Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church

Proper 18 C Love and Hate St. Luke 14:25-35 4 September 2016 – Redeemer Let’s hope Jesus does better this week than last week when He ruined that dinner party – healing on the Sabbath, touching sick people, upsetting the…

Proper 17 C Dinner Party Discourse St. Luke 14:1-14 28 August 2016 – Redeemer I bet that Ruler of the Pharisees wished he had never invited Jesus into his house. Let’s call him Eli for the sake of the sermon.…

Proper 16 C God is Treating You As Sons Hebrews 12:4-10 21 August 2016 – Redeemer   He’s not much of a father is he? That’s always the Devil’s temptation to the children of God. He told Adam and Eve…

Proper 15 C The Divisive Jesus St. Luke 12:49-53 14 August 2016 – Redeemer What will we do with Jesus today? We certainly wouldn’t want this Luke 12 Jesus showing up at a baptism. Imagine bringing your child to those…

Proper 13 C Labor Day Ecc. 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-26 31 July 2016 – Redeemer The Church’s calendar is not the world’s calendar. You’ve probably noticed this – Americans might be celebrating Independence Day and the Church is having the Seventh…

I have always been reticent to write an op / ed piece for the local paper.  I have a general mistrust of the media. However, I recently decided to write piece for the Saint Cloud Times opinion page.  I found editorial…

Proper 12 C A Parable on Prayer St. Luke 11:1-13 24 July 2016 – Redeemer Today’s sermon is a little different than my usual sermon and “No” it isn’t shorter. It is more of a teaching sermon. I’m going to…

Proper 11 C Martha or Mary? St. Luke10:38-42 17 July 2016 – Redeemer Martha or Mary? As you look down upon that house in Bethany, where guests are being entertained, which of the women would you commend? There’s Martha, baking…

Proper 9C Lamb vs. Wolf St. Luke 10:1-20 3 July 2016 – Redeemer What chance does a lamb have against wolves? Jesus sent His men out to establish His Kingdom as lambs in the midst of wolves. A Kingdom of…

Proper 7 C The Relevance of Demon Possession St. Luke 8:26-39 19 June 2016 – Redeemer What would you consider a relevant sermon today, on this Sunday? A sermon on God’s gift of fathers would be relevant. A sermon on…