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Sermons on Luke (Page 6)
We talk about how God has included us into His family, into His mission, and how He does that despite our sins of omission and the things that we don’t do – forgiving them and renewing us. Sermon Scripture: Luke 4:16–30 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was…
What do you have trouble seeing around? That’s the big question that we talk about today as we look at the story of Jesus’ baptism from the Gospel of Luke and all of the things that needed clarity, and how our lives can benefit from God’s clarity as well as we think about our vocations.…
We finish up the Christmas season and our “Christmas Calling” series talking about Simeon, waiting, and how the promise of the Resurrection changes our waiting. Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:22–40 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as…
It’s Christmas Eve! But does it really “feel like” Christmas to us? We talk about the desperation and desolation that can happen, and how to identify a good place to say “this is Christmas.” Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:1–20 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This…
We talk about what it means for us to be honored by God in the sacrifice of His Son, and how His honor beats back our shame. Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:39–56 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah…
Pink Candle Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, also called Gaudete Sunday is a Sunday that is all about joy – so we talk about the joy that we are given by Christ, what gets in the way of our joy, and our Baptisms. Sermon Scripture: Luke 7:18–35 The disciples of John reported all these…
We move into the second sermon of our “Christmas Calling” series talking about vocation and how John the Baptist clarifies the vocations of the people around him, how our vocations are clarified, and how Jesus’ vocation was ultimately clear – saving us from sin. Sermon Scripture: Luke 3:1–20 In the fifteenth year of the reign…
About Easter Sunday: Alleluias return to the sanctuary of University Lutheran as we consider emptiness again, but this time joyously, as we consider the empty tomb of our Lord whom death could not hold. Together with Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women and disciples, we consider the mystery of…
Sometimes culture views the Christian God of judgment, and while this is true about God’s fairness, it neglects God’s love and restoration of the human being. As we consider the God whom Jesus portrays as the father in the story of the prodigal, we consider a God who has given grace and forgiveness. And he…
About the 4th Sunday after Epiphany: In this Sunday’s Gospel from the lectionary we have another incidence of Jesus performing miracles, but here it is specifically His healing and demon-casting miracles that are highlighted. We consider what it means for Jesus to be not only the healer of the body, but also his divinity that…