Sermons from October 2025

Reformation Sunday October 26, 2025 John 8:31-32 The Heart of the Reformation: 100% Faithfulness to the Word!   31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.  32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”     Dear fellow heirs of the Lutheran Reformation,   How good is good enough?  How accurate is accurate enough?  How faithful is faithful enough?  Think back to when…

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 19, 2025 Luke 18:1-8 As Disciples of Jesus— We Pray Persistently!   1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.  2He said:  “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.  3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’       4For some…

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 12, 2025 Luke 17:11-19 As Disciples of Jesus— We Trust in Our Divine Healer   11Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.  12As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him.  They stood at a distance 13and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” …

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost October 5, 2025 Luke 17:1-10 As Disciples of Jesus— We Cry, “Increase Our Faith!”         1Jesus said to his disciples:  “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come.  2It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.  3So watch yourselves.     …