Sermons from Lord of Lords Lutheran Church

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-sympathizer/ Every morning, Alex passed the same old man sitting on a weathered bench in the park, feeding peanuts to the squirrels. The man always looked nice in a buttoned-down shirt and coat. But he also always had a lonely look in his eyes. Alex was too busy to slow down to say &qu...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-access/ When my sister was the associate head coach at the University of Michigan years ago, we gained access to various parts of the campus that were off limits to regular fans. For example, regular fans are able to watch games in the Crisler Center, but we were able to walk on the co...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-focus/ Carol was raised in a broken home. She still bears the mental scars to prove it. The emotional bruises --which cause constant pain -- led her into a string of failed relationships. Sex and partying were her hope -- but they failed her -- leaving her lonelier than ever before. Bu...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-mediator/ A story is told of a soldier during the Civil War trying to see President Lincoln. The soldier's mother was dying, and the young man wanted to leave to visit her. But, despite his persistence, the guards would not let him through to the president. As the man stood crying...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/even-now/ Of course, Jesus was going to save Lazarus! Martha had seen Jesus heal so many people before; why wouldn't he save her brother -- one of Jesus' best friends? So, when Lazarus became sick, Martha and her sister, Mary, send word to Jesus: "Lord, the one you love is sick&quo...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-tabernacle/ Sermon Overview : God dwells with his people through Jesus and his Word, drawing them into worship and the hope of life with him.

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/blind-and-deaf-polytheistic-believers/ Joseph was a farmer near Hebron in the hill country of Judea. He heard the prophet Isaiah was traveling through the Judean countryside sharing God's message of judgment and promise. When Isaiah stopped in Hebron, Joseph invited Isaiah to have dinner wi...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-covenant/ Numerous centuries had passed since the rainbow was first set in the sky. After exiting the ark, God made a covenant with Noah that he would never again destroy the earth with a world-wide flood. The rainbow was the sign of that covenant. Next God made a covenant promising Ab...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/give-us-water-to-drink/ Lured by the promise of fertile farmland and a chance to start anew, several hundred thousand men, women and children set out along the Oregon Trail between the 1840s and the 1880s. They rolled west in groups of oxen-pulled prairie schooners through grass prairies, arid...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-sacrifice/ If you've ever attempted to read the Bible from cover to cover, chances are you made it through Genesis and maybe Exodus. Somewhere in Leviticus, I'm guessing, your head began to spin. You became bogged down with the deluge of details about sacrifices. In the liturgy...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-journey-of-faith/ Frodo, the Hobbit, was tasked with destroying the ring of power in the fiery lava of Mount Doom. Frodo and his faithful friend, Sam, traveled approximately 1800 miles from Bag End in the Shire to Mount Doom in Mordor. They traveled through forests, caves, swamps, and mountai...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-high-priest/ You can often tell how serious something is by how people react to it. A student might think his misbehavior in school isn't a big deal. But when the principal marches into the classroom to pull the kid into his office, he realizes he made a big mistake. When the autho...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/he-will-crush-the-serpents-head/ Vispera and Adan were two young kids playing together in the park. It was a beautiful park with trails, lush grass, verdant trees, and plenty of wildlife. Vispera and Adan's father let them wander off on their own to explore. While they were by themselves, a...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/a-better-leader/ Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a legendary test pilot who is ordered back to the Top Gun naval academy. Maverick is chosen to train an elite group of graduates for a near-impossible mission -- destroying an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant protected by advan...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/eyewitnesses-of-his-majesty/ To the average person, the ice skating, bobsledding, and downhill skiing in the Winter Olympics looks the same. You might be able to notice an athlete going a little faster or performing a little better. But there really isn't much difference in what you're...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/be-salt-and-light/ Several weeks ago, I found a trailer for my side-by-side on Facebook Marketplace. Matt graciously went with me to look at the trailer. Who could have guessed? Matt knew the owner! We'll call him "Jake". We entered Jake's shop. I eventually texted Shelley, &q...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/gods-kind-of-happiness/ Nothing's been going right. There is still political unrest in Minneapolis. Gas prices have increased because of political upheaval in Iran. Casper and parts of Wyoming are very low in snowfall which means we could be in danger of fires this summer. Nothing's bee...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-light-has-dawned/ This is disturbing and sad. Joshua Link, a 24-year-old man on transgender hormones from Belleville, Illinois, reportedly took his own life. Joshua supposedly "transitioned" five years ago. Joshua's parents are blaming their son's death on the church that...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/look-the-lamb-of-god/ Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him (Colossians 2:6). Amen. Two weeks ago, I was on a mission trip in Gilbert, Arizona. I was learning how to evangelize to Mormons – members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. On Tuesday, we w...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/heaven-is-opened/ The Lord speaks of his Anointed One: Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I am placing my Spirit on him (Isaiah 42:1). Amen. Raising four daughters, we had plenty of stuffed animals, ponies, dolls, and Barbies in our home. But we also had - and s...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/christmas-from-eternitys-point-of-view/ A few weeks ago, we heard the Christmas story from Joseph's point of view through Matthew. On Christmas Eve we heard the Christmas story from Mary's point of view through Luke. Today we hear the Christmas story from eternity's point of view th...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-slaughter-of-the-holy-innocents/ The Magi saw the miraculous star in the east announcing the birth of the King of the Jews. They followed the star to the Jewish capital city. It made sense that the King of the Jews would be born in the palace in Jerusalem. The Magi asked King Herod, "W...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/what-not-which-child-is-this/ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of a herald, who proclaims peace and preaches good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God is king!" (Isaiah 52:7). Amen. Merriam-Webster recently tried correcting the wording of a classic Chr...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/god-with-us-and-god-for-us/ To all those loved by God who are in Rome (and Casper), called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1:7). Amen. Ahaz is a wicked, unbelieving king. He is a descendant of King David, but he is unlike David who cher...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/gloria-in-excelsis-the-song-of-the-angels/ My heart is steadfast, O God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing and I will make music (Psalm 57:7). Amen. It was a quiet, idyllic evening outside of Bethlehem. Shepherds were gently caring for their sheep. The bright stars were twinkling in the dark s...