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Sermons on Advent (Season) (Page 2)
We look at the world around us and how it reflects our need for a Savior – Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11 | Psalm 126 | 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24 | John 1: 6-8, 19-28
We take a look at our sins and the idea of repentance, not as a guilt trip, but as a way for us to consider what it means for us to be Christians – Isaiah 40: 1-11 | Psalm 85 | 2 Peter 3: 8-14 | Mark 1: 1-8
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Why or why not? We start off our “Ugly Christmas, Beautiful Christ” Advent sermon series with investigating the darkness around us so that we can clearly see the light of Christ. – Isaiah 64: 1-9 | Psalm 80: 1-7 | 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9 | Mark 13: 24-37
We finish up Advent by talking about Joseph and how Jesus is the ultimate Christmas character. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 1:18–25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.…
We celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Advent and look at the connection between excitement and patience as we wait for Christmas and the return of Jesus in the Resurrection. Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 35 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; it shall blossom abundantly…
Every year at University Lutheran, we host a German language Christmas service. This is the sermon from that service.
We talk about the role of our imaginations in our following Jesus and how even our imaginations can fail us when we are thinking about the good things that God gives us. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 3:1–12 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven…
We kick off our annual focus talking about how exciting it is to hear God in Jesus call us into discipleship. Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 2:1–5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the…
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…