Full Draft The Confessional Address in the title was something we as a congregation heard at the start of the service. If you have a Lutheran Service Book you can see one very much like it on pg. 290. These … Continue reading →

Biblical Texts: Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday Matthew 21:1-17, Matthew 27:32-66 Full Sermon Draft Have you ever been in a situation where you knew exactly what was going to happen, what was going to happen was a travesty but the desires of … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: John 11:1-46 Full Sermon Draft The text contains a couple of staple funeral texts. They are more than that, but it is that connection that is part of this meditation. The greatest of the “I AM” statements is … Continue reading →

Text: John 9:1-41 Full Sermon Draft The question of suffering is one of the constant ones of modernity. The curmudgeon in me wants to draw a graph showing interest is the problem of suffering going straight up over time and … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: John 4:5-26 Full Sermon Draft The gospel lessons for Lent this year are coming from John and they are emphasizing some of his vibrant characters. Last week was Nicodemus. This week is the Samaritan woman. Next week is … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: John 3:1-17 Full Draft This has been a strange 8 days with a Sunday in the middle. The church lost power for most of three days (Wed-Fri) due to a windstorm. Personally I was bedridden sick Friday night … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Full Sermon Draft Welcome to lent. The season traditionally starts out with the Temptation of Jesus. As the sermon will highlight, the temptation is deeply connected with the story that comes before it, the baptism of … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: Matthew 17:1-9 Full Sermon Draft There are so many things in life that we just don’t know. And so much of our problems aren’t what we don’t know, but what we think we know that isn’t so. Discerning … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: Matthew 5:36-6:18 (Lectionary reading was Matthew 5:36-48, I extended it to take in the next section of the Sermon on the Mount as next week is Transfiguration and lent leaving the Sermon behind.) Full Sermon Draft We’ve been … Continue reading →

Biblical Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Full Sermon Draft We continue reading the sermon on the mount today. The Sermon starts with a very quick recap of the past two weeks before turning to the text. At a very basic level Jesus … Continue reading →