An Awkward Dinner with Jesus Luke 14:15-24 June 29, 2025 anno Domini Have you ever been at a meal when the conversation gets uncomfortable? Maybe a husband and wife carried their ribbing too far, and now one of them is…
2025 Trinity 1
Love is … 1 John 4:16-21 June 22, 2025 anno Domini 269 years. That’s the years of marriage we’ve celebrated at Redeemer the last two Sundays. It doesn’t take much love to get married. Usually, lust contributes more than love.…
2025 Trinity
Whoever Desires to Be Saved Must John 3:1-17 June 15, 2025 anno Domini Whosoever desires to be saved must … The Athanasian creed has a very different beginning than the church’s other two creeds which begin “I believe.” I believe…
2025 Pentecost
The Gift of a New Heart Acts 2:1-11 June 8, 2025 anno Domini I have a child. I won’t mention her name. When we stay at her house we are surprised at the deliveries. If the Amazon truck doesn’t come…
2025 Ascension (Observed)
Jesus Rules Mark 16::14-20 June 1, 2025 anno Domini As King David lay dying his sons vied for the Kingdom. David’s son Adonijah convinced the commander of David’s army Joab and the priest Abiathar to join him in his plan…
2025 Easter 6 Rogate
Be Doers of the Word James 1:22-27 May 25, 2025 anno Domini It would have been better if Athanasius had kept his mouth shut, but that’s the problem with faithful preachers. God has called them to sow the seed of…
2025 Easter 4 Jubilate
Rejoice. It’s Just a Little While John 16:16–22 May 11, 2025 anno Domini Don’t tell your wife in the 14th hour of labor, “Rejoice honey, labor only lasts a little while.” Don’t tell someone with cancer or anxiety, “Don’t worry.…
2025 Easter 3
That You Might Follow in His Steps 1 Peter 2:21-25 May 4, 2025 anno Domini Follow me! Jesus said to Simon and his brother Andrew … and immediately they left their nets and followed him. That’s how Saint Mark describes…
2025 Easter Day
Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Mark 16:1-8 April 20, 2025 anno Domini The women were already on their way to the tomb when they remembered the stone. They had gone out the night before, after sun set on the…
2025 Easter Sunrise
Stop Running John 20:1-18 April 20, 2025 anno Domini Only John records the footrace to the tomb. Mary Magdalene ran from the tomb tell to tell the disciples it was open. John and Peter run to the tomb. John is…