Category Archives: Epiphany Sermons

Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Date: Epiphany VI + 2/13/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI “Seeing the crowds, [Jesus] went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 5:13-20 Date: Epiphany V + 2/6/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Today we continue on in our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. But because not everyone is necessarily with us from the beginning, each Sunday we need… Continue reading →

[[Kick me! I forgot my voice recorder this morning. Kick me or have mercy.]] Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Date: Epiphany IV + 1/30/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Since the celebration of Advent/Christmas this year the Epiphany of… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 4:12-25 Date: Epiphany III + 1/23/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI So far our Christmas celebration has burst forth into the floodlight of the Epiphany declaration, in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The p… Continue reading →

Text: John 1:35-42a Date: Epiphany II X 1/16/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI The Apostle and Evangelist St. John must have loved recalling and telling of this, his first encounter with and his first steps in following Jesu… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Date: Epiphany I + Baptism of Our Lord + 1/9/11 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Last Sunday, with St. Luke’s account of the twelve-year-old Jesus being (1) lost and found (2) at Passover (3) in the Jer… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 9:28-36
Date: Transfiguration + Epiphany Last + 2/14/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
“And as [Peter] was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them.”
Clouds can be beautiful, or they can be threatening. When there are no clouds we can look forward either to a wonderfully warm day in the summer [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 5:1-11
Date: Epiphany V + 2/7/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
So far in our introduction to Jesus according to the outline of the liturgical year from Christmas through the initial days of His earthly ministry, two main issues have been at the center, namely, Jesus’ identity and His mission; who He [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 4:31-44
Date: Epiphany IV + 1/31/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In Jesus Christ God came down from heaven to earth, to His world broken by sin, death and the devil, in order to fix it, to heal it, to restore it, to redeem it, to save and renew it. He came [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 4:16-30
Date: Epiphany III + St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor + 1/24/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
It is great that this day, today, is not only the Third Sunday after the Epiphany wherein we hear of the beginning of Jesus’ earthly ministry of preaching, teaching and healing, but also that this [...] Continue reading →