Sermons from October 2022

“The Eternal Gospel”

Revelation 14:6-7 {Prayer}             I want you to imagine a time with me. If you want or need to close your eyes to do so, then feel free, just don’t fall asleep on me. I want you to imagine that you are living in a time of economic hardship with a high unemployment rate. It’s…

“Marked with a Blessing”

Genesis 4:1-15 {Prayer}             The birth of a child is something truly special, especially if it’s your first child. Sometime before Faith was born, my brother-in-law was trying to describe to me what it would be like when she was born. The thing is, he couldn’t really put it into words. There is really nothing…

“Take a Breather”

Ezekiel 37:1-14 {Prayer} Each and every time you take a breath, your diaphragm is working. As you inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves downward so that the space in your chest cavity increases. As the lungs expand, air is pulled in, and with the help of a fancy protein called a hemoglobin, oxygen goes into…

“Return”

Ruth 1:1-22 {Prayer}             Our Old Testament reading this morning is from the book of Ruth. When you hear that, you think the main subject of the book is who? Ruth. In our Lutheran Study Bible, in the introduction pages of the book under the title of “Blessings for Readers”, it says this: The Book…

“For Us and With Us”

Romans 8:31-39 {Prayer}             A couple of weeks ago I raised the question of why do we watch the same movie over and over again. The answer I gave was that we watch that movie over and over again because we know it delivers. Our favorite scene turns out the way it always has. We…