Don’t forget the End (or the beginning) Matthew 20:1-16 January 28, 2024 anno Domini Today is Septuagesima Sunday. Septuagesima is the Latin word for Seventieth. Seventy days from now will put us in the Octave of Easter. What does octave…
2024 Transfiguration
Laugh because the Lord Does Psalm 2 January 21, 2024 anno Domini If you want to make it through this presidential election year, I have some advice for you. Write out Psalm 2, verse 4, on several post-it notes. Post…
2024 Epiphany 2
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign John 2:1-12 January 14, 2024 anno Domini So, which would you prefer a sermon on this morning? Ephesians 5 on wives submitting and husbands dying or John 2 which ends with 180 gallons of wine…
2024 Epiphany (Observed)
Go West Matthew 2:1-12 January 7, 2024 anno Domini When Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden, God put angels on the East side of the garden with a flaming sword to guard the entrance to the Tree…
2023 Christmas 1 Sermon
Die Holding on to Jesus St. Luke 1:22-40 December 31, 2023 anno Domini How do you want to die? That’s not a very merry Christmas question to ask just a week removed from the birth of our Savior, but it…
2023 Advent 4 Sermon
Faith from Women Who Shouldn’t be Pregnant Luke 1:39-56 December 24, 2023 anno Domini In Bible Study on Sunday mornings, I frequently ask the question, “Where have we heard this before?” It’s a question to teach us that the Bible…
2023 Advent 3 Sermon
Doubting John? Matthew 11:2-11 December 17, 2023 anno Domini John the Baptist knew Jesus before either was born. When pregnant Elizabeth welcomed pregnant Mary, the baby in Liz’s womb John, jumped with faith and joy in the presence of his…
2023 Advent 2
God’s House is Falling Down So Look Up St. Luke 21:25-34 December 10, 2023 anno Domini God’s House is falling apart. I’m not talking about the church or Redeemer, but the house which God built for our habitation. This is…
2023 Advent 1
We Begin with the End Matthew 21:1-9 December 3, 2023 anno Domini Happy New Year! The church doesn’t follow the world’s calendar. We follow Christ. So today, the first Sunday in Advent is New Year’s Day. How are you feeling…
2023 Last Sunday of the Church Year
Do You Know Jesus? Matthew 25:1-13 November 26, 2023 anno Domini I do not know you. Those are the worst words you could ever hear from Jesus. That is not the Gospel of the Lord. That is the judgment of…