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Sermon Text: Matthew 22:34-46 Full Text of Sermon The text is the last in a sequence of questions that the various leaders of the Jews in Jerusalem were quizzing Jesus with. In the Synoptics (Matt, Mark and Luke) Jesus is only in Jerusalem once, and the leaders are testing him. Finding out where . . . → Read More: What do you think about the Christ? Full Text Link As with so much else in America, if you want to cut to the soul or the bone of a matter you need to listen to Lincoln. (And Silent Cal Coolidge, but he didn’t live in exciting times, but his Autobiography and letters are deeply full of wisdom and heart.) But . . . → Read More: The Civic Religion and the Sure Hope This story by Australian Theologian Ben Myers is nifty. And I have to admit I hear the law in it slightly, I am convicted, but not where he is aiming. Prof. Myers is part of one of those “uniting” churches. That is the same thing the founders of the LCMS were running to America away . . . → Read More: Man does not live by bread alone… Full Text What does the law of Moses mean to a Christian? I think that is what Paul is trying to answer in Romans 7. And the text for today talked about the ditch to the right side of the road and the ditch to the left side of the road. On the right, you . . . → Read More: I fought the law and the law won… Full Text Two choices with any Special Day sermons, preach the day or preach the text. Preaching the day is by far the more popular. People expect it. It is actually easier (maybe why it is more popular) – no translations to do, find some simple stories preferably cute about the people involved. But . . . → Read More: Reformation Day Sermons  Comments are closed  Romans, Sermons, Word  absent god, gospel, kids, law, law and gospel, Luther, Reformation, revealed god, romans, sermons, Word Full Text Text: Luke 17:1-10 Luke 14:1 – 17:10 in my reading is one long extended teaching on being a disciple. The text for this sermon is the summary or conclusion of that section. I drew that boundary because in Luke 17:11 Jesus is no longer ping-ponging back and forth between disciples and Pharisees, . . . → Read More: The Disciple’s Life of Repentance Comments are closed cross, grace, Luke, Repentance, Sermons discipleship, freedom of the gospel, gospel, grace, law, Luke, Repentance, sin Biology has the famous Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. That is the way that science has developed to talk about living things. As we understand more about DNA, some surprising things have happened on those tree branches. But the start of it really goes back to the childhood car game – animal, vegetable, . . . → Read More: Separating Law and Gospel – a look-in at the ELCA Full Text Text: Luke 14:1-14 “…The human economy runs on quid pro quo. We buy things to signal status. We look at each other for affirmation of our status. We give and get expecting repayment. Those who can’t repay or can’t help are either in our debt or never considered. But Jesus is talking . . . → Read More: Status Games From this article… In our own time, most Christians are in denial about these difficulties. The few contemporary theologians who dare to pronounce on the subject usually shrug it aside with the comment that the existence of intelligent aliens would not pose a problem for Christianity. But it would pose a problem, and a huge . . . → Read More: Who’s afraid of ET? From Ernst Kasemann – “The worship of the Chirstian community should not be dominated by fanatical ecstasy or profound oracle, but by prophecy as a contemporizing of the message of the past. The gospel concretizes and actualizes.” In other words – “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth (John . . . → Read More: An Incarnate Truth |
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