Sermons from Lord of Lords Lutheran Church

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...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-desert-will-be-glad/ Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord as long as I live (Psalm 146:1-2). Amen. Racine – in southeastern Wisconsin, where we recently moved from – has already received 13 inches of snow, causing travel issues, school closures, and buried cars. Then Racine wa...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-benedictus-the-song-of-zechariah/ Lord, your mercy reaches to the heavens. Your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is as high as the mountains of God. Your justice is as deep as the ocean. You save both man and animal, O Lord (Psalm 36:5-6). Amen. Zechariah is a priest burning in...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/he-will-judge-with-righteousness/ Kevin and Sarah Root were awakened when they heard an intruder break into their southwest Denver home. It was 3:30 am on Friday, November 7. Sarah immediately called 911. Kevin went to quickly check the hallway. Their four children were asleep in their rooms fu...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-magnificat-the-song-of-mary/ It is a meeting of the moms. Two expectant mothers – one old, one young. One is six months along; the other, newly pregnant. The fact that either of them is expecting is totally unexpected! Both are pregnant when neither one of them should be under normal circum...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/let-s-go-up-to-the-mountain/ As we were driving home the other day with Casper Mountain on our left, Shelley commented, "I hope I never get tired of that view." I've been on Casper Mountain numerous times for mountain biking, hiking, and trail running. I've taken my side-by-si...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/gratitude-generates-generosity/ Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, who does not change or shift like a shadow (James 1:17). Amen. A local fitness center was offering $1,000 to anyone who could show they were stronger than th...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/surrounded/ God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever (1 Timothy 6:15-16). Amen. Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty" Puller was assigned to...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/god-will-repay-trouble-to-those-who-trouble-you/ "For you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, and there will be healing in its wings. You will go out and jump around like calves from the stall" (Malachi 4:2). Amen. Last Sunday afternoon, Matt and I took young Trapper...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/jerusalem-the-golden/ (Listen to the hymn "Jerusalem the Golden" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7SLjwzKfCw) Watch this! I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered. They will not come to mind (Isaiah 65:17). Amen. Bernard of Cluny...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/the-good-guys-and-gals/ Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57). Amen. Last week, Conner Smith took his son, Charlie, to a new candy store in Riverside, California. They found the store was closed but had been left unlocked. Uptown Candy Sho...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/freedom/ Jesus said, "If you remain in my word, you are really my disciples. You will also know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:31-32). Amen. It is the climactic scene of the movie "Braveheart". The mighty and numerous English army is lined up for battle...

View this sermon (with video and/or audio recording) on our website: https://www.lordoflords.org/sermons/christ-through-us/ All these things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18). Amen. The Wisconsin Synod began in 1850 with three pastors. By 1862, the new synod president, John Bading, recognized that for the Wisco...