What Do You Want Jesus to Do for You?
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost October 28, 2018 Mark 10:46-52 What Do You Want Jesus to Do for You? Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many rebuked him…
God’s Response to Our Rebellion
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost October 21, 2018 Isaiah 53:10-12 God’s Response to Our Rebellion Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my…
Who Then Can Be Saved?
The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost October 14, 2018 Mark 10:17-27 Who Then Can Be Saved? (Note: There were two versions of this sermon. One was delivered at the WELS congregation in Petaluma. This version was delivered at the ELS congregation in Windsor) As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me…
The Best “Big Brother” of All!
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 7, 2018 Hebrews 2:9-11 The Best “Big Brother” of All! But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through…
The Good Lord Grants Good Helpers
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 30, 2018 Numbers 11:16, 17, 24-29 The Good Lord Grants Good Helpers The LORD said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.” So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them…
Make It Your Goal to Be the Greatest– Servant!
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 23, 2018 Mark 9:30-37 Make It Your Goal to Be The Greatest— Servant! They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand what he…
Yom Kippur– Promised & Fulfilled!
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16, 2018 Isaiah 50:4-10 Yom Kippur— Promised & Fulfilled! The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who…
The Most Important Evaluation of All!
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 9, 2018 Mark 7:31-37 The Most Important Evaluation of All! Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers…
Up Close and Personal!
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 2, 2018 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 Up Close and Personal! Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your…