Sermon for the Holy Marriage of Matthew Vernon Moss and Katie Anne Timm Zion Lutheran Church Bensenville, Illinois 17 July 2015 anno Domini And I heard something like a voice of an immense crowd and like the sound of many…
Sermon: Dead Preacher – Good Ending
Proper 10 B Dead Preacher – Good Ending St. Mark 6:14-29 12 July 2015 – Redeemer So how does the text end? The preacher is dead. Herod has kept his word and his cabinet members won’t see him as a…
Sermon July 5, 2015
He Speaks to the Offended and Rebellious Proper 9 B St. Mark 6:1-13 5 July 2015 – Redeemer How many times do you warn a wayward child? How many times do you ask a spouse to stop it (whatever sin…
A Pastoral Letter to Redeemer
June 28, 2015 Dear Friends in Christ, We surely live in a world that is fallen in sin and decaying by the moment. On June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States expressly ignored God’s will and Word, God’s…
28 June 2015 Sermon
Where Do You Go When There’s Nowhere Else to Go? Proper 8 B 28 June 2015 Redeemer / St. Mark 5:21-43 Where do you go when there’s no where else to go? That’s the synagogue ruler who prays for his daughter to…
June 21, 2015 Sermon
God there for you. God here for you. St. Mark 4:35-41 21 June 2015 – Redeemer Proper 7 B That boat had at least four professional fisherman in it – James, John, Andrew and Simon. Four men who had fished…
14 June 2015 Sermon Proper 6 B
Proper 6 B Like a Sower, Like a Seed Mark 4:26-34 14 June 2015 – Redeemer The Kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground … the Kingdom of God is like a mustard…
On Marriage
Usually this time of the year I write a newsletter article on marriage. June is here. Weddings are being planned and held. Many of us celebrate anniversaries over the summer months. This month I’m also writing about marriage, but in…
June 7, 2015 Sermon (Proper 5)
Proper 5 B Born into Battle Mark 3:20-35 7 June 2015 – Redeemer You are born into battle as a Christian. We are only two weeks removed from Pentecost where God’s Spirit gave birth to over 3000 people who after…
May 31, 2014 Trinity Sermon
Holy Trinity (B) Catholic and Love St. John 3:16 31 May 2015 – Redeemer What’s the one word in the Athanasian creed that you didn’t like, that got under your Lutheran skin and caused you to squirm? Whoever desires to…