Sermons from 2024 (Page 4)

Sermons from 2024 (Page 4)

Trinity 2 – 2-24

A GREAT SUPPER In the name of Jesus, fellow redeemed – forgiven – sinners: I bring you grace and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. God called Abraham, out of a false religion of worshipping idols, to go to the place where He would show Him. Abraham just went. It’s all of a sudden.  Then in Genesis 18, as he’s living in Canaan, one day the God who called Abram, now appears in the form…

Trinity 1 – 2024

BEING FORGIVEN BY GOD IS A FIGHT, DON’T GIVE UP In the name of Jesus, fellow redeemed – forgiven – sinners: I bring you grace and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Remember the story of Jacob, how he wrestled with a man who turned out to be God? Jacob said: “I will not let You go unless You bless me!” And yet he had received the blessing, the birthright, previously, more than once. Yet he acted…

Trinity Sunday – 2024

Sermon: St. Mark 1:40-45 A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT GOD IS LIKE Dear people loved by God in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Amen. In Isaiah 6, we are confronted with God’s glory. The prophet Isaiah is brought into the throne room of God and he sees God in His glory. He sees angels flying around God, singing “Holy” to the Father, “Holy” to the Son,…

Pentecost – 2024

Sermon: St. Mark 10:13-16 THE HOLY SPIRIT, BAPTISM, AND JESUS’ BLESSING Dear people loved by God in Christ: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. In Isaiah 32, God’s prophet addresses the women of Israel with a warning, out of love. This shows how important women are to God, how essential in His kingdom and for God’s plan. Three times in Isaiah 32, verses…

Easter 7 –
Sunday after Ascension
2024

Sermon: Ephesians 1:17, 20-23 JESUS SITS AT GOD’S RIGHT HAND: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Ephesians 1:17, 20-23. 17 The God of our Lord Jesus Christ … 20 raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under…

Easter 3- Good Shepherd Sunday 2024

Sermon: St. Mark 14:27-28; 1 Peter 5:1-5 A FAITHFUL SHEPHERD’S LEADING 1 Peter 5:1-5. The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but…

Easter 2 – Quasimodogeniti – 2024

Sermon: St. Mark 16:9-18 THE REST OF THE EASTER STORY IS JESUS TAKING AWAY DOUBTS Sermon Text, Mark 16:9-18. 9 Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not…

Easter – 2024

Sermon: St. Mark 16:1-8 Sermon Text, Mark 16:1-8 (v. 1, 5-7; preceded by 14:27-28). Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.” … Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they…

Early Easter Service – 2024

EASTER HOMILY By St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople (347-407) (Read around the world at Easter Matins or Easter Vigil) Are there any who are devout lovers of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival! Are there any who are grateful servants? Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord! Are there any weary with fasting? Let them now receive their wages! If any have toiled from the first hour, let them receive their due reward.…