Christ For You

Advent 2 12.6.2020 - Preparing for Judgment Day 06.12.2020 17:10 ↓

A sermon on Jesus' words in Luke 21:25ff. that prepare us for His second coming and Judgment Day.

Advent 1 Sermon 11.29.2020 - The King and His Kingdom 29.11.2020 19:12 ↓

A sermon on what it means for us that Christ is our King.

Trinity 23 Sermon 11.15.2020 - Render to Caesar and to God 15.11.2020 21:53 ↓

A sermon on Matthew 22:15ff where Jesus teaches what is to be rendered to Caesar and to God.

Trinity 22 Sermon 11.8.2020 - The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant 08.11.2020 19:09 ↓

Matthew 18:21ff. contains the parable of The Unforgiving Servant.  We will see the debt we owe to God and to one another. (We do apologize for the sound quality. We have been having issues for a couple of months.)

All Saints' Day Sermon 11.1.2020 - A Vision of Heaven 01.11.2020 14:55 ↓

A sermon on the vision of heaven in Revelation 7 and what it means for the saints who have died and for us still living here on earth.

Reformation Sunday Sermon 10.25.2020 - The Truth will Set You Free 25.10.2020 17:35 ↓

A sermon on John 8 and how the truth of the Gospel sets you free.

Trinity 17 Sermon 10.4.2020 - Walking Worthy of the Calling 04.10.2020 18:06 ↓

A sermon on Ephesians 4:1-6.

Trinity 16 Sermon 9.27.2020 - Life and Death Collide 27.09.2020 14:05 ↓

A sermon on Jesus' raising of the widow of Nain's only son (Luke 7:11-17).  Short version: Christ died that we might not fear to die; He rose that we might hope to rise again.

Midweek Trinity 15 Sermon - Our Creator and Redeemer 24.09.2020 9:27 ↓

A brief sermon on Colossians 1:12-20 and Christ our Lord as our Creator and Redeemer.

Trinity 15 Sermon 2020 9.20.2020 - Two Promises to Remove All Worry and Fear 20.09.2020 16:06 ↓

A look at the two promises Jesus gives us in Matthew 6 that remove all worry and fear.

Trinity 14 Sermon 2020 - The Samaritan Leper and The Fruits of Faith 15.09.2020 15:24 ↓

A sermon on Luke 17 and the healing of the 10 lepers - focusing on the fruit of faith that is seen in the Samaritan Leper.

Trinity 13 Sermon 9.6.2020 - The Good and Merciful Samaritan 06.09.2020 13:50 ↓

A sermon on Luke 10 and the Good Samaritan.  I stole quite liberally from Bo Giertz's beautiful sermon on this text.  

Trinity 12 Sermon 8.30.2020 - The Lord Opens Our Ears and Our Mouths 30.08.2020 17:10 ↓

A sermon on Mark 7:31-37 and Jesus' healing of the deaf-mute. 

Trinity 11 Sermon 8.23.2020 - Pride vs. Believing Humility 23.08.2020 16:26 ↓

I take a look at what we can learn from the Pharisee and the Tax Collector about pride and believing humility.  (Luke 18:9-14)

Trinity 9 Sermon 2020 - Being Good Managers of God's Gifts 09.08.2020 15:48 ↓

This sermon is based on our Lord's parable of the dishonest manager/steward in Luke 16.  What does it look like to be a bad steward? A good steward? Should we be too ashamed to beg? 

Trinity 8 Sermon 2020 Loving Pure Teaching and Rejecting False Teaching 05.08.2020 27:16 ↓

A sermon on Jesus' warning about false teachers in Matthew 7.  The sermon was heavily influenced by Rolf Preus (especially the introduction) and CFW Walther. 

Trinity 5 Sermon - Jesus' Call to Discipleship 14.07.2020 19:36 ↓

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?  How do we follow Him?

Trinity 4 Sermon - Be Merciful, Even as Your Father is Mericul 05.07.2020 17:01 ↓

A sermon on Luke 6:36-42 - what our merciful God looks like and what lives of mercy look like.

Trinity 3 Sermon - “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 30.06.2020 16:46 ↓

What the Pharisees and Scribes saw as a horrific thing - Jesus eating with sinners - is Good News for us!

Trinity 2 Sermon - Reconciliation With God and Man 21.06.2020 16:45 ↓

A sermon on Ephesians 2. The blood of Jesus reconciles us with God and with one another.  This is quite important with the current race wars in our culture. Thanks to Voddie Bauchum and others for giving me good food for thought for this sermon.

Trinity 1 2020 Sermon - Loving Lazarus 14.06.2020 16:43 ↓

Luke 16 and the story of the rich man and Lazarus shows us both what Christ's love for us looks like and what our love for our neighbor is to look like.

Trinity Sunday 2020 The Mystery of the Trinity and Our Salvation 07.06.2020 13:39 ↓

A sermon based on John 3 for Trinity Sunday.

Interview with Astrophysicist Dr. Paul Edmon on Science and Faith 03.06.2020 49:16 ↓

Dr. Edmon is an astrophysicist that works at Harvard University. He joined me to discuss science and faith.  

An Explanation of the Common Service: The Holy Supper Parts 2 and 3 01.06.2020 13:29 ↓

We finish our reading of the explanation of the Divine Service. You can purchase the book here: https://emmanuelpress.us/books/an-explanation-of-the-common-service/

Pentecost 2020 Sermon 31.05.2020 13:38 ↓

We celebrate Pentecost because our Lord has sent the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit creates the church, unites the church, and keeps us in the church.