The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
+ + + Jesu Juva + + + The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Text: Matthew 6:24-34 In the Name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This morning our Lord Jesus poses a question...
View ArticleA Lament for the Lectionary
I love the historic lectionary. The rhythm of the readings, the Psalms and Introits, the use of traditional hymnody that speaks references it directly, it flows in a way that is beautiful, reverent and...
View ArticleHoly Thursday sermon
The words of the great Swedish bishop Bo Giertz damn us all: “There are no worthy guests at the Lord’s table. None has deserved to come.” Those words damn us all – yet they are also filled with...
View ArticleSermon for Epiphany II
Sermon on St. John 2:1-11 Epiphany II + Jesu Juva + And at Cana, Wedding guest, In Thy Godhead manifest – TLH 134.2 Last week’s Gospel Lesson (Lk 2:41-52) gave us Jesus’ first recorded public words of...
View ArticleSermon for Septuagesima
Sermon on St. Matthew 20:1-16 The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard SeptuagesimaOn Righteousness Judgment and Outrageous Grace A vineyard owner goes out one morning to hire workers for his...
View ArticleSermon for Sexagesima (St. Luke 8:4-15)
The Parable of the Sower is a vital gospel lesson on the Word of God, for here we learn about both its power and its sufficiency. The answers to two questions, along with some contrast to the church...
View ArticleSermon for Quinquagesima
Sermon on St. Luke 18:31-34 [35-43] Quinquagesima Sunday Behold! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. – St. Luke 18:31...
View ArticleSermon for All Saints
Sermon on St. Matthew 5:11-12 All Saints’ Day (Observed) 4 November 2012 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be...
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