SERM: John 8:48-59, Trinity Sunday, LSB C

Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, At the Baptism of Zackary Lee Avey If Anyone Keeps My Word, He Will Never See Death Baptismal Sponsorship and the Faith of the Whole Church Theme: You are your brother’s keeper. Keep the faith and hold Jesus’ Words for his sake as well as for your own.

SERM: John 10:22-30, Easter 4, LSB C

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Part of My Flock (A Sermon for the Children of Grace Lutheran Church, To Help Them Understand Their Parents) Theme: Love does not always feel like love. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks harshly to those

SERM: John 21:1-19, Easter 3, LSB C

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter I’m Going Fishing (Really, I Have Nothing Better to Do) Theme: Allow the resurrection of your Lord Jesus Christ to shape the way you view your daily tasks. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today’s Gospel, Peter does not sit around and

SERM: Luke 4:1-13, Lent 1, LSB C

Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent Full of the Holy Spirit Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, St. Luke reports, “Jesus, full of the Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness.” Included in

SERM: Luke 9:28-36, Transfiguration, LSB C

Sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord What to Look for and Expect in Worship Theme: God your heavenly Father does not fail to give you what you so deeply need in worship—even if you personally feel like you might not have gotten it. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and

SERM: Luke 2:22-40, Christmas 1, LSB C

Sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas The Sword Pierces Whom It Will Pierce Theme: Not “Why does it have to be this way?” but “amen” and “May it be to me according to your Word.” Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ! In today’s Gospel, Simeon

SERM: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Advent 1 Midweek, LSB C

SERMON FOR THE FIRST MIDWEEK IN ADVENT THE BRANCH STILL SPRINGS UP Theme: Connected to you by Baptism, Christ and His Kingdom continually sprout, grow, and produce fruit in your personal life. God spoke many promises in His Old Testament. God also gave His Old Testament people the gift of

SERM: Philippians 4:6-20, Thanksgiving Eve, LSB B

Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve A FRAGRANT OFFERING Theme: Your offerings and your acts of love toward your neighbor are more valuable to God than you might think. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In tonight’s Epistle, St. Paul thanks his

SERM: Sermon for Nov. 22 -- Matthew 13:24-37

Sermon for the Last Sunday of the Church Year WORTHY AND WELL PREPARED Theme: You prepare for the Last Day in the same way that you prepare for Holy Communion and vice versa: through faith in God’s Words. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

SERM: Hebrews 10:11-15, Pentecost 24, LSB B

Sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost START ME UP Theme: Sometimes we must love our neighbor—or our neighbor must love us—using a cattle prod. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. According to what is written in today’s Epistle,

SERM: Hebrews 9:24-28, Pentecost 23, LSB B

Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost TO SAVE THOSE WHO ARE EAGERLY WAITING Theme: Sin is now a slave of Christ and His Church. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. This is what God says to you in the reading from Hebrews 9: “Christ…

SERM: Revelation 7:9-17, All Saints, LSB B

Sermon for the Feast of All Saints BEHOLD, A GREAT MULTITUDE THAT NO ONE COULD NUMBER Theme: Worship is not only for you. Worship also for whom you will leave behind when you die. Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In today’s first reading, St.

SERM: James 5:13-20, Pentecost 17, LSB B

Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost The Lord Will Raise Him Up Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. St. James says some things in today’s Epistle that you would do well to understand very carefully and to spend further time

SERM: James 3:13-4:10, Pent 16, LSB B

Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost He Will Lift You Up Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, St. James states, “Be wretched and mourn. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves

SERM: Mark 7:14-23, Pent 13, LSB B

Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost At the Baptism of Teagan LeMae Morris and At the Dedication of a Funeral Pall What Covers a Person or Articles of Faith Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Jesus says to you in today’s

SERM: Ephesians 5:21-31, P12, LSB B

Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost Beautiful… Simply Beautiful (Reprise) Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today’s Epistle, St. Paul uses marriage as a way of speaking about the great love that your Christ has for you, His holy

SERM: John 10:11-18, Easter 4, LSB B

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter I Have Other Sheep (and Shepherds, too!) Theme: Concerning faith, Christ is the one and only Shepherd; concerning love, we are each good shepherds to many sheep. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today's Gospel, our Lord

SERM: John 15:1-8, Easter 5, LSB B

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter Happy Mother's Day Theme: To the pure, all things are pure. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today's Gospel, Jesus says to you, I am the Vine; you are the branches. apart from Me you can do nothing. Dear

SERM: Mark 16:1-8, Easter, LSB B

Sermon for the Resurrection of our Lord Newborn Babies and Dry Land Theme: God's spectacular miracles serve to remind us of His mundane, daily miracles. Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed! Alleluia!) Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus

SERM: Mark 9:2-9, Transfiguration, LSB B

Sermon for the Last Sunday After the Epiphany, The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Only Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel from St. Mark chapter 9, Jesus took His dear disciples up a high

SERM: Mark 1:40-45, Epiphany 6, LSB B

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Without a Doubt, You Have Drawn the Better Hand Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel, A leper came to [Jesus], imploring Him, and kneeling said to Him, If You will, You can

SERM: Mark 1:21-28, Epiphany 4, LSB B

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Every Sunday Jesus Says Amazing Things and Makes the Demons Flee Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Today's Gospel is from St. Mark chapter one. Jesus and His new disciples came to the city of

SERM: Mark 1:14-20, Epiphany 3, LSB B

Too early, I know, but necessary preparation for the trip to Fort Wayne symposium. ER Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany Repentance is Believing the Gospel Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel, St. Mark says

SERM: John 1:43-51, Epiphany 2, LSB B

Sermon for the Second Sunday After the Epiphany Shine On Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen. The Gospel of the Day is from St. John chapter 1. In this Gospel, Jesus found Philip and said to him, 'Follow Me.' After

SERM: Mark 1:4-11, Baptism of Our Lord, LSB B

Sermon for the Baptism of our Lord The Kingdom of Heaven Has Suffered Violence Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. St. Mark wrote today's Gospel about the history of your Lord's Baptism. In this Gospel, Mark tells you essentially

SERM: Luke 2:40-52, Christmas 2, LSB B

Sermon for the Second Sunday After Christmas No Longer at the Temple for Epiphany, but for Christmas Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel, the King of the Universe gives us a picture of manner in which He subjected

SERM: Luke 2:22-40, New Year's Eve, Free Text

Sermon for New Year's Eve In 1936 A. E. Housman published a short poem that has become sort of a universal epitaph for dead soldiers everywhere: Here dead lie we because we did not choose To live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; But

SERM: Matthew 2:13-18, Holy Innocents

Sermon for the Feast of Holy Innocents, On the First Sunday After Christmas To A World Such as This Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! AMEN. In today's Gospel from St. Matthew chapter 2, Herod gave orders to kill all the male children in

SERM: Luke 2:1-20, Christmas Day

Sermon for Holy Christmas Day The Infant's Hand Upon the Lips Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! AMEN. Today is the Holy Day of Christmas, the day on which we rejoice that Mary gave birth to her firstborn Son and wrapped in Him swaddling

SERM: Luke 2:1-20, Christmas Eve

Sermon for Holy Christmas Eve A Little Lower Than The Angels Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! AMEN. It is Holy Christmas Eve, the night when the Church rejoices at the angel's sermon that there is born to you a Savior who is Christ the

SERM: Luke 1:26-38, Advent 4, LSB B

Sermon for the Children's Christmas Service, On the Fourth Sunday in Advent AMEN Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! AMEN. In today's Gospel is St. Luke chapter one, where God's angel Gabriel was sent to Mary, proclaiming to her all

SERM: Mark 1:1-8, Advent 2, LSB B

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent Where Jesus' Gospel Becomes YOURS Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel is St. Mark chapter one verse one, the starting point in this Evangelist's history of your Lord's Good News

SERM: Matthew 25:31-46, Last Sunday of the Church Year, LSB A

A little sacramental exegesis... Sermon for the Last Sunday of the Church Year Out of Their Gloom and Darkness The Eyes of the Blind Shall See Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Today is the Last Sunday of the Church Year. Today's Gospel

SERM: Philippians 4:6-20 Thanksgiving Eve, LSB A Revised

My earlier version had a paragraph that struck me as confusing. Sermon for Our Nation's Day of Thanksgiving My God Will Supply Every Need of Yours Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. St. Paul's letter to the Philippians, from which tonight's

SERM: Matthew 18:1-20, Pentecost 17, LSB A

Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Jesus says to you in today's Gospel, Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever

SERM: 1 Peter 1:17-25, Easter 3, LSB A

Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Alleluia! In today's Epistle, St. Peter speaks about the on-going life and power of your Lord's victorious resurrection from the dead. St. Peter tells you where to locate the power of Christ's resurrection by

SERM: Romans 8:1-11, Lent 5, LSB A

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent The Guilt Business? If you should ever decide that you need to get a tattoo, seriously consider having the opening words of today's Epistle written on your forearm or on the back of your hand, so that you can see it every moment of every day

SERM: John 4:5-30, 39-42; Lent 2; LSB A

Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent Two Parts to Christian Worship Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In today's Gospel, Jesus meets a woman at Jacob's well. Jesus' conversation with this woman miraculously creates a spring of water welling

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