Sermons

John 20:1-18 (sermon note: 04-08 sermon note) Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He [...]

We joined up with our Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, and Lutheran neighbors for an ecumenical service this year. Be sure to check it out on the Facebook page. Pastor Sean

Matthew 26:17-30 (sermon note: 04-06 sermon note) On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ He said, ‘Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, “The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal. When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve; and while they were eating, he said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of [...]

Matthew 21:1-17 (sermon note: 04-02 sermon note) When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.” And he will send them immediately.’ This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, ‘Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you,    humble, and mounted on a donkey,      and [...]

Revelation 5:1-14 (sermon note: 03-29 sermon note) Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals; and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the elders said [...]

Matthew 25:31-46 (sermon note: 03-26 sermon note) [Jesus said,] ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for [...]

1 Cor. 6:19-20; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Mark 10:44-45 (sermon note: 03-22 sermon note) (1 Cor.) Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. (1 Pet.) You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. (Mark) [Jesus said,] ‘And whoever wishes to be first among [...]

Matthew 25:1-13 (sermon note: 03-19 sermon note) [Jesus said,] ‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a shout, “Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.” Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, “Give us [...]

Isaiah 53 (sermon note: 03-15 sermon note) Who has believed what we have heard?   And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant,   and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,   nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others;   a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces   he was despised, and we held him of no account. Surely he has borne [...]

Matthew 22:1-14 (sermon note: 03-12 sermon note) Once more Jesus spoke to them 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 been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, [...]

John 1:29; Leviticus 4:32-35 (sermon note: 03-08 sermon note) The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’ If the offering you bring as a sin-offering is a sheep, you shall bring a female without blemish. You shall lay your hand on the head of the sin-offering; and it shall be slaughtered as a sin-offering at the spot where the burnt-offering is slaughtered. The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, [...]

Intern Sarah Gunderson from Zion Lutheran and I swapped pulpits this week. She led service for us and I led service for them. You can check out our service on our Facebook page. Otherwise, here is the message I gave at Zion. Enjoy! Pastor Sean John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no [...]