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Luke 24:44-53

Ascension Day | May 9, 2024 | Luke 24:44-53 (RCL) | David Zersen | Then 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, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their…

Mark 16:1-8

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…

John 3:14-21

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,…

Mark 1: 21-28

EPIPHANY V | FEBRUARY 04, 2024 | A Sermon based on Mark 1: 21-28 (RCL) | David Zeren | As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came…

Luke 1: 26-38

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT | DECEMBER 24, 2023 | Luke 1: 26-38 (RCL) | David Zersen | WONDERING WHAT A PARENT CAN EXPECT There have been times when I have felt that a woman should be preaching a given text—and I hope that some are preaching on this one. It is a text about the…

Matthew 25: 14-30

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…

Matthew 21:33-45

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…

Matthew 15:21-28

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…

Matthew 9: 35-10:23

PENTECOST 3 | JUNE 18, 2023 | Matthew 9: 35-10:23 (RCL) | David Zersen | 35Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed…

Luke 24:44 -53

The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord | May 18, 2023 | Lk 24:44 -53 | David Zersen | Then 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, the prophets, and the psalms must…

John 13:1-17,31-35

Maundy Thursday | April 6, 2023 | John 13: 1-17; 31-35 (RCL) | David Zersen | After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another uncertain of whom he was speaking. One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining…

Matthew 6: 1-6:16-18

THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, ASH WEDNESDAY | Feb. 22, 2023 | Mt 6: 1-6:16-18 (RCL) | David Zersen | “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you,…

Matthew 3:1-12

The Second Sunday in Advent | 12/4/2022 | Matthew 3:1-12 | David Zersen | In those days, John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the…

Luke 18:9-14

Pentecost 20 | October 23, 2022 | Lk 18: 9-14 | David Zersen | He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself,…

Luke 14: 25-33

Pentecost 13 | September 4, 2022 | Lk 14: 25-33 | David Zersen | Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever…

1 Corinthians 15:9-22

The resurrection of our lord | Easter day | April 17, 2022 | 1 Cor 15: 9-22 | David Zersen | Choose life Someone paid to erect a billboard that announced a joke often found in cartoons: “Jesus is coming—and, boy, is he mad!” It’s an interesting response to all the problems that humans have…

Luke 13:1-9

The third Sunday in Lent | March 20, 2022 | Lk 13:1-9 (RCL) | David Zersen | At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse…

Luke 5:1-11

12th Sunday after Epiphany | February 6, 2022 | Lk 5:1-11 (RCL) | by David Zersen | Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone…

Luke 2: 41-52

Letting Jesus be a Boy today | 1st Sunday after Christmas, DEC. 26, 2021 | A Sermon based on Luke 2: 41-52 (RCL) | by David Zersen | 1Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the…

John 18: 33-37

CHRIST THE KING—LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST | Nov. 21, 2021 | A Sermon based on John 18: 33-37 (RCL) | by David Zersen | 3Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, „Are you the king of the Jews?“ 34„Is that your own idea,“ Jesus asked, „or did others talk to…

Mark 10:2-16

PENTECOST XIX, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 | A Sermon based on Mark 10:2-16 (RCL) | by David Zersen | Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal…

John 6:51-58 / Levels of Truth

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, AUGUST 15, 2021 | A Sermon based on John 6: 51-58 (RCL) | by David Zersen | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The…

Mark 5: 21-43

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST | JUNE 27. 2021 | A Sermon based on Mark 5: 21-43 (RCL B) | by David Zersen | When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named…

Mark 4: 26-32

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST | JUNE 13, 2021 | A Sermon Based on Mark 4: 26-32 (RCL) | by David Zersen | He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does…

Luke 24: 44-53 / Ascension

THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD 2021 | A Sermon on Luke 24: 44-53 (RCL) | by David Zersen | There are events and festivals, experiences or impressions that don’t allow rational exploration. Perhaps you can think of some. A time when you couldn’t explain what happened or a moment that defines you even if you…

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 | A Sermon based on John 18:1-19:42 (RCL) | by David Zersen | TETELESTHAI Sometimes there is fear that bad news is solely bad and that it will never be overcome by good news. A child who is sent to his room be creating mischief among siblings may think this…

Where do you put your …

WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR JESUS STATUE? | A Sermon based on Mark 8:27-38 (RCL) | SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 | by David Zersen | Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”…

Mark 7: 31-37

12th Sunday after Trinity (13th Sunday after Pentecost) Sermon on Mark 7: 31-37 (RCL), by David Zersen Ganzheitliche Heilung I was reading the website of the Lutheran World Federation (www.lwb-vollversamlung.org/hanson.html) to learn something about its recently-elected new American president, Bishop Mark Hanson. Accidentally (fortuitously?), I turned to the German language version and noticed in the…

Luke 15: 1-10

Third Sunday after Trinity, July 6, 2003 Sermon on Luke 15: 1-10, written by Hanne Sander (Denmark) Translated by David Zersen Who can still remember how it was in dance school when one was among the last to be invited to dance- or even worse, when the teacher almost had to force someone to ask…

John 6,1-15 .22-59

Sermon on John 6,1-15 .22-59, written by Prof. Dr. Dr. David Zersen, President Emeritus SEEKING TOMORROW’S BREAD TODAY Even Lance Armstrong did not think about a world record in the Tour de France five years ago! I know that because, coming from Austin, I’ve followed his career since 1998. A year ago, Armstrong thought he would…