Sermon Archive (Page 4)

“What Disciples Expect”

Matthew 10:5a, 21-33             {Prayer}             Expectations … we all have them. Any new endeavor comes with a whole host of expectations. A high school graduate going off to college prepares to leave with a mash-up of hope and excitement but also a sense of nervousness. Some people change jobs mid-career because they are eager…

“A Community of Disciples”

Matthew 9:35-10:8             {Prayer}             If the Covid-19 pandemic taught us anything, it was that we are not meant to be separated from one another. We are not meant to be put into isolation. We are meant to be with other people, we are meant to be within a community. And not only is that…

“The Call to Discipleship”

Matthew 9:9-13             {Prayer}             The central point, the main thing which the Christian faith is focused on is what? Jesus! In our catechism it says that “the Christian faith is the confession that Jesus Christ is the world’s only Savior and Redeemer.” In Acts 4, Peter is specifically talking about Jesus when he says…

“Relationships”

Acts 2:14, 22-36             {Prayer}             Each and everyone one of us gathered here is in a relationship with someone else. I’ll even go so far to say that each of us are in multiple relationships. I know, that may sound a bit risqué … but it’s true right?             If you go on my…

“Spirit of God

Numbers 11:24-30             {Prayer}             Today is Pentecost Sunday. Today, as we heard, is the day in which the disciples of Jesus receive the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is the day in which the confusion of languages which occurred way back at the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 was converted to…

“To Know or Not to Know”

John 17:1-11             {Prayer}             Scene 3 of Act 1 of one of William Shakespeare’s most popular, well-known plays in the world is iconic. In Scene 3 of Act 1, Hamlet says, “To be, or not to be? That is the question—Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous…

“Commands Given in Love”

John 14:15-21             {Prayer}             There are those things which as a parent you say to your child that you hope they remember, especially if something should happen to you. I came across a story of a girl who did just that. Laughing as she put on her coat, this girl said, “My father always…

“The Solid Rock”

1 Peter 2:2-10             {Prayer}             In my mind is etched this tragedy which happened on my way to school in either kindergarten or first grade. In my eyes, I had built this absolutely awesome Lego house of random bricks. It had four multicolored walls, a door, and even some windows. I had built it…

“The Bummer Lamb”

Psalm 23             {Prayer}             On what has been dubbed Good Shepherd Sunday, it would be a disservice to not talk about sheep and the Shepherd. Usually when we talk about sheep we talk about the whole flock of sheep, of all of God’s little lambs. But this morning, I want to change that up…

“Greater than Moses”

Acts 2:14a, 36-41             {Prayer}             Back before there were computers, a little boy was watching his father, who happened to be the pastor, write a sermon. The little boy always wondered about his dad’s sermons so he asked him one day, “How do you know what to say?” “Well son, God tells me.” Little…