The Fifth Sunday of Easter | 28 April 24 | A Sermon on Isaiah 12:1-6 | Samuel D. Zumwalt | Isaiah 12:1-6 English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
The Fifth Sunday of Easter | 28 April 2024 | Sermon on Mark 1:14-20 | Paul Bieber | John 15:1-8 Revised Standard Version 1 Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
The Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 21, 2024 | Psalm 23 and John 10:11-18 | Ryan D. Mills | [Jesus said:] 11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Fourth Sunday of Easter | April 21, 2024 | John 10:11-18 | David H. Brooks | Impromptu poll: when was the last time you saw a shepherd? I imagine most of you would say that the last Christmas pageant you attended would be not just the last, but probably the only time you saw (see)…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Third Sunday of Easter B | April 14, 2024 | Luke 24:36b-48 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial paragraphs in italics of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way,…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Easter 2 | 7 Apr. 2024 | John 20.19-31 | Richard O. Johnson | When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, „Peace be…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Easter 2 | April 7, AD 2024 | Romans 8:28 | Andrew F. Weisner | Acts 4:32-35 32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD | Easter Sunday | MARCH 31, 2024 | Mark 16:1-8 (RCL) | David Zersen | When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Easter Sunday | March 31, 2024 | Mark 16:1-8 | Paula Murray | When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Easter Vigil (Revised Common Lectionary) | 03.30.24 | Isaiah 55:1-11 | Carl A. Voges | The Passage “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Great Vigil of Easter | March 30, 2024 | John 20:1-18 | Judson F Merrell | Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Good Friday | 29 March 2024 | A Sermon on Isaiah 52:13-53:12 | Samuel Zumwalt | Isaiah 52:13-53:12 © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers] 13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred,…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Good Friday | 29 March 2024 | Sermon on John 18:1—19:42 | Paul Bieber | The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John also Isaiah 52:13—53:12 No Longer Hidden Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This evening we are in…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Maundy Thursday | March 28, 2024 | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 | Ryan Mills | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 1Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Maundy Thursday | March 28, 2024 | Mark 14:12-26 | David H. Brooks | On a recent commercial for the financial services firm Nerdwallet, a “Future You” was complaining about how “You” were always making her life hard. Nerdwallet wants you to buy something now to help “Future You,” but the idea that what you…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion | March 24, 2024 | Mark 11:1-11 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This sermon assumes that this service is likely to include a reading of the Passion Narrative in Mark’s Gospel. The sermon alludes to…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Palm Sunday | March 24, 2024 | Mark 11 | Evan McClanahan | Our faith influences the world not in the orderly, dominant fashion we hope for, but more often in a makeshift fashion. At least, makeshift from our point-of-view. I wish it didn’t. But it does. And if Palm Sunday is any indication, it…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Lent 5 | March 17, A.D. 2024 | Mark 10:(32-34) 35-45 | Andrew F. Weisner | Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:(32-34) 35-45 32They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
4 Lent | 10.03. 2024 | John 3:14-21 | Paula Murray | Recent commentary writers on John 3, this most loved and likely best-known biblical text, have called traditional, meaning orthodox, interpretations of the means and the reason Jesus came to save us as “historical romanticizing.” There is a fair amount of history in the Bible,…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT | MARCH 10, 2024 | John 3:14-21 (RCL) | David Zersen | And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Lent Three (Revised Common Lectionary) | 03.03.24 | John 2.13-22 | Carl A. Voges | The Passage “The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. “And making a whip of…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
John 2:13-22 | Lent 3B | March 3, 2024 | Dr. Judson F Merrell | Lent 3B March 3, 2024 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
The Second Sunday in Lent | 25 February 2024 | Mark 8:31-39 | Samuel Zumwalt | Mark 8:31-38 English Standard Version, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers] 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
„Following His Cross-bearing Way“ | REMINISCERE. THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT [B] | 25 February 2024 | Mark 8.31–38 | Paul G. Bieber | Genesis 17.1–7, 15–16 Psalm 22.22–30; Tone 2 Romans 4.13–25 St. Mark 8.31–38 Verse: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
The First Sunday in Lent | February 18, 2024 | A Sermon on Mark 1:9-15 | The Rev. Dr. Ryan D. Mills | 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
First Sunday in Lent | February 18, 2024 | Sermon text: Mark 1:9-15 | David Brooks | As we begin Lent, we find ourselves out with Jesus in the wilderness. The wilderness. It’s the place that causes people to say/write things such as: Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill….
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Ash Wednesday Sermon | February 14, 2024 | Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 & Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 | Luther H. Thoresen | Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 & Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Grace to you and peace…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Last Sunday After Epiphany | February 11, 2024 | Mark 9:2-9 | Andrew F. Weisner | 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Last Sunday after the Epiphany | February 11, 2024 | Mark 9.2-9 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Fifth Sunday of Epiphany | February 4, 2024 | Mark 1:29-39 | Paula Murray | 29Immediately {Jesus} left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told Him about her. 31And He came and took her by the…
Weiterlesen / continue reading
Deutsch 
English (UK) 
Português do Brasil 
Dansk 
Español