*The First Sunday in Advent*
Theology of the Cross
*(Hear What the Eye Cannot See)*
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, “*They brought the donkey and the colt *[to
Jesus]*, and He sat on them*.”
Dear Christian friends,
*Sedalia Circuit Pastors’ Conference* Prophecies Made About You
Grace, mercy and peace have now been given even to pastors by God our
Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In the three-year lectionary, last
Sunday’s Epistle ended with chapter 1, verse 17, of today’s reading. Next
week takes
The Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost
What God Hides, No One Finds
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Here are the opening Words of today’s Old Testament:
It is the glory of God to conceal things,
But the glory of kings is to search things out.
The Fourteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Tired Yet?
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, God declares,
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when
reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one
The Thirteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Law & Gospel
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Jesus our Lord speaks with true mercy and divine love in
today’s Gospel:
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but
rather
The Tenth Sunday of Pentecost
Praying in a Certain Way
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, “*Jesus was praying in a certain place*.”
The disciples of Jesus saw Him praying and they wanted to imitate their
Lord’s prayers with
The Eighth Sunday of Pentecost
Becoming a Neighbor
*(The History of the Good Samaritan)*
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Jesus asks a lawyer in today’s Gospel, “*Which of the three
travelers proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among
The Fifth Sunday of Pentecost
‘Fraidy Snakes
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus performed a powerful miracle for a
suffering man. After the miracle, Jesus said to the man, “*Return to your
home, and declare how much God
The Feast of Trinity
On Children’s Sermons
*(But Not Really)*
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Jesus says in today’s Gospel: “*If anyone keeps My Word, he
will never taste death*.”
Dear Christian friends:
Over at the vacancy, a
The Feast of Pentecost
KEEP My Words
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Jesus says it twice in today’s Gospel: “*Keep My Words*.”
Speaking in this manner, Jesus is essentially saying to us, “Treasure My
Words in your heart and in your mind. Use
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Asking for What We Have Received
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Speaking about all
Christians everywhere, including you and me, Jesus prays in today’s Gospel,
“*I
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
The One Who Conquers
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Jesus is the “*Alpha
and the Omega, the beginning and the end*”; the crucified and resurrected
One; the One who
The Third Sunday of Easter
In Summary…
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Three things
happened in today’s Gospel, which are especially important to notice. Each
of these things happened
Wednesday of Lent 5
His Kingdom Will Never Be Destroyed
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. King Darius wrote the decree, “*The God of Daniel is the
living God, enduring forever; His kingdom shall never be destroyed and His
dominion shall be to
*The Fourth Sunday in Lent*
Something Old, Something New
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! God has done a strange thing for us in today’s Old Testament from
Isaiah 43. He begins by reminding us of the past—in particular, how He
destroyed
Wednesday of Lent 3
He Does According to His Will
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. King Nebuchadnezzar declared, “*I bless the Most High! He
does according to His will among the host of heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth*.”
Dear
Wednesday of Lent 2
Who is the God Who Will Deliver You?
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Nebuchadnezzar said to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my
gods or worship the
Sedalia Circuit Pastors’ Conference εκτρωμα
When Christ Jesus our Lord was born of the Virgin, He did not look like the
Son of God. He looked like a defenseless child. The angel needed to
explain, “*The child will be called… the Son of God*” (Luke 1:35). The
preached Word was the only way
The First Sunday in Lent
Prepare for Worship
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, “*Jesus ate nothing during those days, and
when they were ended, He was hungry*.”
Dear Christian friends:
*I. Worship Prepares You for Your
The Feast of the Transfiguration
I Look for the Resurrection of the Dead
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, “*The appearance of Jesus’ face was
altered and His clothing became dazzling white. And two men were talking
with Him,
My evening sermons are deliberately brief.
ER
Wednesday of Lent 1
There is a God in Heaven Who Reveals Mysteries
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Daniel said to the king,
No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to
Lent will be devoted to hearing the first 6 chapters of Daniel.
Daniel 1 replaces the Old Testament and Epistle for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday
What You See is What You Get
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Daniel said to the steward,
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
His Word Possessed Authority
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, the people were astonished at Jesus’
teaching. They were bewildered, amazed, taken aback—“What is this guy
saying?”—because
The First Sunday after the Epiphany
Baptism Makes Your Daily Task Holy to the Lord
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus was baptized. The first Words *after*
today’s Gospel immediately speak about Jesus beginning His daily
New Year’s Eve
Time Is On Our Side
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Our God declares in tonight’s Old Testament, “*In returning
and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your
strength.*”
Dear Christian friends:
The Second Sunday after Christmas
The Holy Family
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus “*went down with His parents to
Nazareth and was submissive to them.*”
Dear Christian friends:
When the Virgin Mary “*gave birth
Holy Christmas Day
When the Angels Went Away
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel,
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one
another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has
The Second Sunday in Advent (At the Baptism of Kaesyn Ryan Avey)
If You Want Cheap Insurance, Go to Geico
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. John the Baptist declared to the crowds that came out to be
baptized by him, “*You brood of vipers! Who
Here endeth the series.
The Fourth Wednesday in Advent
A Son Has Been Born
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen! The women of Bethlehem rejoiced in Naomi’s joy. “*A son has
been born to Naomi*!”
Dear Christian friends,
The women of
Thanksgiving Eve
That Thanksgivings Be Made for Kings
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Tonight’s Epistle calls to all Christians,
I urge that supplications, prayers, intercession and thanksgivings be made
for all people, for kings and all
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Let Us Draw Near... To Where?
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. Today’s Epistle cries out to all Christians, “*Let us draw
near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, and with our hearts
sprinkled
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Sin Is A Dead Issue
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. God promises His Christians in today’s Epistle that “*Christ…
will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are
eagerly
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
*Shut Someone Up*
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen! In today’s Gospel, our dear Lord Jesus allows us to watch and
listen as He says to the Pharisees and the scribes, “*You make void the
Word of God*.” You
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
*The Word = Spirit*
*The Word = Life*
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen! In today’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus says to us, “*The Spirit is
the Giver of Life; the flesh is NOT useful for anything. The Words I
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
*Arise and Eat*
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen! In today’s Old Testament, God’s prophet Elijah decided that
he was done. He’d had enough. “*Lord, take away my life, for I am no better
than my fathers*.”
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Codependence
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! At the end of today’s Epistle, God says that
We are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from
whom the whole body, joined and
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
About the Loaves
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, God’s Christians felt shock and awe—“*they
were utterly astounded*”—when the Lord Jesus walked upon the sea and calmed
the raging
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
The Offering
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! God’s apostle Paul says an amazing thing in today’s Epistle,
from 2 Corinthians chapter 8. Here Paul describes our Sunday morning
offering as “*the grace of
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Supernatural
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus spoke to the wind and waves
in the same way a father might speak to his fidgety child: “*Be quiet!*”
Dear Christian
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
Defiance
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks in exclusive terms: “Truly,
truly, I say to you,” declares the Lord, “unless one is born of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter
The Feast of Pentecost
He Will Convict the World
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks about God the Holy Spirit, Whom
He calls “the Helper.” Jesus says here that God the Spirit will not only work
INSIDE
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Abide
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Jesus uses a
figure of speech in today’s Gospel when He says to you, “I am the Vine and you
are the branches.” With
Good Friday
For You
“The Feast of Unleavened Bread, also called the Passover, drew near” FOR YOU.
“He went out, as was His custom, to the Mount of Olives” FOR YOU.
“Those who had arrested Jesus brought Him to the high priest’s house” FOR YOU.
“He was silent and gave no answer” FOR YOU.
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
NOT To Be Served
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel Jesus says, “The Son of Man came NOT to be
served, but to serve…”
Dear Christian friends,
The Holy Scriptures are full of talk about your
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Check Your Pant Leg
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Old Testament, “Moses made a bronze serpent and set it
on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and
live.” In
The First Sunday in Lent
Repent and Believe the Gospel
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! I have a Lutheran friend who frequently complains about Lutheran
preaching. “The pastor frequently tells us from the pulpit that we must
repent,”
The Transfiguration of our Lord
Same Jesus,
Different Form
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, Jesus “took with Him Peter and James and John,
and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before
Ash Wednesday
Acts of Repentance
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! In tonight’s Gospel, Jesus tells us to do things secretly. “And
your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” The Father will repay you
(NASB). The Father will give you
The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
Knowledge
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ!
1. God says in His Bible that KNOWLEDGE created the world and everything that
is in it; not your knowledge or my knowledge, but God’s knowledge. It is
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany
How to Decide
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, God says to each and every Christian,
including you, “I want you to be free from anxieties.” At the end of the
Epistle, God also
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
Making My Steps Secure
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Today’s Introit is from Psalm 40, which was written by King
David. Here David praises God, saying,
He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
The Feast of the Epiphany
Preserving the Kingdom
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In the Gospel for the Feast of the Epiphany, “When Herod
the king heard [of the new King’s birth], he was troubled.”
Dear Christian friends:
God’s
The Nativity of our Lord
Christmas Day
She Laid Him in a Manger
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, the blessed Virgin Mary laid her Son
Jesus in a manger. The manger allowed the shepherds to know that their Christ
Aaron’s Benediction
for
The Third Wednesday in Advent
God’s Name
The temple in Jerusalem was called the Dwelling Place of God’s Name (2 Samuel
7:13, 1 Kings 5:5, Ezra 6:12). There are two important things we should learn
from the Dwelling Place of God’s Name:
• First, we realize that
The Nativity of our Lord
Christmas Eve
She Gave Birth to Her Firstborn Son
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In tonight’s Gospel, Mary “gave birth to her firstborn
son.” In tonight’s Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah wants us to
Because I am a bonehead, I put the wrong Bible passage in the midweek sermon I
posted last week, which should also have been Numbers 6:22-27. But you probably
already knew that...
Aaron’s Benediction
for
The Second Wednesday in Advent
God’s Face
At the end of every service of Holy
The Third Sunday in Advent
The Earth Brings Forth Its Sprouts
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In the last verse of today’s Old Testament, God gives us a
precious figure of speech for thinking about our Lord Jesus Christ and His
The Second Sunday in Advent
Double For All Your Sins
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. From today’s Old Testament: “Jerusalem… has received from
the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.” These Words seem to indicate that God
has
My midweek series will be three sermons on the Aaronic Benediction
Aaron’s Benediction
for
The First Wednesday in Advent
God’s Act
At the end of every service of Holy Communion, God’s people have God’s Words
laid upon them. As you heard from tonight’s Old Testament, God’s Words have
been
The First Sunday in Advent
The Strange Look of Your Righteousness
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, two disciples of our Lord boosted a
donkey:
They went and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and
The Eve of National Thanksgiving
Healing, Then Healing Again
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Tonight’s Gospel has two parts. In the first part, Jesus
says to ten lepers, “Go and show yourselves to the priests,” and as they went
The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
(I’m Just)
Waiting on a Friend
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel is our Lord’s lovely parable of “ten virgins
who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.”
Dear
The Feast of All Saints
(Observed using the propers for the Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost)
Call No Man Your Father
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Jesus says in today’s Gospel, “Call no man your father on
earth.”
Dear
The Feast of the Reformation
(Observed using the propers for the Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost)
The Near
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus refers to your neighbor. “You
shall love your neighbor as
The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Morituri te Salutant
(Those who are about to die salute you.)
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “Render to Caesar the things
that are Caesar’s.” Caesar, of course,
The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Restore to Me the Joy of Your Salvation
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel is our Lord’s parable of “a king who gave a
wedding feast for his son.” The king is God the Father. The
The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Marvelous in Our Eyes
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel is that disturbing parable of our Lord,
where the owner of the vineyard was made a fool by his tenants.
Dear Christian
The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
I Think It’s About Forgiveness
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel is Jesus’ Parable of the Forgiven Servant
Who Refused to Forgive. Here is the punchline of the parable, and it
The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Follow Me
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. Christ our Lord says in today’s Gospel,
If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and
follow Me. For whoever would save
The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Dogs Are People, Too,
One Crumb Will Be Fine
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, a woman knelt before Jesus, saying,
“Lord, help me.” And He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s
The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Dogs Are People, Too,
One Crumb Will Be Fine
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, a woman knelt before Jesus, saying,
“Lord, help me.” And He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
They Need Not Go Away
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, the disciples wanted the people to go away and find
nourishment somewhere else. Jesus said, “They need not go away.”
Dear Christian
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Mmm… Bacon!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Old Testament, God speaks in a manner that is
completely applicable to you, His New Testament Christians, on account of your
Baptism in to
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Worth
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Jesus says to His twelve disciples in today’s Gospel, “Are not two
sparrows sold for a penny? Not one of them will fall to the ground apart from
your Father. … Fear not,
The Feast of the Holy Trinity
Male and Female He Created Them
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. God says in today’s Old Testament, “male and female He created them.”
Dear Christian friends,
What is evolution? Evolution is a human attempt to
The Sixth Sunday after Easter
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path
Christ is risen! (He is risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to you
from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Introit Psalm
we prayed twice to God, “Your Word is a lamp to my
The Fifth Sunday after Easter
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled
Christ is risen! (He is
risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and
our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Jesus speaks to His disciples, and that
mean all disciples everywhere, including you.
The Fourth Sunday after Easter
I
Trust You to Trust for Me
Christ is risen! (He is
risen, indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and
our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, God says that our Lord Jesus
“continued entrusting Himself to the One who
Sermon
for the Feast of the Resurrection
A
Long Day’s Journey Out of Night
Christ is risen! He is risen
indeed! Alleluia! In today’s Gospel, Mary Magdalene picks her way through the
darkness, headed to tomb where the body of Jesus had been laid. “It was still
dark.”
Dear Christian
Maundy Thursday
Our Lord’s Will
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Listen again to
what God says in today’s Epistle from Hebrews nine, starting with the fifteenth
verse:
Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those
who are called
Passion Sunday
Drinking
with Jesus in His Father’s Kingdom
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel,
you heard Jesus give us His high and precious gift of Holy Communion. To this
gift,
Jesus attached a promise: “I tell
you I will
God’s Book of Titus
for Lent
Wednesday of Lent 4
Regeneration
and Renewal
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
the reading from Titus chapter three, God speaks not of your office, but of
your person. Our offices are high and holy and divine.
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Jesus
Blind and Deaf
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Speaking about our
Lord Jesus, Isaiah the prophet says at the end of today’s Old Testament,
Who is blind but My servant, or
deaf as My messenger whom I send?
The Second Sunday of Lent
Consider it Done
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Moses has written an
odd thing in today’s Old Testament. Describing the history of Abram’s visit to
the land of Canaan, Moses states, “At
that time, the Canaanites
God’s Book of Titus
for Lent
Wednesday of Lent 2
What
Accords With Sound Doctrine
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. You
heard God’s apostle Paul command Pastor Titus, “teach [the people] what
accords with sound doctrine.” Stated another way,
(God's blessed book of Titus will be the basis for our Lenten repentance at
Grace, Versailles).
Ash Wednesday
For
Faith andKnowledge
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
the reading from Titus, Paul describes his office this way: “a
Wednesday of Lent
1
To
the Pure, All Things are Pure
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
the reading from Titus, God speaks Words that veritably separate day from
night: “To the pure,” says the Lord,
“all things are pure. To the defiled and
The Feast of the
Transfiguration
Jesus into the Shadows
Grace, mercy, and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel
Jesus glows brightly in divine glory for a moment. Then the glory passes, the
darkness
descends, and “they were coming down the
The Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany
A Perfect
Place to Stand
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel Jesus says, “You must be
perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Dear Christian friends,
Baptism is more than “the
This is a hard Gospel.
The Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany
If
Your Eye Causes Sin…
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel Jesus says concerning everyone (Matthew 5:22, 28, 32), “If your
right eye causes you to sin, tear it
out
The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany
Salted
and Lighted
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel is from our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, where He says, “You are
the salt of the earth… [and] you are the light of the world.” When
The
Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany
God Opened His Mouth
Grace, mercy, and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel,
Jesus
“opened His mouth and taught them.”
Dear Christian friends,
Today’s Gospel is somewhat wordy
and cumbersome, that Jesus
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
Behold!
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel, John points to Jesus and declares, “Behold the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world.”
Dear Christian friends,
In what way do
The First Sunday After the Epiphany
Righteousness
Means Good Behavior
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel, Jesus comes to be baptized by John, in order “to fulfill all
righteousness.”
Dear
Christian friends,
Righteousness
The First Sunday of Christmas
Who Can Fear a Baby?
Only Those Who Have Something to
Lose
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
today’s Gospel, King Herod “searched for
the Child, to destroy Him.”
Dear
Christian friends,
“The time came for
A very breif sermon for an evening service filled with readings and hymns.
Holy Epiphany (Observed)
Take a Bow
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
tonight’s Gospel, the wise men “saw the
child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and
The Eve of the New Year
Ebenezer
Grace,
mercy, and peace are now yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In tonight’s reading, “Samuel took
a stone and set it up… and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, ‘Till now the
Lord has helped us.’”
Dear
Christian friends,
2013
Advent Midweek Worship: The Trinity in Advent
The Grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ
Grace, mercy and peace
to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Our Advent midweek
worship will focus upon that blessing written by God’s apostle Paul, which you
can see on the cover of
The
First Sunday in Advent
See With Your Ears
Grace, mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus rides a donkey. This
The
Last Sunday of the Church Year
Those Who Feared the
Lord Spoke With One Another
Grace,
mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen.
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