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“…And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” Luke 6:31 Do as He has done for us. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on February 23, 2025, the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany.

Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale , NY, on February 16, 2025.

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’” [John 11:17-27] Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, for Francesco Stipo’s funeral on February 15th, 2025.

“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” - Christ’s calling response to two guilt-stricken men. Luke 5:1-11; Isaiah 6:1-8 Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY.

God your Lord has become like you, flesh and blood, to share your grief and sympathize with your frailty. “Therefore He had to be made like His brothers in every respect, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” [Hebrews 2:17] Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on February 2, 2024.

“For the sake of the faith of God’s elect…” The preaching ministry has a purpose. Utilize your pastor in your life for the purposes God intends. Titus 1:1-9; Luke 10:1-9 Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, January 26, 2024.

Because of Jesus’ atoning death on the cross, we truly live in the best of times - “…you have kept the good wine until now!” [John 2:10] Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, January 19, 2024.

How can water do such great things? Baptism, Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on January 12, 2025.

Like mirrors, we are as light as the light that shines on us or as dark as the darkness that surrounds us. “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:1)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” [John 1:1-14] Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, Christmas Day, 2024.

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” - Luke 2:11 Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on Christmas Eve, 2024.

Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on December 22nd, 2024.

Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on December 15th, 2024.

Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on December 8th, 2024, for the Second Sunday of Advent.

Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY,on December 1, 2024, for the First Sunday of Advent.

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” - Mark 13:31 Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on the Last Sunday of the Church Year.

“…not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25) Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost.

“…they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had.” What you can give, even when you find yourself lacking. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, November 10, 2024, on the twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

What is a saint? What you are, are becoming, and will be. “Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared.” [1 John 3:2] Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on November 3, 2024.

True freedom? True slavery? Jesus, the Son, sets you free. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on Reformation Sunday, 2024.

“No one is good except God alone” - are these words of Jesus encouraging or discouraging? What do they mean for your relationship with God and one another? Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost.

Angels are ministering spirits, guarding body and soul, attending to the message of Jesus’ victory for your salvation. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS), Scarsdale, NY, on Saint Michael and All Angels.

Child-like or child-ish? Jesus is the first who became last and calls you to trust in Him and be servant to one another. “‘If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’ And He took a child and put him in the midst of them…” (Mark 9:30-37) Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

Why is it so much easier to do wrong than to do right with our words? What has Jesus Christ said and done to heal our sin-broken tongue? Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.

“What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus has become your (perfect) neighbor and paid the price for you. Sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Scarsdale, NY, on Trinity’s Sunday School “Rally Day” and the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost.