Sermon on Luke 9:28–36 for Transfiguration (C), February 24-27, 2022 There is a difference between hearing and listening. The words are sometimes used interchangeably—even in different translations of the Bible. But I can see a distinction. Hearing is the sense. It’s the mechanics. Sound waves come into the outer ear, vibrate the eardrum, stimulate the…

+ In the Name of Jesus + We Are Saved by God’s Name and Message 1. Faith Comes from Hearing The Message, 2. The Message Comes through the Word of Christ Sermon on Romans 10:12–17 for Epiphany 5C January 3-6, 2022 St. Paul had to be the hardest working person in the early church. In…

The Love of God… 1. …is our root. 2. …is beyond measure. 3. …surpasses knowledge. 4. …fills and empowers us. Sermon on Ephesians 3:14-21 for Epiphany 2C, January 13-16, 2022 Right after Christmas one of my Facebook connections put up “Now all the Christmas junk comes down. Now all the Valentine’s junk goes up.”  …with…

Sermon on Luke 13:6-9 for New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2021 Please open your hymnals to page 286. One feature of our new book is that it has the Catechism in it—no proof passages like a Catechism book, but the commandments, creed, sacraments, Lord’s Prayer with explanation are all there. Look at the Fifth Commandment….

Sermon on Exodus 33:18-23; 34:5-7, Romans 8:31-32, John 1:1-18 for Christmas Day, December 25, 2021 “Glory” is a very important Christmas word, isn’t it? Last night we heard the Christmas Eve Gospel from Luke 2, that the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, “and the glory of the Lord shone round about them,…