Sermons from February 2025
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…
Transfiguration – 2025
WHO WAS JESUS’ TRANSFIGURATION FOR? How glorious do you think God is? Can you imagine it? We get an idea of it in Exodus 34. It says that when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, “the skin of his face shone, and all the children of Israel were afraid to come near him.” It was because Moses had been talking with God. The glory in Moses’ face was only a reflection of God’s glory, less than God’s, but they still…
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…