Sermons from 2024

The text for our sermon this morning, the third Sunday in Advent, comes from the Gospel reading that was just read. But in particular, when Jesus answers John’s disciples, He says, “go and tell John what you’ve seen and heard. The blind receive their sight, the lame walk. Lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up. The poor have…

The text for us this evening to contemplate from Isaiah, chapter nine, is one that is kind of out of place among all the other names given for Jesus. This is why I thought it was good to reflect on this today. We heard last week, Jesus being named the son that’s going to be given Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God. The name that kind of stands out is Everlasting…

The text for this second Sunday in Advent comes from our gospel reading where Luke is quoting from the Old Testament, from the book of Isaiah, “as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah, the prophet, the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord.” God’s grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father, from our…

The text for our sermon this evening, as we contemplate the names of Jesus given to us from this chapter in Isaiah, Isaiah chapter nine, the first reading each evening. Tonight, we’ll contemplate Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, but especially the term “Counselor” Where does that come from? What is the context? Why is the word “Counselor” a…

The text for our sermon this morning is the Gospel reading, and all of it. Jesus is warning at the beginning, saying, “there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world.” And then Jesus…