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Sermons on Belief (Page 2)
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…
We count down to the 2nd to last Sunday of the Church year and start looking beyond our own lives to heaven and the Resurrection by asking ourselves some tough questions about our expectations for the afterlife and what God promises us. Sermon Text: Mark 13:1–13 And as he came out of the temple, one of…
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 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 talk about the strange way that the Easter story is told in Mark, and how it maybe isn’t so strange after all. Sermon Scripture: Mark 16:1–8 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on…
We continue our “Wounded” series with talking about the wound of being misunderstood by the world around us. Sermon Scripture: Mark 8:27–38 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John…
We celebrate(?) the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by talking about our freedom in Christ, and what it means to be people whose hearts are shaped by that freedom. Sermon Scripture: John 8:31-38 The Truth Will Set You Free [31] So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word,…
Today we talk about the obvious fact that we are not in the Resurrection yet with an eye towards how great that day that Jesus Christ has won for us on the cross. Sermon Text: Matthew 15:21-28 The Faith of a Canaanite Woman [21] And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of…
Where do you look when you get in trouble? Do you look up? Do you look down? What does where you look tell you about what you’re looking for? We talk today about Peter walking on the water and the meaning of the blue field in Luther’s Rose symbol. Sermon Text: Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus Walks on…