Sermon: Blessings and Woes (Long Version)
Text: Luke 6:17-26
Focus: On the Last Day, Christ will bring an end to all suffering.
Function: That they would hold onto hope in the midst of life’s trials and tribulations.
Sermon: “Send Me!”
Text: Isaiah 6:1-8
Focus: God makes us holy by his Word of forgiveness.
Function: That they would be sent by God with the message of his holiness and grace.
Sermon: Known by God (Jeremiah’s Call and Yours)
Text: Jeremiah 1:4-19; 1 Corinthians 12:31–13:13.
Focus: God knew everything about us even before we were born.
Function: That they would rest in the wonder of God’s intimate knowledge of them.
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The Word of God before us is our Gospel lesson, especially this verse: “And [Jesus] came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath […]
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. There is a tomb in this room, a kind of mass grave in which dozens of people have been killed. Do you know where it is? No, there aren’t hidden Indian burial mounds beneath the floor. And as […]
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! There are few things as exasperating in the life of a parent as the moments when your children mouth off to you. Such disrespect and blatant refusal to submit to your authority can be […]
Sermon: A Real Boy
Text: John 1:1-18; Hebrews 2:1-11
Focus: Jesus was—and remains—fully human.
Function: That they would wonder at the miracle of the Incarnation.
Traditional Christmas Eve service with choir and bells