The Third Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2006 Sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 by Hubert Beck 1Corinthians 1:18-25 (English Standard Version) For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the…
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Epiphany 3, January 22, 2006 Mark 1:14-20, Hubert Beck Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the…
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Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006 Sermon on John 20:1-18 by Hubert Beck „Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple,…
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Pentecost 12 (August 27, 2006) A Sermon based on John 6:56-58, 60-69 (RCL) by Hubert Beck “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because…
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Advent 4, December 18, 2005 Luke 1:26-38, Hubert Beck In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who…
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New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2005 Matthew 25:31-46, Hubert Beck When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates…
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The Day of the Ascension of Our Lord, May 25, 2006 Sermon on Luke 24:44-53, Hubert Beck “He said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’…
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Pentecost 6 (July 16, 2006) A Sermon based on Mark 6:14-29 by Hubert Beck King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others…
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PENTECOST 21, OCTOBER 29, 2006 A Sermon based on by Mark 10:46-52 (RCL) by Hubert Beck And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus…
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THANKSGIVING DAY ( USA), NOVEMBER 23, 2006 A sermon based on Matthew 6:24-33 (RCL) by Hubert Beck No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore I tell…
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THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT, DECEMBER 17, 2006 A Sermon Based on Luke 3:7-18, Hubert Beck He (John the Baptizer) said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him. “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits that befit repentance and do not…
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THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD, JANUARY 6, 2007 A Sermon based on Matthew 2:1-12 by Hubert Beck Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For…
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EPIPHANY 5, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 A sermon based on Luke 5:1-11 by Hubert Beck On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them…
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Holy Trinity Sunday – 7 June 2020 | Sermon on Matthew 28:16-20 | by Hubert Beck | Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on…
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Now and Then, Then and Now | Second Sunday of Easter – April 19, 2020 | Sermon on John 20:19-31 | by Hubert Beck | On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among…
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John 4:5-42 | Hubert Beck | selected verses below Jesus said, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” v. 10 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks of…
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Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25, by Hubert Beck Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her…
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