Live Like Stephen. Die Like Stephen Acts 6:8-7:2a, 7:51-60 December 26, 2021 The day after Christmas is great day for preachers. Just ask Stephen. He preaches a powerful sermon, a sermon Saint Luke records as God’s own Word. He covers…
2021 Christmas Eve
A Real Christmas Luke 2:10-12 You need something real. If your grand daughter looks under the tree tonight and there’s no gift for her, she’s going to be disappointed. You can’t tell her, “You know Grandpa loves you. My thoughts…
2021 Advent 4 Sermon
O Emmanuel December 19, 2021 Anno Domini O Emmanuel, our king and our Lord, the anointed for the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O Lord our God. Amen. When you are sick it is a blessing to…
2021 Advent 3 Sermon
O Dayspring Malachi 4:1-3 December 12, 2021 anno Domini O Dayspring, splendor of light everlasting: Come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen. I am a member of the Royal Order of 21sters.…
2021 Advent 2 Sermon
O Root of Jesse Isaiah 11:1-10 December 5, 2021 anno Domini Today’s O Antiphon presents us with a problem. Which is it? Is the Christ the root of Jesse or the branch of Jesse? The antiphon says “root.” The verse…
2021 Advent 1 Sermon
The “O Antiphons” O Wisdom Advent 1 November 28, 2021 O Wisdom, proceeding from the mouth of the Most High, pervading and permeating all creation, mightily ordering all things, come and teach us the way of prudence. True or False…
2021 Last Sunday of the Church Year
Woke to Christ 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 November 21, 2021 anno Domini Are you woke? Ten years ago, that would have been a meaningless question and bad grammar, but now woke is the measure of worth in the United States. Being…
2021 Trinity 24 Sermon
Marriage in Matthew 9? St. Matthew 9:18-26 November 14, 2021 anno Domini From beginning to end the Bible is about marriage. Marriage between one man and one woman. That’s because marriage and the saving work of Jesus are intimately connected.…
2021 All Saints Sermon
Now 1 John 3:1-3 November 7, 2021 anno Domini What is heaven like? You could speculate on that question for the rest of the day, but then you’d miss the Viking’s losing. There are as many different ideas about heaven as there…
2021 Reformation Sermon
Out with the New. In with the Old John 8:31-36 October 31, 2021 anno Domini Happy 504th Reformation Day! 504. That’s old, but it’s also good, not because old is good in and of itself, but because Luther’s chief desire…