sermon-3-3-19.mp3 “And Jesus said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.  (Luke 9:23-24)  “Come follow me.” It’s the call to discipleship, […]

• March 3, 2019
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sermon-2-24-19.mp3 St. Luke writes a sequel to his gospel that is called “The Acts of the Apostles.”  “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus BEGAN to do and teach until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles […]

• February 24, 2019
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sermon-2-17-19.mp3 The text is our gospel reading.  Our Lord has just been on a mountain where He prayed through the night.  In the morning, He called His disciples to gather around Him.  Luke doesn’t tell us how many that was but from these disciples He chose 12 who are now referred to as ‘Apostles.’ “And […]

• February 17, 2019
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sermon-2-10-19.mp3 As we come now to this 5th Sunday in the season of Epiphany, it might be good for us to recall what this season is all about.  The season of Epiphany is all about revealing the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.  From the season of Christmas, which was all about […]

• February 10, 2019
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sermon-2-3-19.mp3 Would you take out your worship folder and open to page 4 please.  I’d like to begin this sermon by redirecting your attention to the Introit for the day.  In know that we sing an ‘Entrance Hymn’ before the Divine Service begins, but the real ‘entrance hymn’ of the Divine Service is the “Introit,” […]

• February 3, 2019
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sermon-1-6-19.mp3 I don’t know about you, but to me, the season of Christmas was like that Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner that required how many hours of planning and the whole day to prepare and that smelled so good and looked so nice on the table and once grace was said, took what, 30 […]

• January 6, 2019
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sermon-12-16-18.mp3 “The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” For preaching politically incorrect sermons on what the bible has to say about marriage, John […]

• December 16, 2018
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sermon-12-9-18.mp3 If you had to estimate how many projects around the house that are ‘in progress,’ and that have been that way for a long time, how many would that be?  Have you ever made it your goal to learn to play a musical instrument, or paint the house, or read a book, or write […]

• December 9, 2018
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sermon-11-18-18.mp3 The text for our consideration today is the Gospel reading from Mark’s gospel, the 13th chapter.  Jesus has been in the Temple watching people putting their offerings into the offering box.  He saw many rich people put in large sums.  And He wasn’t much impressed at all, because they all put in out of […]

• November 18, 2018
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sermon-11-4-18.mp3 The sermon text for this Commemoration of the Festival of All Saints is from the Epistle to the Hebrews, chapter 12, verses one and two as it is printed in your bulletin.  Let’s read it together: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every […]

• November 4, 2018
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