Salem Lutheran of Woodbury Sermons

Who am I? All the ways we answer this question make up our identity. Christ gives us a solid place to stand when parts of our identity crumble away: our baptism. To additional readings that contain this theme are 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Luke 3:15-17,21-22.

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Isaiah 25:6-9 – Christians know that we are but strangers here on earth, and heaven is our eternal home. This All Saint’s Day sermon expresses both our longing to go home to heaven where we belong and our patience to go home when God’s ready. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Revelation 20:4-6 and John 11:32-44.

Daniel 3:16-28 – Through our Savior Jesus, we can stand before God unashamed and fully forgiven. We stand with Jesus, and we trust the one with whom we stand when he promises to deliver us and to work through us. This Reformation Day sermon encourages Christians to stand up for Jesus by living and speaking our faith. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Revelation 14:6-7 and Mark 13:5-11.

1 Corinthians 9:7-12, 19-23 – Sometimes exercising our right to love means sacrificing something else that we feel entitled to. But, we happily exercise our right to love for the sake of the gospel and for the sake of our neighbor. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Isaiah 53:10-12 and Mark 10:32-45.

In Christ We Live Our Family Callings – Ephesians 5:21-6:4 – While we might have our ideas of what a perfect family might look like, God here tells us what the perfect family looks like. Can such a flawless design work for families as flawed as ours? Only with Christ in the family picture! Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Genes 2:18-25 and

All Things Are Possible with God – Mark 10:17-27 – Left on our own with no help, it is impossible for us to get to heaven. But, with God all things are possible especially forgiveness, and especially peace. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are 2 Kings 5:14-27 and Hebrews 4:12-13.

The world has fallen into sin, but God continues to give us gifts. Some of the gifts that God gives us after the fall are repentance and forgiveness. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Revelation 20:1-6 and Mark 3:20-35.

Jesus prayed, “Father, glorify your name!” The Father has glorified his name in Christ’s death, and he will glorify it again in our lives. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Isaiah 43:1-7 and Hebrews 5:7-9.

God doesn’t think of greatness like most people do. He sees greatness not in pride and arrogance, but in humble service. Two additional readings that pair well with these verses are Numbers 12:1-15 and James 3:13-18.