Faith Lutheran Oregon, Wisconsin

Every four years around the election, there are wild predictions from either side that because of the results, it means the end of various institutions and could even be a sign of the end of the world.  However, as Jesus prophecies in our Gospel lesson, these predictions are absolutely right, because we are living in the end of the world and all things will come to an end. Sermon on Matthew 2...

John's vision of the saints in Revelation lets us know that whether we have to face the uncertainties of war, famine, pestilence or plague, or persecution,  we know what lies ahead.  Sermon by Rev. Jeff Hendrix on Rev. Revelation 7:2–12 for All Saints Day, 2020.

How is "fear God" the everlasting Gospel?  When we fear God, we have nothing else to fear.  Sermon on Revelation 14 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix

October 18 is the date that the church commemorates St. Luke, the Evangelist.  Luke was a physician (Col. 4:14) and wrote the 3rd book in the New Testament, the Gospel according to Luke, as well as the book of Acts.  In his Gospel, which is the longest and most detailed of the four, Luke tends to emphasize the sacrifice and atonement of the Messiah; Christ’s work as Priest to make atonem...

Sermon preached on the observance of the 40th anniversary of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oregon, WI, by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.  Based on select verses from the epistle lessons Heb. 11 and Eph. 1 & 2.

Sermon preached by Rev. Jeff Hendrix at the 2020 Return to Wittenberg Conference, during the first half of a Paschal Vigil celebrated now, the weekend of St. Michael and All Angels, due to the pandemic earlier in the year over the Easter weekend.  The conference theme was "With Angels and Archangels."  This sermon is a reflection of that theme, plus all of the Old Testament texts read du...

St. John's vision in Revelation of the war in heaven between Michael and his angels, and Satan and his angels, is of immense help to us.  Especially now when it is so easy to be focused on this world, we need this glimpse into heaven.  Sermon on Revelation 12:7-12 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix

In both our Gospel and Epistle lessons this morning, we see what freedom God gives to Christians. A freedom from worry, and because of that freedom, a freedom towards serving our neighbor.   Sermon on Matt. 6:24–34 + Gal. 5:25–6:10 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix

Sermon on Galatians 5:16–24 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.

Many assume that a status, or inheritance, can be earned, especially with social good works, such as works of charity.  However, the example Paul gives in our Epistle, as well as Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan, show us otherwise.  Our inheritance is a promise and binding, declared to us by baptism.  Sermon on Galatians 3:15–22 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix

If I would have thought quicker, I would have made some joke about how I had planned to have my audio not work for Sunday all along, just so we would get a feel for how the deaf man felt in our Gospel.  But no, my computer simply had issues.  This is a re-recording of Sunday's sermon. However, Jesus had to open the mute man's ears in order to hear the Gospel.  Jesus does the same fo...

Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.  The Gospel is "of first importance."  But we very easily downplay it, when we consider other things or other contemporary issues, or personal problems, to be more important.

Around this date in 70 A.D., the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and 100,000 Jews were slaughtered.  It was the inauguration of the End of the World.  The question in 70 A.D., as it still is for us today is taken up by St. Paul in 1 Cor. 12.  How do we live as the Church amidst trials and tribulation?  The answer is that through Christ, we are made into a greater temple.

Sermon on Romans 8:12-17 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix   False doctrine inevitably points to you for salvation.  It returns you to a slavery to fear.  You become your own god and savior.   It leads to slavery to fear.  This has a practical implication in our day when the fear of getting sick tends to top our list.  Where does the fear of God stand?  What does doctrin...

Sermon on Mark 8:1-9 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.   With seven loaves of bread, Jesus feeds over 4,000 people.  Jesus’ miracle isn’t just to show His power.  In this second miraculous feeding, Jesus wants to show His compassion.   Mark records this not to show another miracle to induce awe and wonder, but a miracle of comfort.  Tremendous comfort.    The difference...

SHOW MORE Sermon by Rev. Jeff Hendrix on Romans 6:3–11.  We do all these things to make ourselves look righteous.  We have a pretend righteousness.  But we need a real righteous, and we need a real Savior.   Our real Savior gives us real righteousness.

Sermon on 1 Peter 3:8–15 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.   Fear makes people act in various ways, especially the fear of losing things in this world.  But what if your primary concern wasn't the things of this world, or the fears of this world, but your focus was on the things of the next world, and what God has told you are important in this world to prepare you for the next?

Sermon on Romans 8:18–23 by Rev. Jeff Hendrix.  Paul’s letter to the Romans in chapter 8 is a beautiful sermon of hope, a sermon about liberty, a sermon about the present age and the future, about life and death.  It’s a sermon about the church, about forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  And it's a sermon about groaning...   #Trinity #Se...

If the violent riots last week in Madison have revealed anything, it is that our society has an incredible and dangerous amount of pent-up anxiety.  Unfortunately, our society has all but shoved the way to relieve that anxiety out the window.  Hear why God's Holy Absolution is what our world needs more than ever.    #Lutheran #Sermon #Madison #Riots #Protests #Anxiety #Str...

There are people who feel unloved. Maybe you do, too.  1 John 3:13–18 gives us two reasons why.  Even with all the talk about love and acceptance in our world, this hasn't made things any better.  God's solution, however, is different.  He pours out His love to us, and into us.

Love is exhausting.  And we've made our love into the solution to all the world's problems.  But our love can't save; the law condemns; our love condemns.  The law can never be completed.  The Law says “do this, and it is never done.”  We can never love as we ought.  But God is love.  This idea, this declaration, turns love from law to gospel.  From “do this...

Many in our country are deeply hurting due to the effects of sin.  But "Oh the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!"  Only a God who knows the deep hurt that His people feel is one who can heal it.  So although the Triune God is an unminable source of riches, wisdom, knowledge, judgements, promises, here is what you should know about God.  Sermon preached by Re...

Most Christians get the Holy Spirit wrong, and end up trying to recreate Pentecost to feel the Holy Spirit.  But the promise of Pentecost is that the Holy Spirit is with you, whether you feel Him or not.   Sermon by Rev. Jeff Hendrix for Pentecost Sunday 2020, touching on COVID-19 as well as the unjust killing of Floyd George, plus the confirmation of our confirmand.

A sermon for the vigil of Pentecost 2020, a worldwide effort from seven different churches around the world meditating on the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit from Isaiah 11:1-2.  Rev. Jeff Hendrix preaches on the gift of the "fear of the Lord."

Sermon on 1 Peter 4:7-11, which is Peter's letter to a persecuted church.  Here Rev. Jeff Hendrix preaches on Peter's words on how to be persecuted.