Sermons by Chris Matthis
Traditional Worship Service – 10/16/22
Leper
SAMARITAN LEPER: “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” That was the first thing we said when we saw him—my fellow lepers and I. I don’t know if it was the right thing to say or the only thing to say. But that’s what we needed more than anything: mercy. I used to be a leper—something […]
Traditional Worship Service – 10/09/22
Faith To Forgive
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus seems to address various odds and ends of the Christian life: temptation, forgiveness, faith, and duty. Yet one thread ties them all together: the theme of forgiveness. Forgiveness is hard. As C.S. Lewis writes […]
Contemporary Worship Service – 10/02/22
Traditional Worship Service – 10/02/22
What’s A Girl To Do
Traditional Worship Service – Oktoberfest – 09/17/22
Chief of Sinners
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I never liked the wording of the confession of sins in the old Lutheran hymnal: “I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto Thee all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended Thee and justly deserved Thy […]