Beware the spiritual daredevil in you... Hear the full audio of "Throw Yourself Down?" A sermon on Matthew 4:1-11 (ESV) First Sunday in Lent / 18 February 2018 Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, … Continue reading “Throw Yourself Down, for It is Written…”
A Blind Beggar’s Sight
Without a Cross in mind and the resurrection front and center, even the disciples are blind to a right understanding Christ's word and work... Hear the full audio of "A Blind Beggar's Sight" A sermon on Luke 18:34-43 (ESV) Quinquagesima / 11 February 2018 Luke 18:34-43 (ESV) 31 And taking the twelve, he said to … Continue reading A Blind Beggar’s Sight
Something More Sure
Hear the full audio of "Something More Sure" A sermon on 2 Peter 1:16-21 (ESV) Transfiguration of Our Lord / 21 January 2018 2 Peter 1:16-21 (ESV) For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of … Continue reading Something More Sure
The Least in the Kingdom
Hear the full audio of "The Least in the Kingdom" A sermon on Matthew 11:2-11 (ESV) Third Sunday in Advent, 17 December 2017 Christ fulfills what the prophets foretold. In caring for John the Baptist, Christ grounds John’s faith outside of his own thoughts and imagination, back to sure ground in the Words and Deeds … Continue reading The Least in the Kingdom
Unmoved by Affliction: The Sermon
Hear the full audio of "Unmoved by Affliction" A sermon on (1 Thessalonians 3:1-13, ESV) Midweek Advent Service II, 6 December 2017 Are you ready for the hard times to come? St. Paul says they are sure to follow, whenever one holds fast to Christ and trusts His Word. God's Apostle grows concerned, due to … Continue reading Unmoved by Affliction: The Sermon
You Received The Word of God
Midweek Advent Service Hear the full audio of "You Received The Word of God" A sermon on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 (ESV) First Midweek Advent Service, 29 November 2017 First Thessalonians, Chapter Two: (ESV) For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been … Continue reading You Received The Word of God
Words of Life and Healing: The Sermon
Hear the full audio of "Words of Life and Healing" A sermon on Proverbs 4:10-23 / Luke 17:11-19 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, 17 September 2017 Today, Immanuel Lutheran celebrates Rally Day and resumes Christian education for all ages. Bibles are gifted to our young ones, teachers blessed and entrusted before God with their sacred teaching … Continue reading Words of Life and Healing: The Sermon
Cast Out and Gathered With Jesus
"...In the heat of the day, the rattlesnakes will seek a cool spot in the shade of the rocks and boulders there. Even before cell phones and Instagram, traveling people unfamiliar with Sandhills wildlife liked to send their children to climb those rocks and family to pose for pictures. The locals knew better, thus the … Continue reading Cast Out and Gathered With Jesus
Where Scattered Seed Grows
This is a terrible parable for preachers. As Jesus sees the crowds coming out, he knows full well how it goes. So much of what he does by his preaching won't ever start to bear fruit. Some takes root and sinks in, but not deep enough to survive through the heat of the day. Others … Continue reading Where Scattered Seed Grows
Isaiah 50:4 Blues 