[If you want to listen to this sermon, please click the audio link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, August 10th, 2025, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 33:10-21; Genesis 15:1-6; Luke 12:32-40 The Text: Luke 12:32-40 INTRODUCTION Our Lord’s words that occur at the beginning of our Gospel Read more
[If you would prefer to listen to this sermon, click on the link below.] The Sermon for Sunday, July 20th, 2025, the Fifth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Genesis 18:1-14; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:21-29; Luke 10:38-42 The Text: Genesis 18:1-14 INTRODUCTION At the 1997 Brickyard 400 auto race, NASCAR driver Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, July 13th, 2025, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 25:1-14; Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Luke 10:25-37 The Text: Deuteronomy 30:9-14 INTRODUCTION In September 2006, Matt Atkinson’s three friends told him they were plotting a Columbine-style attack on their school. They would ignite bombs near bathrooms, set Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, July 6th, 2025, the Third Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Isaiah 66:10-16; Psalm 66:1-8; Galatians 6:6-18; Luke 10:1-20 The Text: Galatians 6:6-10 INTRODUCTION Soviet sport parachutist Yuri Belenko realized he was in trouble when he was three thousand feet above the ground. His main chute had Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, June 22nd, 2025, the First Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 63; Zechariah 12:8-10, 13:1; St. Luke 9:18-24 The Text: Luke 9:23-24 INTRODUCTION A man once appeared at a pastor’s office door asking for some quick points on Christianity to help make sense of the dinner Read more
The Sermon for the Festival of Pentecost, or Whitsunday, June 8th, 2025 The Lessons: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:24-36; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; St. John 14:8-17 The Text: St. John 14:15-17 INTRODUCTION Today, on this Festival of Pentecost, or Whitsunday, as the Prayer Book calls it, I will preach on the Holy Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, May 4th, the Second Sunday after Easter The Lessons: Acts 9:1-19a; Psalm 33:1-11; Revelation 5:6-14; John 21:1-14 The Text: John 21:1-14 INTRODUCTION There was a certain preacher who used the technique of automatically dividing up his sermon into several major points. He liked to preach on Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, April 27th, 2025, the First Sunday after Easter The Lessons: Psalm 111; Acts 5:12, 17-29; John 20:19-31 The Text: John 20:19-31 INTRODUCTION On July 25, 2000, Air France Concorde flight 4590 crashed on takeoff in Paris. A hundred passengers were killed along with nine crew and Read more
[If you would like to listen to this sermon, click on the arrow.] The Sermon for Sunday, March 30th, 2025, the Fourth Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Joshua 5:1-12; Psalm 34:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:11-32 The Text: Luke 15:11-32 The Topic: Repentance, forgiveness, and restoration, as in the Parable Read more
If you want to listen to this sermon, here is the audio file. The Sermon for Sunday, March 16th, 2025, the Second Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Genesis 15:1-18; Psalm 27:8-16; Philippians 3:17 – 4:1; Luke 13:22-35 The Text: Luke 13:23-30 The Topic: Choose the Narrow Way of the Lord Read more