Our sermons are only a part of our Sunday morning, but they are an important part – they are the Word of God presented to us in our context so that we can repent, seek to amend our lives, and receive God’s grace through the power of the Gospel.
“We pay a lot of attention to our failure,” but do we pay attention to sin and righteousness? We talk about Jesus’ “failure” to do a great work in His hometown and how winning and losing, succeeding and failing, is not the same as righteousness and sin. Sermon Scripture: Mark 6:1–13 He went away from there…
We talk about faithfulness and how God shows His faithfulness to us. Sermon Scripture: Mark 5:21–43 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing…
We talk transcendence vs immanence and how God brings us a world that is both transcendent and immanent through the gift of Holy Baptism. Sermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also…
This Sunday the readings are about the Sabbath, but Sabbath is really just resting in God’s Word. We talk about how we find our rest in God’s Word, a part of that Word being our Baptisms, and PJ explains what he used to do with pastors that went a little long. Sermon Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:12–15 “‘Observe…
We kick off our series “My Name is Baptized” with the celebration of Holy Trinity, which of course means the Athanasian Creed. We talk about fine china and our Baptisms, ownership and inheritance. Sermon Scripture: John 3:1–17 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to…
We finish up our “signs of life” series talking about a first grade desk, the Holy Spirit, and growth. Sermon Scripture: Acts 2:1–21 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house…
We continue our “Signs of Life” series talking about something….maybe not so dignified, but important nonetheless. Sermon Scripture: Acts 1:12-26 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying,…
We talk about “reproduction” and how it matters to us as the Body of Christ.
We continue our “Signs of Life” Easter series tackling the topic of sensitivity what it means to “feel Jesus” at work in our lives as His Baptized Body, considering the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch and its meaning for us. Sermon Scripture: Acts 8:26–40 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip,…
We continue our series on the “Signs of Life” by talking about movement and how Jesus as our good shepherd moves us for our good. Sermon Scripture: Psalm 23 The LORD Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. [1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. [2] He makes me lie down in green…