Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – January 29, 2023
CLICK HERE for a worship video for January 29 Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – January 29, 2023 Matthew 5:1-12 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. When you think of what it means to be blessed, what comes to...
Sermon for the Third Sunday after Epiphany – January 22, 2023
CLICK HERE for a worship video for January 22 Sermon for the Third Sunday after Epiphany – January 22, 2023 Matthew 4:12-23 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps, like me, you’ve started to notice that the days are...
Sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 15, 2023
Sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 15, 2023 John 1:29-42 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. I was sharing our gospel reading for today with our preschoolers in chapel this week, and to begin the...
Sermon for Baptism of our Lord Sunday – January 8, 2023
Sermon for Baptism of our Lord – January 8, 2023 Matthew 3:13-17 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Well, the baby we have been celebrating and worshipping over the past few weeks is all grown up. We don’t get much in...
Sermon for Name of Jesus Sunday – January 1, 2023
CLICK HERE for a worship video for January 1 Sermon for The Name of Jesus – January 1, 2023 Numbers 6:22-27, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:15-21 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. We all flipped the page to a new calendar...
Sermon for Christmas Day – December 25, 2022
CLICK HERE for a worship video for December 25 Sermon for Christmas Day – December 25, 2022 John 1:1-14 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. I read an article last week which pointed out that the most enduring and beloved...
Sermon for Christmas Eve – December 24, 2022
CLICK HERE for a worship video for December 24 Sermon for Christmas Eve – December 24, 2022 Luke 2:1-20 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Tonight we celebrate good news of great joy: that a child has been born for us. ...
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 18, 2022
CLICK HERE for a worship video for December 18 Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 18, 2022 Matthew 1:18-25 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. When my oldest son was little, maybe six or seven years old,...
Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent – December 11, 2022
Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent – December 11, 2022 James 5:7-10, Matthew 11:2-11 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this.” “This is not at all what I expected.” “How could God let...
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent – December 4, 2022
CLICK HERE for a worship video for December 4 Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent – December 4, 2022 Matthew 3:1-12 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. I had a teacher in high school who scared me to death. She was...