Sermons on Epiphany

Sermons on Epiphany

Sexagesima 2025

Isaiah 55:6-13: GOD’S PROMISES ABOUT HIS WORD The slogan “Scripture Alone,” Sola Scriptura, means that Holy Scripture, the Bible, is the only place where God reveals what we are to believe and do. When a church like ours says “Scripture Alone,” we’re saying that every-thing we believe or teach has as its source something the Bible says, none of it comes from outside the Bible, none of it is from our own thoughts or wishes. The Bible is God’s written…

Pre-Lent 1 – 2025

DOES “GRACE ALONE” MEAN NO WORKING AT ANYTHING? Prayer: Lord God, heavenly Father, through Your holy Word You have called us into Your vineyard: We beseech You, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts, that we may labor faithfully in Your vineyard and put our whole and only trust in Your grace, which You have bestowed upon us abundantly through Your Son Jesus Christ, that we might obtain eternal salvation through Him. Amen. Sermon Text: Matthew 20:1-16 (v. 10-12). But…

Festival of the Presentation of our Lord – 2025

“NOW LET ME DEPART IN PEACE” Today we hear about what happened on the 40th day after Jesus’ birth, since today is the 40th day after Christmas Day. Joseph and Mary came to the temple with their baby, Jesus. They came to give some required offerings. One offering was for purifying the mother after childbirth, for she was considered ritually unclean and had to stay at home for 40 days if it was a baby boy. They had to give…

Epiphany 3 – 2025

“NEITHER THE PREACHER NOR THE HEARER SHOULD DOUBT THE GRACE AND ACTIVITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT” Prayer: Gracious Lord, guard us from judging from what we see, feel or experience about the effect or effectiveness of Your Word among people in our lives. Help us to believe and trust that when the Word is preached and heard, as You promise people will believe this Word and agree with it. Produce a firm faith in us, and also in others. Grant…

Epiphany 2 – 2025

THE GREATNESS OF A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE AND HOME At the very end of John 1, Jesus calls His 5th disciple, Philip, who then goes to find his friend Nathanael sitting under a fig tree. Where Nathanael’s sitting shows that he was waiting for the Messiah, because it was written in the prophets that when the Messiah came, he would inaugurate a kingdom of peace in which every man would “sit under his fig tree” (Mic 4:4). Nathanael was waiting for…

Epiphany 1 – 2025

THE CHILD, JESUS Like all Jewish parents, Mary and Joseph knew their chief responsibility was to teach the faith to their children. They diligently taught Jesus. He went with them to synagogue every Sabbath. Like all Jewish mothers, Mary began teaching Him from the cradle. As soon as He could talk, Joseph had to begin His instruction. He surely did so, for if he failed to impart knowledge of the Law to his son – even to Jesus — he…

Epiphany Sunday -2025

Sermon: Matthew 2:1-12 (Historic Gospel) Epiphany Sunday, Hope-Leander TX THE CHRISTMAS OF THE GENTILES The Old Testament is filled with promises from God that His salvation is for all people, not only Jews but also the Gentiles, “the nations.” As you read the Old Testament this can be easy to forget, as it’s Israel Against Everybody. All the nations are trying to destroy them. You can forget that God told Abraham, through his offspring God wanted “all the nations” to…

Epiphany 2 – 2024

Sermon Text: Mark 1:29-31 and Mark 10:1-12 Note: The first part of the service didn’t stream. Here you can hear today’s sermon starting at 12:20, “The Blessing of Christian Marriage.”