:1-8 MIRACLES & FORGIVENESS STILL PRAYER O mighty and everlasting God, Who by Your Son mercifully … GREETING In the Name of the One Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, dear fellow redeemed; [Button in a tourist shop: To err is human, to forgive is out of the question.] POOR, MISERABLE You confessed it this…
Trinity 17 – 2024
Trinity 17 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 14:1-14 POOR MISERABLE SINNERS OPENING PRAYER LORD God, give us all humble hearts, so that we gladly hear Your Word and keep it as our dearest treasure. Give us rest in It for our soul and power to kill the lusts of the flesh, and rather to practice works of love every day of the week and our lives. Grant us…
Trinity 16 – 2024
Trinity 16- 2024 ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 7:11-17 WHEN LIFE & DEATH CONTEND PRAYER LORD God, Heavenly Father, You sent Your Son to be made Flesh, that by His death He might atone for our sins and deliver us from eternal death: We pray, confirm in our hearts the hope that our LORD Jesus Christ Who with but a Word raised the widow Nain’s son, in like manner…
Trinity 14 – 2024
Trinity 14 – 2024 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 17:11-19 FAITH & THANKS TO THE LORD “UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!” On His way to Jerusalem, where Jesus was going to die and rise for the life of the world, He was met by ten lepers. Leprosy was more than a medical condition, it was a social disease. It turned you into an outcast. It isolated you from your family and friends.…
Trinity 12 – 2024
Trinity 12, 2024 ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Mark 7:31-37 STRANGE MEANS OF HEALING STRANGE MEANS Can you imagine a total Stranger coming up to you, sticking His fingers in your ears, spitting and touching your tongue? And your own friends brought you to Him! It wasn’t’ quite what the people had in mind when they brought their friend to Jesus. All they asked was for Jesus to place His Hand…
Trinity 11 – 2024
Trinity 11 – 2024 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 18:9-14 TALE OF 2 RELIGIONS TWO WORLD RELIGIONS There are really only two religions in the world, and it has always been that way – the religion of the Law and the Religion of the Gospel. In the religion of the Law, you work your way up to God. In the religion of the Gospel, God comes down to you.…
Trinity 10 – 2024
Trinity 10- 2024 ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 19:41-48 JESUS’ DAILY TEACHING & CLEANING He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him. This is Your Word, Heavenly Father. Sanctify us by Your Truth. Your Word is Truth. Amen. WRONG…
Trinity 9 – 2024
Trinity 2 Bulletin ↓ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grants Pass, OR ↓ Faith Lutheran Church, Medford OR Luke 16:1-9-13 BE BAD STEWARDS?! TOUGH GOSPEL/S There are Sundays when the lectionary readings make me wish I could just pick my own text or maybe do a nice sermon series on some benign self-improvement theme. Today is one of them. The Gospel has a bunch of sayings of Jesus all clustered around the uncomfortable topic of your money, calling it “unrighteous Mammon”…