Sermons on Advent
St. Thomas Day – Advent 4 – 2025
John 20:24 St. Thomas’ Day, Apostle & Martyr/Advent 4, Hope-Leander TX “MY LORD AND MY GOD” Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus: We thank You for calling us so that we may be Your own. We also thank You for calling Thomas. If You brought him, despite his doubts, to confess You as his God and Lord, and to be a great missionary filled with deathless courage, You can also keep us in faith to the end, so that we bravely confess…
Advent 3- 2025
JOY Matthew 11. Dear Lord God, heavenly Father: Your Son, our Savior, said that we are to rejoice and be exceedingly glad even when we are persecuted. John the Baptist was treated with contempt, put into prison unjustly, and suffered death for Your name. Teach us from his example and our Savior’s words to rejoice always (1Th 5:16), to receive great joy from Your glad tidings (Lk 2:10), to find joy in every station (ELH #424:5), and for the joy…
Advent 2 – 2025
HOPE Romans 15:4-13 (Epistle for Advent 2) Prayer: Lord, be Thou our Hope. Lead us into Your Word, where we receive patient endurance, encouragement, and hope from You. Empower us to welcome others, especially those weak in faith, and to give them this same encouragement and hope. Amen. (The Lutheran Study Bible p. 1939; also ELH 372:5) Dear fellow redeemed in Christ: Grace and peace be unto you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Paul begins…
Advent 1 – 2025
CALLED TO FOLLOW JESUS ALL THE WAY Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank You for coming into our world to be the Savior of all people. Not only do You have universal love for all, but You love each person by name. You call us individually, just as You called Andrew to be Your disciple. We thank You that by Your Holy Spirit You call us by the gospel, in Baptism and through Your Word. Enable us to hear Your call…
Advent 4 – 2024
WE CONFESS JESUS CHRIST The Text, John 1:6-8, 19-28 (v. 20, 23). He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” … They said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” He said: “I am ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” Lord, this is Your Word and…
Advent 2 – 2024
Here is a portion of the pastor’s sermon from Luke 21:25-36, about false confidence vs. true confidence. The Coming of the Son of Man “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be…
Advent 1 – 2024
IT’S A NEW DAY Today is the first day of a new church year. It’s New Year’s Day for Christians. We begin again. The season of Advent is like being awake at dawn, when night and darkness turn into the light of day. Advent is when we watch for Christ. We join in spirit the Old Testament believers who were waiting for Christ. Isaiah said: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light.” They were looking ahead…
4th Sunday in Advent – 2023
WHO IS JESUS? Prayer: O God, give us ears to hear Your Word and believe it, and eyes of faith to see that Jesus truly is Your Son and our Savior from sin and death. Amen. Sermon Text, St. Mark 12:35-37. 35 Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: ‘The Lord said…
3rd Sunday in Advent – 2023
Sermon Text: Mark 9:10-13 TREATED WITH CONTEMPT Prayer: Dear Lord: If we’re treated with contempt, mocked or mistreated because of our faithfulness, comfort us in knowing that John the Baptist and the saints endured this, but especially that You endured it for our salvation. Be with us in our suffering. Also let it touch our hearts so we’re more zealous for the salvation of all who do evil, and more serious for our own salvation. Amen! Sermon Text, St. Mark…
2nd Sunday in Advent-2023
Mark 1:1-8