Jay Winters is the pastor at University Lutheran
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Sermons by Jay Winters (Page 45)
About the 6th Sunday after Pentecost: There is a predominant theme of discipleship and calling in these readings. Twice we hear the story of the demands of following as a disciple, first in 1 Kings and then in Luke. The Psalm gives us words to consider as we offer ourselves as disciples to God. Paul…
About the fifth Sunday after Pentecost: The readings for this Sunday all include an element of God’s saving work. He promises that He will save some out of the judgment in Isaiah 65, the Psalmist in Psalm 3 cries out for God to arise and save, and in Luke 8, we read a story of…
About Third Sunday after Pentecost – There is no escaping the theme of death vs life when reading these readings this week. We are called to look at the death that our sin deserves, but also to the life which Christ offers us through the justification of our souls by His suffering and death. We…
Trinity Sunday is the Sunday in which we consider the nature of God Himself. Given that our annual focus this year is “Wise Unto Salvation”, we are drawn to the reading from Proverbs about wisdom and how wisdom and God interact The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a…
The Tower of Babel Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone,…
About the Sixth Sunday of Easter: The readings this week look toward the inclusion of all peoples in God’s Kingdom. The inclusion of Macedonia through Lydia’s faithful response to God’s work in her heart, the organization of heaven that includes not only Jewish believers, but Gentiles as well, to the Psalm that looks forward to…
About the Fifth Sunday of Easter: God’s Kingdom is revealed in a New Heaven and a New Earth in the book of Revelation. It is described as a New Jerusalem coming down out of the heavens, where God’s dwelling place is with man. This New Jerusalem is a place where there is no separation along…
About the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The fourth Sunday of Easter is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because the readings traditionally center around the image of Jesus as a shepherd. Even in the book of Revelation, Jesus is pictured as a shepherd – here a sort of ironic shepherd, a Lamb who is a shepherd.…
About the Third Sunday of Easter: The readings this week revolve around the idea of worthiness. In the reading from the book of Revelation, we see that it is only the Lamb, who is Jesus, that is found worthy. No others are worthy of the responsibility and action of heaven. Because we learn that it…
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…