Sermons from October 2024
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…
Trinity 21 – 2024
WHAT WE DO AFFECTS OTHERS, AND IT’S ABOUT ETERNITY Sermon Text, St. Mark 9:42-50 (ESV). “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the…
Trinity 20 – 2024
Mark 9:33-41 THE WAY OF TRUTH IS ALSO THE WAY OF LOVE The way to eternal life is the way of truth. Jesus said not only “I Am the Way” but also “I Am the Truth,” and: “No one comes to the Father except through Me” (Jn 14:6). The way to come to the Father, to eternal life, is only through Jesus. The truth is the narrow path to eternal life. Believing the truth gets you to heaven. We’re laser-focused…
Trinity 19 – 2024
WHAT ABOUT WHEN MY FAITH FEELS WEAK? Sermon Text, St. Mark 9:14-29 (ESV). 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to Him and greeted Him. 16 And He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son to You, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever…