The Word This Sunday – 03.17.24
5th Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 As Holy Week looms large, we receive the Jesus meant to be relatable to our struggles. "Now my soul is troubled," confesses the Savior of the World. And troubled our souls might be. There are concerns about the climate, about wars raging across …
Sermon 03.10.24 – The Enormity of the Gift
The Word This Sunday – 03.10.24
4th Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 Lutheran tradition holds that both law and gospel are found anywhere in the bible. The law judges and convicts us of our inability to trust and love God above all things and to love our neighbor, near and far, as Jesus loves …
Sermon 03.03.24 – Memory Stones
The Word This Sunday – 03.03.24
3rd Sunday in Lent Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 The readings on this third Sunday bring one word to mind: resilience. In John, after Jesus’ displeasure with whatever was taking place on temple grounds, he is asked for a sign. That is, some proof that he has the authority to turn …
Sermon 02.25.24 – A Battle of Wills
The Word This Sunday – 02.25.24
2nd Sunday in Lent Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 Six days before the transfiguration in Mark, this is the exchange that certainly disturbed Peter and the other disciples. Jesus, their teacher, Messiah, and divine judge, is to suffer and die. Peter’s rebuke also disturbs Jesus, who rebukes Peter back. The measure …
The Word This Sunday – 02.18.24
1st Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 Mark is always in a hurry when narrating his gospel. In our six verses of today, Jesus first gets baptized and declared to be the beloved Son by the voice of God, the one all who were raised from the waters should …
Bridging Faith 