Category Archives: Christmas Sermons

Text: Numbers 6:22-27 Date: Circumcision and Name of Jesus + First Sunday after Christmas + New Year’s Day + 1/1/12 We tend to hear this shortest Gospel reading of the year as a mere report of events, not unlike a short announcement in the newspaper,… Continue reading →

Text: Isaiah 52:7-10 Date: Christmas Day + 12/25/11 On Christmas Day we celebrate and proclaim the doctrine, the teaching, indeed the mystery that, in Jesus of Nazareth, God became man, took on our human flesh and blood, in order to redeem, to save us … Continue reading →

Text: Isaiah 7:10-14 Date: Christmas Eve + 11/24/11 How many tyrants in their conquests, how many nations, how many church denominations, or how many football teams or quarterbacks have been convinced that God is on their side? At least the proper chee… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 2:40-52 Date: Christmas II + 1/2/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI On this, the Second Sunday after Christmas, on the ninth day of Christmas, we have St. Luke’s account of Jesus the twelve-year-old boy. But it i… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 1:21 Date: Christmas Eve + 12/24/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI On this night, this holy, silent night, we gather to celebrate the birth of love, the restoration of peace. The angels proclaimed, “Glory to … Continue reading →

Text: Luke 2:40-52
Date: Christmas II + 1/3/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
I remember seeing, a long time ago, a silly spoof on TV of a 50s-style, bee-bop rock group singing really sappy words in a song called “Jesus was a teenager too.” The main message of the song, of course, was a [...] Continue reading →

in the Temple. Sermon by Saint Louis Seminarian David Herald.
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Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Date: Christmas Eve + 12/24/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In recent years during Christmas time many churches have attempted to minister especially to those who are facing this otherwise joyous holiday after the death of a loved one or a divorce or some other life tragedy. The invention of “Blue [...] Continue reading →