St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and School | Beaver Dam, WI | 920.885.3309
A sermon on Mark 13:5-11 for Reformation, October 25/28, 2018. Warnings go out constantly for people to beware of certain scams. I think we have all received a suspicious email. It claims that money is waiting for us from the IRS, lottery, and inheritance, or whatever else it might be. Just click on the link…
Sermon on Mark 10:17–27 for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 11 & 14, 2018 We learned the First Commandment as “You shall have no other gods.” And the explanation we learned from the Catechism says, “We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.” In his Large Catechism, Martin Luther said this about the…
A sermon on James 4:7-12 for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, September 27/30, 2018. Some of the hardest words to speak are “I’m sorry.” Oh, they flow from our lips quite easily, but the meaning behind those words is lost. We say that we are sorry just to get someone off our back. We do…
Sermon on Ephesians 6:10-18 for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 13 & 16, 2018 There’s some craziness going on in our world, in case you haven’t noticed. If you look at history—ancient history or recent history, you see people raging and destroying and doing terrible things to each other. Tuesday was September 11. We remembered what…
A sermon on Isaiah 35:4-7a for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 6/9, 2018. The big day arrives. Our palms grow sweaty from the eager anticipation. The days, which we have been patiently counting down for months, finally grow into hours and minutes. Our hearts pound. All of this builds up to this grand event….
Sermon on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 2, 2018 Let me share a little story about a lady I knew about 25 years ago – not here in Beaver Dam. At the time of this incident I will relate she was about 75 years old. She was a sweet,…
Sermon on John 6:51-69 for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, August 23 & 26, 2018 When Jesus fed the 5,000, he had a double purpose, like he did for all his miracles. First, to meet someone’s need. (This is actually the way Jesus fulfills the fifth commandment for us. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, and…
A sermon on John 6:35-51 for 13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 16/19, 2018. “Come Lord Jesus be our guest, let these gifts to us be blessed. O, give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.” Many meals have opened with this prayer. It focuses our attention on the provider…
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:1-5, 11-13 for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 12, 2018 Dear friends in Jesus, the Bread of Life, It’s been a long time since I took college entrance exams like the SAT or ACT, as well as High School and College Semester exams! It’s been even longer since I…
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 2 & 5, 2018 This week in our Vacation Bible School, all the lessons were about God rescuing people. God saved baby Moses in the river (Exodus 2:1-10). God’s people crossed the Jordan and entered the promised land (Joshua 3-4). God healed Naaman…
