Sermon for Sunday September 27th, 2015, the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 19:7-14; Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29; James 5:13-20 Text: James 5:13-20 Theme: The power of God at work through prayer INTRODUCTION Have you ever thought about how God’s power is at work through prayer? While very ill, Read more…
Sermon for Sunday September 20th, 2015, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Proverbs 31:10-31, Psalm 1, James 3:13 – 4:8, St. Mark 9:30-37 Text: James 3:13 – 3:18 Theme: Living by heavenly wisdom INTRODUCTION The young couple invited their aged pastor for Sunday dinner. While they were in the Read more…
Sermon for Morning Prayer on September 13th, 2015, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 19, Proverbs 1:20-33, James 3:1-12 TEXT & THEME: James 3:1-12: controlling the tongue INTRODUCTION More than a thousand firefighters battled a wildfire for two weeks in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The fire Read more…
Sermon for Sunday September 6th, 2015, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Isaiah 35:4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37 Text: James 2:14-17 Theme: The need for our faith in God to be apparent from our behavior and actions INTRODUCTION An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for Read more…