Sermons from December 2025
Christmas Eve – 2025
Sermon: St. Luke 2:1-14 (Historic Gospel) 12-24-25, Christmas Eve, Hope-Leander TX (Hymns: 175:1-3, 139, 126:1.3, 1271.2.5, 145:1-2, 143:1.3.8.9, 137:1.4, 148:1-4.6.8, 140, 125) BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY FOR YOU Sermon Text, St. Luke 2:6-7. And so it was that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the…
St. Thomas Day – Advent 4 – 2025
John 20:24 St. Thomas’ Day, Apostle & Martyr/Advent 4, Hope-Leander TX “MY LORD AND MY GOD” Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus: We thank You for calling us so that we may be Your own. We also thank You for calling Thomas. If You brought him, despite his doubts, to confess You as his God and Lord, and to be a great missionary filled with deathless courage, You can also keep us in faith to the end, so that we bravely confess…
Advent 3- 2025
JOY Matthew 11. Dear Lord God, heavenly Father: Your Son, our Savior, said that we are to rejoice and be exceedingly glad even when we are persecuted. John the Baptist was treated with contempt, put into prison unjustly, and suffered death for Your name. Teach us from his example and our Savior’s words to rejoice always (1Th 5:16), to receive great joy from Your glad tidings (Lk 2:10), to find joy in every station (ELH #424:5), and for the joy…
Advent 2 – 2025
HOPE Romans 15:4-13 (Epistle for Advent 2) Prayer: Lord, be Thou our Hope. Lead us into Your Word, where we receive patient endurance, encouragement, and hope from You. Empower us to welcome others, especially those weak in faith, and to give them this same encouragement and hope. Amen. (The Lutheran Study Bible p. 1939; also ELH 372:5) Dear fellow redeemed in Christ: Grace and peace be unto you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. Paul begins…