Sermons

(watch here: https://youtu.be/6cRx1mlJABs) Isaiah 55:10-12 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,    and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout,    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;    it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,    and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out in joy,    and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you    shall burst into song,    and all the trees [...]

Mark 12:28-44 (watch here: https://youtu.be/D9TprULOIfI) One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you [...]

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 6The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. 9As it is written, ‘He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;    his righteousness endures forever.’ 10He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and [...]

Mark 12:1-12 (watch here: https://youtu.be/vVktlj1HSdo) Then he [Jesus] began to speak to them in parables. ‘A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watch-tower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. And again he sent another slave to them; this one they beat over the head and insulted. Then he sent another, and that one they [...]

This week I was blessed with the opportunity to lead worship at Pilgrim Lutheran. As such, I don't have a video of the service to offer. But here's the message I gave. Enjoy! John 3:1-17 1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He 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.’ 3Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ [...]

(watch here: https://youtu.be/XtBHm7jdXpc) Mark 10:17-31 17As he [Jesus] was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 18Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19You know the commandments: “You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.” ’ 20He said to him, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’ 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You [...]

(watch here: https://youtu.be/Xd4OR_zldEw) Mark 9:30-37 30They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He [Jesus] did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, ‘The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.’ 32But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. 33Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the way?’ 34But they were silent, for on the way they had argued [...]

(watch here: https://youtu.be/npdUfV2yYsw) Mark 8:27-9:8 27Jesus 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?’ 28And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ 29He asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’ 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be [...]

(watch here: https://youtu.be/wHfvFog0QvA) Mark 7:1-23 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him [Jesus], 2they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; 4and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) 5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not [...]

(watch here: https://youtu.be/xhVeggaXuZ4) And this week we celebrated the confirmations of the other 5 of the 10 students from the class of 2019. I asked them to read their faith statements in lieu of the sermon. Enjoy! […]