Sermons

What is preaching? St. Paul writes in Romans: “Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14-15)

Therefore our Lutheran Confessions state: “It is also taught among us that one holy Christian church will be and remain forever. This is the assembly of all believers among whom the Gospel is preached in its purity and the holy sacraments are administered according to the Gospel.” (Augsburg Confession VII:1-3)

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Quinquagesima ’12 – Luke 18:31-43

St. Paul’s second epistle to Corinth confesses with great boldness how our God loves us. He is patient and kind. He does not boast or envy. He suffers all and endures all. Knowing this love is difficult. Our lives rarely reflect the perfect love of our God. We must hear and learn it again. Thus, today begins our final preparations for the blessed season of Lent. We will see and know the love of our God most graciously shown in His holy Passion. He opens our deprived eyes to see once again His death for us. From this love, we learn how to love God and to love each other.

Sexagesima ’12 – Luke 8:4-15

Jesus speaking in parables usually does not bring clarity to the doubter, for “seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.” To the unbeliever, it appears His Holy Word is weak, subject to birds of the air, weakly rooting into rocks, and easily strangled by the thorns of this life. Yet, this is not true for the elect saints of God, for whom the Word breaks up the well-worn path, crushes the rocks into fine soil, kills the thorns, and thus makes our hearts into rich and fertile soil for His Word. He does this by the Word and for the Word. As a matter of fact, He does it all—start to finish. Listen to the sermon.

(My preferred sermon from Sunday was marred by a computer glitch. The provided sermon is strongly based up a sermon by Pr. David Juhl.)