Sermons on Reformation

Sermons on Reformation

Reformation Sunday – 2025

Luther’s reformation was about restoring the Gospel, seeing Christ for us, for our comfort. This conclusion to his letter to a depressed young man is one of the best ways to represent and remember Luther! When the devil throws our sins up to us and declares that we deserve death and hell, we should say: “I admit that I deserve death and hell. What of it? Does this mean I shall be sentenced to eternal damnation? By no means. For…

Festival of the
Reformation – 2024

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed a list of 95 statements to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. They were “theses” for debate. It started a chain of events that resulted in what we call “the Reformation.” We think of Martin Luther as bold and heroic. But he certainly experienced self-doubt. Just four years after posting the 95 Theses he looked back and said: “How often my heart struggled, rebuked me, and threw up to me their one…

The Festival of Reformation

CLEANSING THE TEMPLE Sermon Text: John 2:13-17. Prayer: Almighty God, merciful Father: We thank You that by means of Your servant Martin Luther You restored the light of the pure Gospel. We pray You to grant that we continue to hear Your Word in its truth and purity so that we are preserved in the true faith; through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Dear saints: Jesus’ cleansing of the temple has an obvious application to what Martin Luther did in the…