Saturday, June 27, 2015

Sermon for Pentecost 4 (Proper 7B), June 21. 2015

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Text:  Mark 4:35-41 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-10             Beloved in Christ, we love our little Jesus. We love our little Jesus who ent...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Sermon for Pentecost 2 (Proper 5B), June 7, 2015

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Text: Mark 3:20-35             Beloved in Christ, for quite some time now Christians have presented a rather tame picture of Jesus. In ...

Sermon for Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2015

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Text: John 3:1-17             Beloved in Christ, every so often you hear critics say, “No one can really know God. He is beyond our com...

Sermon for Memorial Day Weekend, May 23, 2015 (Given at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois)

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Readings:  Genesis 9:8-17 ; 1 Peter 3:18-22 ; Matthew12:38-41             Beloved in Christ, at the dawn of creation, the world was a l...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Sermon for Easter 6B, May 10, 2015

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Text: John 15:9-17             Beloved in Christ, it is so easy to misunderstand the word “commandment” as it is used in our English tran...

Sermon for Easter 5B, May 3, 2015

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Text: John 15:1-8             Beloved in Christ, living a godly life is not optional. It is absolutely necessary. Or to put in terms tha...

Sermon for Easter 4B, April 26, 2015

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Text: John 10:11-18             Beloved in Christ, preachers often try to use illustrations to help make their point. But I must confes...