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 hi
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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 br
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 br
Prepare for Communion
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. The Word “immediately” at the beginning of today’s Gospel is very
important. Immediately after what? Immediately after feeding the 5,000, Jesus
“made the disciples get into the boat.” Later
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 frie
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 Ch
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Alas, Eden!
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Epistle, God’s apostle Paul compares our present experience in
life to the future, resurrection life God has promised and has given to you
through His Son
Ordination and Installation of Gerald E. Kurka
God Made a Choice Among You
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. The First Reading is from Acts 15, where Peter stood up and described the
Office of the Holy Ministry with these Words: “God made a choi
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Blind Man’s Buff
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Jesus says in today’s Gospel,
Whoever loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and whoever
loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me
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, t
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 defy
The Feast of Pentecost
You Renew the Face of the Ground
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Today is Pentecost, the Day of the Holy Spirit. I hold the opinion that
no one needs the renewing work of the Holy Spirit more than me. You might
disagree.
Sedalia Circuit Winkel
Forensic Catholicization
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. You might have heard these Words before:
Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Go therefore and make disci
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 fe
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. J
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
judg
Perhaps this time I have gotten it right...
The Second Sunday after Easter
To
Those Who OBEY Him
Christ is risen! (He is
risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today’s First Reading from the book of Acts, in the
aftermath of our Lord’s resurrection, God says that He has given His Holy
Spirit “to those w
The Second Sunday after Easter
To
Those Who OBEY Him
Christ is risen! (He is
risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today’s First Reading from the book of Acts, in the
aftermath of our Lord’s resurrection, God says that He gives His Holy Spirit
“to those who obey Him.” The Word is
OBEY; it is not “ho
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 friends:
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 n
Good Friday
There
Came Out Blood and Water
You heard the Passion of our Lord according to St. John.
Among the four Gospel writers, only John wrote these Words: “One of the
soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with
a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.” For whatever reason,
Matthew a
God’s Book of Titus
for Lent
Wednesday of Lent 5
Devoted
to Good Works
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In
the reading, God says that His dear Christians must be “careful to devote
themselves to good works.”
Dear Christian friends,
God say
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. Our
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?
God’s Book of Titus
for Lent
Wednesday of Lent 3
Adorn
the Doctrine of God
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen.
Last week, you heard God say do well to we Christians must use our office(s) to
live everyday life in a manner that “accords with sound
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 we
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, tea
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
u
(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 servant
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
moun
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 wa
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 and throw it away. If you
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 a
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
Je
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 you
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 wor
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,
Word
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
Explaining Everything
(to Yourself)
in the Kindest Way
Grace, mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s G
Holy Christmas Day
Infinite in Mercy,
Finite in Form
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, whose
birth we rejoice this day! Amen. In today’s Gospel, “the shepherds went with
haste and found… the baby lying in a manger.”
Dear
Christian friends,
Th
Holy
Christmas Eve
ABABY!
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, whose
precious
birth we rejoice this happy night! Amen. In tonight’s Gospel, Mary “gave birth
to her firstborn Son and wrapped
Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger.”
Dear
Ch
The
Third Sunday in Advent
A Sermon About Sermons
Grace, mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, John the Baptist sent s
2013
Advent Midweek Worship: The Trinity in Advent
The Fellowship of the Holy
Spirit
Grace, mercy and peace to you
from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Our Advent midweek worship
has been focusing upon that blessing written by God’s apostle Paul, printed on
the cover of your b
2013
Advent Midweek Worship: The Trinity in Advent
The Love of God
Grace, mercy and peace to you
from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Our Advent midweek worship
is focusing upon that blessing written by God’s apostle Paul, printed on the
cover of your bulletin, “the Grace o
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
Second Sunday in Advent
See With Your Ears,Part 2
Grace, mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, when John the Bapti
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 to
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.
In
toda
The Twenty-Sixth
Sunday After Pentecost
Do Not Grow Weary
Grace,
mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen.
God
says in the final Words of today’s Epistle, “Do not grow weary in doing good.”
When God says here, “Do not grow
weary,” He is not speaking abou
The
Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
God’s Finger on the Page
Grace, mercy and peace are yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel, a group of Sadducees came to question the Lord
Jesus. As you heard, the Sadducees “deny
that there is a resurrection.” How
The
Feast of All Saints
White Robes &
Palm Branches
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen. In today’s first reading, St. John peeked into heaven:
I looked, and behold, a great multitude that
no one could number, from every nation, from all tri
Thanks to the Dire Straits for my sermon title.
The Eighteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Robbery With
Insolence[1]
Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel is our
Lord’s story of the manager who was about to be fired. After the manager had
The Seventeenth Sunday after
Pentecost
One Sinner
Who Is Repenting
Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. There are two things
you need to know right away about today’s Gospel:
· First, when Jesus speaks about “one sinner who repents,” He
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
I Cannot Be Jesus’ Disciple
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God
our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Jesus says in today’s brutal Gospel:
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate
his own father and mother and wife and children
The Thirteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Synonyms
Grace, mercy and peace to
you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Gospel,
Jesus
speaks about His death on the cross when He says, “I have a baptism to be
baptized with, and how great is My distress
until it is accomp
The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Hay is for Neighbors
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God
our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. The point of today’s Gospel is not
whether you have a large barn or something to fill it. The point of today’s
Gospel is how you look
The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Follow the River
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God
our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, wants you to
think of your Baptism, not as a momentary drop of water, but as an ever-flowing
river, deep and wide. God is sp
The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
One Thing
Grace,
mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus declares, “one
thing is necessary.” Th
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
With Rite of Christian Confirmation
To Repay Everyone for What He Has Done
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! Today’s Epistle is from
God’s book of Revelation. In toda
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
He Will Never Permit the Righteous to be Moved
Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to you
from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Every Sunday that we pray
the Introit Psalm, we pray one particular verse two times: o
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
1. To the Gentiles
2. God Has Granted Repentance
3. That Leads to Life
Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to you
from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Today the risen Lord Jesus
gives us great and wo
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
R. I. P.
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 Gospel, Jesus
your Good Shepherd so earnestly wants you to know something that He says it to
you twice. First
The Second Sunday of Easter
The Priority of Peace and Forgiveness
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen. In today’s Gospel, Jesus wants you to know that it is His top priority to
proclaim peace to you and the forgiveness of sins of your sins, by the
Easter Sunday
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory Forever and Ever. Amen
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,
your Father in heaven wants you to know that Chr
Palm/Passion Sunday
Sword in One Hand,
Wallet in the Other
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Jesus wants you to know in today’s Gospel there is nothing you need to
try and hide from Him—not even your idols. In today’s Gospel, Jesus says a ver
Good Friday
Deliver Us From Evil
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! What is the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s Prayer? “But deliver us from
evil” (Matthew 6:13). What does this mean?
We pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heave
Maundy Thursday
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel, Jesus commands His disciples, “Pray that you may not
enter into temptation.” Jesus does not speak these Words from the safety of
heaven above, bu
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
All That I Have is Yours
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Today’s Gospel is a parable about a young son who came crawling back to
his father after squandering his father’s property on “reckless living.” But
there ar
Wednesday of Lent 5
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel, the owner of the vineyard sent his own Son. “And
they threw Him out of the vineyard and killed Him. What then will the owner of
the vineyard do
Wednesday of Lent 4
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel, the young man “came to himself” and finally
realized, “My father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish
here with hun
The Third Sunday of Lent
The Planting of the Lord
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Jesus tells us a parable in today’s Gospel:
A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it
and found none. And he said to the
Wednesday of Lent 3
Thy Will Be Done
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel, Jesus shows us what God’s will is for each of us.
Jesus says to you, as well as He says to me, “Unless you repent, you will
perish.” Call these Words h
The Second Sunday of Lent
Hen in the Foxhouse
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, Jesus compares Himself to a mother hen: “O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem… How often would I have gathered your children as a hen gathers her
brood under h
These sermons will fall into a definite pattern, and even look formulaic.
Blame that on my overarching theme of using the Lord's Prayer in many ways.
ER
Wednesday of Lent 2
Thy Kingdom Come
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel
Wednesday of Lent 1
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In tonight’s Gospel, Jesus hallows the name of God—that is, Jesus keeps
God’s name holy. Jesus keeps the name of God for us because we are completely
unable to keep God
The Baptism of Joel Arthur Muller,
On the First Sunday of Lent
You Will Be Saved
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God says in today’s Epistle, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus
is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him fr
Lenten Midweek Preaching Theme, Gospels for LSB C: “Pray to your Father”
(Matthew 6:6)
Ash Wednesday (2/13) Our Father, Who Art in Heaven (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Wed Lent 1 (2/20) Hallowed by Thy Name (Luke 4:1-13)
Wed Lent 2 (2/27) Thy Kingdom Come (Luke 13:31-35)
Wed Lent 3 (3/6) Thy Will Be
Do to the chart, the format might not turn out too good here.
I can send a .pdf if needed.
ER
The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Exodus of Jesus
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, while Jesus’ body beamed eternal light, “two men
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany
Because They Know You
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Dear Christian friends, God has a great blessing for you in today’s
Gospel, especially if you have people in your life who do not appreciate o
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
At Cana in Galilee
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Our Lord Jesus performed a very quiet and discrete miracle in today’s
Gospel, a miracle that hardly anyone noticed, except the servants. Yet in
The Baptism of our Lord
(The First Sunday After the Epiphany)
Whom I Created for My Glory
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God describes you and all your fellow Christians at the end of today’s
Old Testament when He speaks about
“ev
New Year’s Eve
Some Have Entertained Angels Unawares
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God says to you tonight in His Book of Hebrews, “Let brotherly love
continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some
hav
Holy Christmas Day
Christmas as a Confession of Faith
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God says to us in today’s Old Testament, from Isaiah the prophet:
Go through, go through the gates;
prepare the way for the people;
build up, build u
Holy Christmas Eve
On Them Has Light Shined
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God says to you tonight through His Old Testament prophet,
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep da
The Third Sunday in Advent
The Lord is At Hand
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Today’s Epistle is a very good Epistle for the season of Advent because
God says here, “The Lord is at hand.” These Words mean, “The Lord is Advent and
no
Midweek Advent II
The grace of God has appeared, bringing AND training!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Last week, God declared that His “hope of eternal life” gets “manifested…
through preaching” (Titus 1:2-3). Tonight God speaks in
The Second Sunday in Advent
What Then Shall We Do?
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, God wants you to concern yourself with the question,
“What then shall we do?”
Dear Christian friends,
God Actively Works While Hi
Midweek Advent I
Manifested in His Word…
through PREACHING!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! The first verses of tonight’s reading form a very long sentence.
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the
The First Sunday in Advent
The Lord Has Need of It
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Gospel, Jesus sent two disciples to find Him a colt to ride.
Jesus also gave these two disciples a sermon to preach along the way: “If
any
The Last Sunday of the Church Year
Don’t Save the Planet
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Listen again to what God says to you in today’s Old Testament:
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens v
The Eve of National Day of Thanksgiving
PEACE
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! God says to you in tonight’s Epistle, “The peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Dear Christia
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Perfected for All Time
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! This is what God says about our dear Lord Jesus—and also about you—in
today’s Epistle: “By a single offering He [Jesus] has perfected for a
THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS (observed)
“Who Are These, Clothed in White Robes, and From Where Have They Come?”
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! In today’s Epistle from Revelation chapter 7, God describes those fellow
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THE FEAST OF THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION
Why Reformation Day Matters
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Listen again to what God says at the end of today’s Epistle:
“The law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but THE WORD OF THE
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THE FEAST OF THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION
Why Reformation Day Matters
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Listen to what God says at the end of today’s Epistle.
“The law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but THE WORD OF THE
OATH, wh
THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen! Toward the end of today’s Old Testament, God says that it would be a good
thing for you to “accept [your] lot and rejoice in [your] toil.” Stated another
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