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Sermons on Baptism (Page 2)
We start off our “Genome” series with a question about who we are when we’re Baptized and why Jesus’ Baptism matters. Sermon Scripture: Mark 1:4–11 [4] John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. [5] And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out…
We talked about Advent and what it means for us to repent, in addition to confessing our sins and believing in God’s forgiveness. Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 40:1–11 Comfort for God’s People [1] Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. [2] Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her…
We begin our sermon series, Concordia, about the Book of Concord and the fundamental beliefs of Lutherans by talking about the three ecumenical creeds at what it means to be “catholic” along with all other people who are baptized into Christ’s name. Sermon Text: Matthew 28:16-20 The Great Commission [16] Now the eleven disciples went to…
It’s Easter! And we’re talking about being Sinner/Saints and what a Resurrected Jesus has to do about this duality that we have in our lives. Sermon Text: Colossians 3:1-4 [1] If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set…
Today we baptized little Isaac and talked about how we can sometimes get confused about subjects and objects in our understanding of God – hint hint, the subject is always Jesus. Sermon based on: John 4:5-30 [5] So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to…
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! It’s also the 5th Sunday after Epiphany and we’re talking about Baptism at University Lutheran. Today we talk about Baptism and the concept of “remembering your Baptism” and why it might be better to say “remember that you have been Baptized.”
Today we talked about the 10 commandments and what it means to have 10 commandments. We couched that especially in the understanding of what it means to be commanded to Baptize Taylor Andrew Jordan, who was Baptized right after the sermon in the worship service. You’ll hear about Pastor Jay’s past as a “Party Captain”…
We celebrate Pastor Jay’s second daughter’s baptism along with the celebration of Baptism of Our Lord – and we start a new series talking about this book called a catechism.