Proper 20 C Thieving Manager Gets Grace St. Luke 16:1-15 18 September 2016 – Redeemer His managing days were over. He had had a good run, enjoyed his lifestyle, but now his boss called him in. Evidently he had cooked…
Proper 19 C Sermon
Proper 19 C The Shepherd Finds the Sheep Luke 15:1-10 11 September 2016 – Redeemer I don’t know much about sheep. I didn’t grow up on a farm. I don’t have a degree in sheepology. So this past week I…
Proper 18 C Sermon
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 Sermon
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 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 Sermon
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 Sermon
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…
Saint Cloud Times Article
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 Sermon
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 Sermon
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…