Mid-Week Advent 1- 2022
Sermon Text Matthew 21:1–9 Dear fellow redeemed: Have you ever acted on faith? Of course you have. If after church you go out to your car you will do so in faith that it will start. If you fly in an airplane, you have faith that it will go up and down again safely. If you take medicine, it is with the faith that it will do you some good. Of course we are talking about normal everyday faith here.…
Advent 1-2022
Sermon Text: Matthew 21:1–9 ADVENT IS ABOUT FAITH Dear fellow redeemed: Have you ever acted on faith? Of course you have. If after church you go out to your car you will do so in faith that it will start. If you fly in an airplane, you have faith that it will go up and down again safely. If you take medicine, it is with the faith that it will do you some good. Of course we are talking about…
Last after Trinity-2022
Preaching the Catechism – 3rd Article – The Resurrection and Life Everlasting. We are living under the “old order of things.” The characteristics of the old order are disappointment, loneliness, alienation, sorrow, guilt pain, oppression, sickness, destruction, death, and the like. The old order is passing away and in its place are life, joy, peace, love, companionship, and all that is good. The change for believers is assured by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:50–58 (EHV) 50 Now…
22nd Sunday
after Trinity-2022 (no video)
HEED CHRIST AS SAVIOR – OR AS JUDGE I. The Darkness of the Age II. Our Lord’s Provisions for the Light III. Light Comes in Repentance to the Risen One Acts 17:22-31 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…
End Times 2022(no video)
2 Timothy 4:1–8 (EHV) I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word. Be ready whether it is convenient or not. Correct, rebuke, and encourage, with all patience and teaching. For there will come a time when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, because they have itching ears, they will accumulate for…
Reformation-2022(no video)
John 8:31–36 (EHV) 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, you are really my disciples. 32You will also know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered, “and we have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be set free’?” 34 Jesus answered, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Everyone who keeps committing sin is a slave to sin.…
19th Sunday after Trinity-2022
Sermon Text: Colossians 3:12-21 WE LIVE THE FAITH IN THE FAMILY – – – Preaching the Catechism – The Table of Duties II We don’t live the Christian faith in a vacuum, but rather in all the different vocations into which God places us, especially in families and in our churches. Luther picks up on this in the Table of Duties, and our text from Colossians captures the way we live out the gospel with one another.
18th Sunday After Trinity-2022
Sermon Text: 2 Peter 1:1-9 LIVE THE FAITH TO KEEP THE FAITH – – – Preaching the Catechism – The Table of Duties In his epistles, the apostle Peter is speaking to the church under stress, facing persecution and false teachers. To endure in the faith requires a life built around the faith-sustaining word.
17th Sunday after Trinity-2022
Sermon Text- Matthew 22:34-46 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU’RE A GOOD PERSON? – – – Preaching the Catechism – Law and Gospel Revisited If you say you are a good person, what is that based on? The Pharisees asked Jesus what the “greatest commandment” is, with the implication that we could thereby say we are a good person. So, do you love God with all your heart, soul, and mind? Really? Then how can you say you are a good…
16th Sunday after Trinity-2022
Sermon Text-James 5:13-20 PRAY FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS – – – Preaching the Catechism – Intercessory Prayer In the midst of tragedies we often hear “our thoughts and prayers go out to the suffering.” Then there are those who are virtue-signal, saying “thoughts and prayers aren’t enough.” As Christians, we don’t go along with the cliches. While our thoughts may be on the suffering, our prayers are to the true and living God, who hears and answers prayers in Christ’s…