This is My Body 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 This is my body. Those four words are the reason you are here tonight. If you believe the Word of Jesus, then under the bread and wine on the altar Christ’s body and…
2023 Lent 5 Judica Sermon
Vindicate Me Genesis 22:1-14 March 26, 2023 anno Domini Today is Judica. Vindicate me, O God. Isn’t that what we all want? God to rule in our favor, God to be on our side. Isn’t it also something we presume?…
2023 Lent 4 Sermon
Rejoice, O Barren One Galatians 4:21-31 March 19, 2023 anno Domini Laetare. Rejoice. That’s this Sunday’s name. Rejoice in the middle of Lent. The fast is half over and the feast of the Resurrection, the feast of life coming. Before…
2023 Lent 3 Sermon
Leave the Demon Be? St. Luke 11:14-28 March 12, 2023 anno Domini It might have been better if Jesus had just let the demon be. From an economic standpoint Jesus didn’t get much of a return on His investment. This…
2023 Lent 2 Sermon
Nothing to Behold? Matthew 15:21-28 by Vicar Luke Otten In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. The text for our sermon today comes from the Holy Gospel according to St.…
2023 Lent 1 Invocabit Sermon
Fastenzeit Lent 1: Matthew 4:1-11 by Vicar Luke Otten In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. The text for our sermon today comes from the Holy Gospel according to St.…
2023 Ash Wednesday Sermon
Luther for Lent Fear and Love: The Ten Commandments Martin Luther did not pull any punches when it came to learning the faith. On more than one occasion he said, “If you do not know the Ten Commandments, the Creed,…
2022 Quinquagesima Sermon
The True Jesus Luke 18:31-42 by Vicar Luke Otten In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. The text for our sermon today comes from the Holy Gospel according to St.…
2023 Sexagesima Sunday
Is the Seed Sower Unsuccessful? Luke 8:4-15 February 12, 2022 anno Domini Jesus’ parable is troubling, but that’s good. The whole point of God’s Word is to trouble us, to shatter our rock-hard hearts so that He can plant His…
2023 Septuagesima Sermon
Matthew 20:1-16 An Eye of Evil by Vicar Luke Otten In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. The text for our sermon today comes from the holy Gospel according to…