Sermons from September 2022

Sermons from September 2022

16th Sunday After Pentecost-2022

St. Michael and All Angels’ Day! Sermon Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 Look at the picture (by Danish painter Carl Bloch) of Jesus and the angel who comforted Him during His suffering in Gethsemane. This picture is the essence of the Bible’s teaching of the holy angels: They rejoice to glorify and worship God, who made them. They worship Christ, who is God. Yet they go willingly to serve God’s children when He sends them to protect them. When Christ left His…

15th Sunday after Pentecost-22

Sermon Text: Luke 7:11-19 Eisenach is where Luther translated the New Testament into German in just eleven weeks during his stay at Wartburg Castle between 1521 and 1522. The reformer stayed there after his abduction on behalf of the Saxon Elector, after he had been declared outlawed by the Diet of Worms because of his 95 theses and his views. His translation was first published in Wittenberg on September 21, 1522.

14th Sunday after Pentecost-22

Sermon Text: Luke 10:25-37 Everyone knows the parable of the Good Samaritan. But not everyone notices that right before it the Lord gives us the key to understanding it. A man comes to Jesus with a question: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” But the Holy Spirit informed and inspired Luke to say that with this question the man was trying to “justify himself.” So this story is not about learning to do our works of mercy better;…

12th Sunday after Pentecost-22

Sermon Text: Luke 18:14 “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” This was the Prayer of the Day for this Sunday in the church year. It’s a BEAUTIFUL prayer, one of the very best of the old prayers (collects) for each Sunday. Almighty and everlasting God, always more ready to hear than we to pray…