Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church

The Invitation of Jesus St. Luke 14:15-24 June 9, 2024 anno Domini Don’t invite Jesus to dinner, unless you want to be saved. In Luke 14 St. Luke reports on a dinner party to which Jesus is invited as a…

The Nonsense of God John 3:1-17 May 26, 2024 anno Domini This past week there was a debate among my pastor friends about whether to confess the Athanasian Creed today.  Some pastors were thinking of not using it. Not because…

The Word Unites Acts 2:1-21 May 19, 2024 anno Domini In today’s Old Testament reading Moses tells us how we ended up with Germans, Swedes, and Somalians in Saint Cloud.  Now the whole earth had one language and the same…

Has Your Baptism Made a Difference? 1 Peter 4:7-14 May 12, 2024 anno Domini Has your baptism made any difference in your life?  Has your faith? Has the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus affected you? It should. In Romans,…

Teach Us to Pray 1 Timothy 2:1-6 May 5, 2024 anno Domini In these later Sundays of the Easter season Jesus teaches us how to live in His resurrection. Two weeks ago, He taught us to consider this life of…

The Strange Song of Scripture John 16:5-15 April 28, 2024 anno Domini In Psalm 137 the exiles in Babylon lament, “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” It’s a great question to ask on Cantate Sunday…

A Little While John 16:16-22 April 21, 2024 anno Domini In case you weren’t listening the sermon is about “a little while.” And you’re hoping I will only preach a little while. How little is a little while? The word…

Good St. John 10:11-16 April 14, 2024 anno Domini If you were taking your final exam in Sheep Management at the vocational college and the final question was, “What makes for a good shepherd?” don’t give the Biblical answer. “The…

Jesus Comes Into Your Fear John 20:19-31 April 7, 2024 anno Domini The women had been to the tomb and found it empty. Peter and John had looked inside the tomb and saw the burial clothes lying there and folded…

They Said Nothing to Anyone Mark 16:1-8 March 31, 2024 anno Domini What if that was the end?  They said nothing to anyone. If that was the end then you should have slept in this morning. Or got in line…