Sermon text: 1 Corinthians 15:1–20 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. It was a few weeks after Easter, and just a few weeks earlier,
The Presentation of Our Lord, 2025
Sermon text: 1 Samuel 1:1–2:11 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. At the time of Judges — think 1350 BC to 950 BC —
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, 2025
Sermon text: Isaiah 61:10–62:5 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. The Old Testament lesson for this Sunday is Isaiah 61:1–5. And in these five
The Baptism of Our Lord, 2025
Sermon text: Isaiah 43:1–7 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. “Self-identifying” is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary in this way: to believe that you
2nd Sunday after Christmas, 2025
Sermon text: Luke 2:41–52 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. In 2015, the Geico company debuted a series of commercials with the tagline,
4th Sunday in Advent, 2024
Sermon text: Hebrews 10:5–10 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Even as the writer of Hebrews recalls the sacrificial system of the Old Testament,
3rd Sunday in Advent, 2024
Sermon text: Philippians 4:4–7 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Marathon runners, whether they know it or not, pay homage to the legend of
2nd Sunday in Advent, 2024
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Three hundred years before the birth of Christ, God spoke through the prophet Malachi: “Behold, I am
Midweek Advent Service (Week 1), 2024
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. The first hymn under consideration for this short Advent season is the hymn “Of the Father’s Love
Last Sunday of the Church Year, 2024
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Today is the last Sunday of the church year. We’re observing Christ the King Sunday. Christ’s kingdom,