Thanksgiving | November 23, 2023 | Luke 17:11-19 | Judson F Merrell | On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, „Jesus, Master, have mercy on…
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THE 25TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST | NOVEMBER 19, 2023 | Matthew 25: 14-30 | David Zersen | For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then…
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The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | 19 November 2023 | Matthew 25:14-30 | Brad Everett | Today’s gospel text is the next of Jesus’ parables concerning the Kingdom of Heaven as recorded in St. Matthew’s gospel. Jesus told these to his disciples, in his last week with them, so there is a noticeable sense of…
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The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | 12 November 2023 | Amos 5:18-24 | Samuel D. Zumwalt | Amos 5:18-24 (English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles) 18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light, 19as if a man fled from a lion, and a…
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Keep Awake | The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost | 12 November 2023 | Matthew 25:1-13 | Paul Bieber | Matthew 25:1-13 Revised Standard Version 25 Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For…
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All Saints Sunday | November 5, 2023 | Matthew 5:1-12 | Ryan D. Mills | 1When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…
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Sunday of All Saints | November 5, 2023 | Matthew 5:1-12, Revelation 7:9-17 | Dave Brooks | “Who are these, clothed in white? From where do they come?” Let us be blunt. That great multitude that John saw, the vast host from every tribe and language and nation and people that stand before the throne…
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Reformation Sunday | October 29, 2023 | Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-36 | Paula Murray | Romans 3:19-28 19Now we know that whatever the Law says it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20For by works of the…
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Pentecost 21A (Lectionary 29A) | October 22, 2023 | Matthew 22:15-22 | Luther H. Thoresen Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial two paragraphs in italics of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way, one might…
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Proper 24, Pentecost 21 | 22.October 2023 | Matthew 22:15-22 | Evan McClanahan | For the past three weeks, we have heard harsh parables that enraged the enemies of Jesus. All three parables were told after Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, spoken in the Temple itself. Matthew records these parables one right after the other, heard…
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Isaiah 25:6-9 | 10.15.23 | Andrew F. Weisner, Ph.D. | For Sunday, October 15, AD 2023 Isaiah 25:6-9 6On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7And he will destroy…
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20th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23) | 15 Oct. 2023 | Matthew 22.1-14 | Richard O. Johnson | Once more Jesus spoke to the people in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had…
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Thanksgiving Sunday | October 8, 2023 | Luke 17:11-19 | Brad Everett | Our gospel for this Thanksgiving Sunday begins with 10 lepers approaching Jesus as he enters a village. The 10 keep the appropriate distance from our Lord which was important, because leprosy was and is a highly contagious disease, and avoiding contact with someone infected…
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Pentecost 19 | October 8, 2023 | A Sermon Based on Matthew 21:33-45 | David Zersen | “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the…
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Pentecost 18A | October 1, 2023 | Matthew 21:23-32 | Judson F Merrell | 23 And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, „By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?“ 24…
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Pentecost Eighteen (Revised Common Lectionary) | 10.01.23 | Matthew 21.23-32 | Carl A. Voges | The Passage And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him (Jesus) as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this…
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | September 24, 2023 | Matthew 20:1-16 | David H. Brooks | I may be the only one, but when I read this parable Jesus tells, I catch a whiff of dear old Tevye rubbing his hand together in glee, humming under his breath “if I were a rich man…” (Or…
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The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | 9/24/2023 | Matthew 20:1-16 | Dr. Ryan Mills | [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his…
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The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 17 September 2023 | Genesis 50:15-21 | Samuel D. Zumwalt | Genesis 50:15-21 English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil…
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The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 17 September 2023 | Matthew 18:21-35 | Paul Bieber | Matthew 18:21-35 Revised Standard Version 21 Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say…
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Sunday, September 10, AD 2023 | Ezekiel 33:7-9 | The Rev. Andrew F. Weisner, Ph.D. | From: The Rev. Andrew F. Weisner, Ph.D. The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) Antioch Lutheran Church, Dallas, North Carolina Ezekiel 33:7-9 7 So you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a…
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Pentecost 14A (Lectionary 22A) | September 3, 2023 | Matthew 16:21-28 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial two paragraphs in parentheses of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way,…
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Pentecost 14, 2023 | 09/03/23 | Matthew 16:21-28 | First Lutheran, Houston | Evan McClanahan | What percentage of “Christians” are actually Christians? That is, what percentage of people who are happy to describe themselves as Christians really, you know, live the life to the standard that Jesus describes? Well, I’m nervous just asking the…
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16) | 27 Aug. 2023 | Matthew 16.13-20 | Richard O. Johnson | When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others…
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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | 27 August 2023 | Isaiah 51:1-6 | Samuel D. Zumwalt | Isaiah 51:1-6 English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles 1“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from…
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TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST | AUGUST 20, 2023 | Matthew 15:21-28 (RCL) | David Zersen | Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, „Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.“ Jesus…
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Pentecost Eleven (Revised Common Lectionary) | 08.13.23 | Matthew 14.22-33 | Carl A. Voges | The Passage Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to…
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Pentecost 11A | August 13, 2023 | Matthew 14:22-33 | Dr. Judson F Merrell, STS | 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself…
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The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | 6 August 2023 | Sermon on Matthew 14:13-21 | Paul Bieber | Matthew 14:13-21 Revised Standard Version 13 Jesus withdrew in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 As he went ashore he saw a…
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Ninth Sunday After Pentecost | July 30, 2023 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | Paula Murray | 31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it…
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