You’re in the Battle Matthew 4:1-11 February 21, 2021 – anno Domini If you’re baptized you’re in for a fight. If you don’t like to fight you’re going to have a hard time remaining a Christian. If you do…
2021 Ash Wednesday Sermon
Going Home Ezra 1:1-4, 8:21 February 17, 2021 anno Domini I want to take you back to the days of Ezra. You were born in Babylon, but you aren’t a Babylonian. Since you’re living in Babylon you speak whatever Babylonians…
2021 Quinquagesima Sermon
A Blind Man Helps Us See St. Luke 18:31-43 February 14, 2021 anno Domini The disciples had ears but did not hear while the blind man saw Jesus. In the Kingdom of God you must be blind to see and…
2021 Sexagesima Sermon
He who has ears to hear, let him hear Luke 8:4-15 February 7, 2021 anno Domini The Parable of the Sower is not about the sower or the soil. It’s about the seed. The seed is the Word of God.…
2021 Septuagesima Sermon
You Don’t Want to be First Matthew 20:1-16 January 31, 2021 anno Domini You don’t want to be first. The world says, “Be first. Look out for number one. You’re the important one.” God’s Word says “you don’t want to…
2021 Epiphany 2 Sermon
Do Whatever He Tells You John 2:1-11 January 17, 2021 anno Domini Did Jesus really talk back to His mother at the wedding of Cana? If He did that doesn’t give you permission to talk back to your mother. You’re…
2021 Baptism of our Lord
Baptismal identity Matthew 3:13-17 January 10, 2021 anno Domini Baptism identifies Jesus. There is no doubt who Jesus is after His baptism. Heaven opened. The Holy Spirit descended like a dove. The Father in heaven proclaimed, “This is my beloved…
2021 Epiphany (Observed) Sermon
Time and Place Matthew 2:1-12 January 3, 2021 anno Domini Saint Matthew, like Saint Luke, gives us time and place. In Bethlehem of Judea – that’s the place. In the days of Herod the King – that’s the time. Time…
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist 2020
What is that to you? You Follow Jesus John 21:20-25 December 27, 2020 anno Domini Christmas wasn’t fair to Peter. Well, actually the text is about Easter, but it still wasn’t fair. Peter had denied Jesus three times on the…
Christmas Day 2020
In the Beginning Gen 1:1 and John 1:1-14 December 25, 2020 anno Domini In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. In the first beginning, the Old Testament beginning, the earth was without form and void. In that…