Sermons from November 2025

The First Sunday in Advent November 30, 2025 Romans 13:11-14 Advent Imperatives: Understand the Present!   11And do this, understanding the present time.  The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.  12The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.  So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.  13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime,…

Christ the King Sunday November 23, 2025 Luke 23:35-43 As Disciples of Jesus— We Bow Before Our King!   35The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.  They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” 36The soldiers also came up and mocked him.  They offered him wine vinegar 37and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” 38There was a written notice above…

Sunday of Last Judgment November 16, 2025 Luke 19:11-27 As Disciples of Jesus— We Need to Be Very Pragmatic With the Gospel!   11While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.  12He said:  “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.  13So he…

Saints Triumphant Sunday November 9, 2025 Luke 20:27-38 As Disciples of Jesus— We Have the Joy of Knowing That There’s Still More!   27Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.  28“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.  29Now there were seven brothers.  The first one married…