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The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity September 30, 2018 “The Law and the Gospel” Matthew 22:34-46 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, … Continue reading
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It’s that time again when we are ready to release the service plan for our 2019 Advent Series (devotions will be out by the end of November). This year we are choosing the texts around Advent and Christmas to focus … Continue reading
Each of our Scripture lessons today speaks against placing our self and our names, personal needs and reputations above those of our neighbor. Given the fact that our dear Lord has given us His name in Holy Baptism, and with … Continue reading
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity October 12, 2014 “Sabbath Keeping” Luke 14:1-11 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers … Continue reading
Just as Christ raised the son of the widow of Nain to go home and help his mother, and she to love her son all the more than before his death, so too does our Lord raise us up out … Continue reading
The following mini-article was included in the September 10, 1907 issue of Der Lutheraner under the title Warum ich auch bei Regenwetter in die Kirche gehe. I post it here in translation for you as timeless encouragement to be in God’s … Continue reading
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity September 16, 2018 “Life or Death: What Does Jesus Say?” Luke 7:14-15 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Then He came and touched the open coffin, and … Continue reading
Never forget, dear Christians, as the Baptized, you are children of God and, thus, you are of those little ones with your very own angels, who while keeping guard over you in the kingdom of heaven, “always see the face … Continue reading
St. Michael and All Angels Day October 4, 2009 “Guardian Angels” Matthew 18:10-11 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for … Continue reading
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity September 9, 2018 “Christian Values” Matthew 6:24-34 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and … Continue reading
What is this faith of the tenth leper by which Jesus says he was saved, not merely cleansed as He says of the other nine? It is right worship of sinners humbly bowing to beg God’s blessed gifts, while religious … Continue reading
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity September 1, 2018 “The Spirit and the Flesh” Galatians 5:16-24 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you shall not … Continue reading
The Lutheran School of Theology has put out some graduates who have just been ordained for the Word and Sacrament ministry their training was geared around. When dollars are given to LIA, this is the end result – preaching of … Continue reading
We are, each of us, like the priest and the Levite who pass by the man dying on the road. It is not until we have our own wounds of guilt for our sin bound up by the forgiveness of … Continue reading
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity August 26, 2018 The Good Samaritan Luke 10:23-37 Click here to listen audio of this sermon. Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which … Continue reading
Part III, Article VII. Of the Keys. 1] The keys are an office and power given by Christ to the Church for binding and loosing sin, not only the gross and well-known sins, but also the subtle, hidden, which are … Continue reading
It was a rainy, yet glorious day in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 8th. The end of seven years of exile for a faithful congregation. By the Lord’s mighty hand the congregation at University Lutheran Chapel (ULC) in Minneapolis finally has … Continue reading
A sinner cannot come to know or believe in God by his own free will any more than a deaf man can will himself to hear. And just as Jesus used His fingers and saliva to open up a deaf … Continue reading
When a theologian is asked to yield and make concessions in order that peace may at last be established in the Church, but refuses to do so even in a single point of doctrine, such an action looks to human … Continue reading
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity August 26, 2012 “God’s Word and our Confession” Mark 7:31-37 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came … Continue reading
Faith boasts not of itself, but is always seeking the mercy of God for the forgiveness of sins. Forgiven in Christ Jesus, faith and the good works it produces boast always and only of Him. [Rev. Kurt Hering] … Continue reading
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity August 19, 2012 “Where God Meets Us” Luke 18:9-14 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that … Continue reading
Jesus did not tolerate the misuse of His Father’s house and drove out those who robbed His people in the name of worship. Neither do we tolerate the misuse of His Word, but drive out every teaching and practice that … Continue reading
Part III, Article VI. Of the Sacrament of the Altar. 1] Of the Sacrament of the Altar we hold that bread and wine in the Supper are the true body and blood of Christ, and are given and received not … Continue reading
Lutherans are ordinarily not a triumphalistic people, unless we’re at an event with the word “district” or “synod” in the title, so when we hear more news about how the world around us is falling to decay and degeneracy we … Continue reading