About this Sunday: We cheer together when we are filled with the expectation and hope of something good. We do not even need to see it – we can cheer in expectation. That is what this Sunday of Advent is all about, about the cheer of faith that waits but still rejoices. It is about…
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Sermons from 2015
Every year University Lutheran puts on a German language Christmas service. The liturgy, readings, and hymns are in German, but the sermon is in English. This year, the sermon’s major illustration was the original story of the Nutcracker – a German story by a man named Hoffman. The sermon is based on Hebrews, Chapter 1.…
About this Sunday: Our Baptisms were the first steps of our journeys to heaven, but we experience the length of the journey as we go through life. This Sunday of Advent, we look at the wisdom of knowing that the journey is not instantaneous, but that we are called to journey well as we go…
About this Sunday: The season of Advent is a season of waiting – its discipline and wisdom. The discipline and wisdom of waiting begins with the feeling of the VOID, the feeling of emptiness that we try to fill up with all sorts of short term solutions. This Sunday we will talk about what we…
About this Sunday: The season of Advent is a season of waiting – its discipline and wisdom. The discipline and wisdom of waiting begins with the feeling of the VOID, the feeling of emptiness that we try to fill up with all sorts of short term solutions. This Sunday we will talk about what we…
About this Sunday: Our last Sunday in the series “Gift of the Lamb” and the second to last Sunday in the church year. During it, we begin to turn our “Advent eyes” to the dawning of the day of Jesus’ returning when we will see the Lamb upon the Throne and how we are…
About this Sunday: The readings for this Sunday lead us to consider what it is like to be prayed for and how intercession works. As we consider the intercession of the prophet, and even the intercession of the widow, our eyes are turned to our High Priest who makes intercession for us in both sacrifice…
About this Sunday: Like our Reformation Sunday, this celebration of All Saints continues with the readings for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. Again, the readings fit the celebration of the specific day, even if they were not tailored to do so. In this Sunday we look at the covenants of God – the Old Covenant…
About this Sunday: While this Sunday is Reformation Day, we are using the readings from the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost in order to keep with the theme of the Lamb. The readings, however, are very good readings for the celebration of the Reformation – especially since the Priesthood of Jesus figured heavily into the original…
About this Sunday: The Sabbath or “rest of God” is something that figures prominently into the theme of Hebrews. This Sunday is our opportunity to see this theme brought before our eyes. This rest is something that we are called to remember at the heart of our lives, rather than chasing after our vanities, we…