Category Archives: Easter

Text: Acts 1:12-26; 1 Peter 4:12—5:11; John 17:1-11 Date: Easter VII + 6/5/11 The first time there was a Seventh Sunday after Easter the disciples were quietly waiting to see what would happen next. It was, after all, only six short weeks ago that th… Continue reading →

Text: Acts 1:12-26; 1 Peter 4:12—5:11; John 17:1-11 Date: Easter VII + 6/5/11 The first time there was a Seventh Sunday after Easter the disciples were quietly waiting to see what would happen next. It was, after all, only six short weeks ago that th… Continue reading →

Text: John 14:15-21 Date: Easter VI + 5/29/11 I noticed, recently, an ad on the radio talking about a ductless heating and cooling system. But instead of talking about “heating” or “cooling” the rooms in your house the announcer spoke about “… Continue reading →

Text: John 14:1-14 Date: Easter V + 5/22/11 At first in this Easter season our attention was captivated for three Sundays in a row by the event of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead. First Matthew told us of the discovery of the empty tomb by the … Continue reading →

Text: John 10:1-10 Date: Easter IV + 5/15/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI The Fourth Sunday of Easter every year in the three-year lectionary is known as Good Shepherd Sunday as our Easter rejoicing begins to grow from the… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 24:13-35 Date: Easter III + 5/8/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Even though this is now the third Sunday of Easter, the third week of the seven, the fifteenth day of the fifty, today we are still hearing what ha… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 28:1-10 Date: Easter Day + 4/24/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI As preparation for the season of Lent, on the festival of the Transfiguration of our Lord, the sermon title catapulted us, ready or not, into As… Continue reading →

Text: John 17:20-26 Date: Easter VII + 5/16/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI At the end of His speaking in the Upper Room on that Thursday night of Holy Week, the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus Christ prayed… Continue reading →

Text: John 16:23-33 Date: Easter VI + 5/9/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Thanks to Jesus’ own promise the Holy Spirit accurately brought to St. John’s remembrance as he penned his Gospel all that Jesus had said on tha… Continue reading →

Text: John 16:12-22 Date: Easter V + 5/2/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI The scripture readings for this Fifth Sunday of Easter have us looking both forward and back. The reading from Revelation is obviously a glimpse of w… Continue reading →