Sermons by Rev. Tab Ottmers (Page 13)
Rev. Tab Ottmers is the pastor of Immanuel Lutheran.
Fourth Sunday of Easter, 2021
Third Sunday of Easter, 2021
Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia. God’s grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The text for our sermon this morning comes from the first reading from Acts. In the Easter season, instead of an Old Testament reading for the first reading, during the season of Easter, the church…
Second Sunday of Easter, 2021
The Resurrection of Our Lord, 2021
On Easter morning Jesus shows us there is no loss for those who believe. For those who believe that Jesus Christ, crucified for our sins, is raised for our justification. Raised to find us.
Palm Sunday, 2021
When Jesus comes on Palm Sunday, he’s beginning a new parade. A parade that begins an unending kingdom. A kingdom built not on the defeat of sinners, but built upon his shed blood on the cross. And he brings sinners into this parade with him.
Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2021
For Christ Jesus is your brother. He’ll never offer you poison, he’ll never trick you. He’s patient. Just as he allowed the brothers James and John to suffer the indignation of others so they might learn, so that they would be perfected. So too with us.
Third Sunday in Lent, 2021
There is an exchange that happens today in God’s house. God takes all your sins and He gives you forgiveness–for free. That is his zeal. He cleanses you. This is what consumes him because his Holy Spirit works through the word and sacrament.
Second Sunday in Lent, 2021
We move our eyes from the enemies in the world, and we confess that we are our own worst enemy. But we also hear and remember that Christ has died for us, to make us no longer his enemies but friends, brothers and sisters–children of God.