“Light in the Darkness” (Sermon on Romans 13:8-14, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Light in the Darkness” (Romans 13:8-14) Advent is a season of light. In fact, you could say that Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany–the whole…
“Light in the Darkness” (Romans 13:8-14) Advent is a season of light. In fact, you could say that Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany–the whole…
“Who Is This Jesus?” (Matthew 21:1-11) Today is the First Sunday in Advent. As it’s the beginning of Advent, and the word “Advent”…
“Concord Matters,” a new radio/internet program taking listeners through the Book of Concord, premieres tomorrow, Saturday, November 30, 10:00-11:00 a.m. (Central), live on…
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-33) “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”: The hymn our choir sang earlier and which we all will sing at…
“Transferred to the Kingdom of His Son” (Colossians 1:13-20) Have you ever been transferred? People get transferred or relocated due to their work…
“The Day Is Coming” (Malachi 4:1-6; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-28) “The Day Is Coming.” “The Day Is Surely Drawing Near.” What day…
“The God of the Living and the Sons of the Resurrection” (Luke 20:27-40) In these days of November, as we near the end…
“Who We Are and What We Will Be” (1 John 3:1-3) Today as we observe All Saints’ Day, we look back and remember…
“A Reformation in Catechesis” (John 8:31-36) “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth,…
“A Parable of Persistent Prayer” (Luke 18:1-8) The parable Jesus tells in the Holy Gospel for today, from Luke 18, is traditionally called…
“Mercy for the Marginalized” (Luke 17:11-19) The Holy Gospel for today from Luke 17, about the cleansing of the lepers, happens to be…
“Faith for Living in Community” (Luke 17:1-10) In our Gospel reading for today, from Luke 17, Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem,…
“St. Michael and All Angels: Messengers, Worshipers, Warriors” (Revelation 12:7-12) Today in the Christian church year is the Feast of St. Michael and…
“Managing the Master’s Money” (Luke 16:1-15) Do you remember the name Bernie Madoff? He was in the news a few years back. Bernie…
“Sound Doctrine: Law and Gospel” (1 Timothy 1:5-17) Today begins a series of weeks in which the Epistle comes from Paul’s two letters…
Circuit Pastors’ Conference Tuesday, September 10, 2013 “You Shepherds, Hear the Word of the Lord” (Ezekiel 34:1-24) The readings for this coming Sunday…
Today, two things coming out of the recent LCMS Convention: First, the convention approved, by over a two-thirds vote, Resolution 7-02A, “To Return…
“Philemon: The Gospel Transforms Relationships” (Philemon 1-21) Today I’m going to preach to you an entire book of the Bible. In fact, you…
“The Great Reversal: The Humble Exalted” (Luke 14:1-14) Up is down, and down is up, in the kingdom of God. Or so it…
“Strive to Enter through the Narrow Door” (Luke 13:22-30) Do you ever wonder about who all will be saved? When people die, and…
“The Miracle of Faith” (Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-16) Sometimes I think about the impossibility of faith. I mean, if you stop and think…
“Where Is Your Head At?” (Colossians 3:1-11) “Where Is Your Head At?” That, basically, is the question that comes out of today’s Epistle…
The gavel has sounded. The 2013 National LCMS Convention has come to a close. Some might call it “The Do-Nothing Convention.” Or “The…
Two kinds of business: elections and resolutions. That’s what conventions do. That’s what the LCMS National Convention will do this next week. We’ve…
Over the past week, I posted seven articles with my comments on the 116 proposed resolutions coming from the seven floor committees. There…