[To listen to this sermon, use the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, October 26th, 2025, the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 84; Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Luke 18:9-14 The Text: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 INTRODUCTION In Guideposts, Ronald Pinkerton describes a near accident he had while hang gliding. He Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click on the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, October 12th, 2025, the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 113; Ruth 1:1-19a; Luke 17:11-19 The Text: Luke 17:11-19 INTRODUCTION Today’s Gospel Lesson is about the Lord Jesus Christ’s miracle of healing ten lepers, their Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, October 5th, 2025, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Habakkuk 1:1-13; 2:1-4; Psalm 37:1-17; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 The Text: Luke 17:5-10 INTRODUCTION In 1972 NASA launched the exploratory space probe Pioneer 10. According to Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, September 28th, 2025, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 146; Amos 6:1-7; Luke 16:19-31 The Text: Luke 16:19-31 INTRODUCTION Sheikha was born about sixty years ago to a Bedouin family that roamed across vast areas Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click on the audio file link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, September 21st, 2025, The Festival of St. Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist The Lessons: Proverbs 3:1-12; Psalm 119: 33-40; 2 Timothy 3:1-17; Matthew 9:9-13 The Texts: Matthew 9:9 & Proverbs 3:5-8 INTRODUCTION Today, as Read more
[To listen to this sermon, please click the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, September 14th, 2025, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 51:1-17; Exodus 32:1, 7-14; Luke 15:1-10 The Text: Luke 15:1-10 INTRODUCTION There is a great contrast between our First Lesson and Second Lesson today. The Read more
[To listen to this sermon, use the audio link below] Sermon for Sunday September 7th, 2025, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 The Text: Luke 14:25-33 INTRODUCTION Film maker Walt Disney was ruthless in cutting anything that got in the way Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click the audio link below] The Sermon for Sunday, August 31st, the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Ecclesiasticus 10:7-18; Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8; Luke 14:1, 7-14 The Text: Luke 14:1, 7-11 INTRODUCTION Two ducks and a frog struck up a friendship. When their pond Read more
[To listen to this sermon, click the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, August 24th, 2025, the Festival of St. Bartholomew the Apostle The Lessons: Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Psalm 91; 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Luke 22:24-30 The Text: Luke 22:24-30 INTRODUCTION Today we celebrate the Festival of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, whom Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, August 17th, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Jeremiah 23:23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrews 12:1-14; Luke 12:49-56 The Text: Jeremiah 23:23-29 INTRODUCTION According to Peter Kendall in the Chicago Tribune, Ruben Brown, age sixty-one, was known on the south and west sides of Chicago, as the Read more