Category Archives: Festival Sermons

Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Date: All Saints’ Day (Observed) + 11/6/11 All Saints’ Day originally came to be when the calendar began to be too full of names of those Christians who have died and gone before us through death and the grave into the everlast… Continue reading →

Text: Jude 3 Date: Written on Walther’s 200th Birthday, 10/25/11 + Reformation Day (Observed) + 10/30/11 In this 494th celebration of the 16th century Conservative Reformation of the Church by Martin Luther, we do so this year with special attention … Continue reading →

Text: Acts 6-7 Date: St. Stephen, Martyr + Christmas I X 12/26/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI It may seem strange, even odd, that on only the second day of our joyful celebration of Christmas the liturgical calendar seems… Continue reading →

Text: Revelation 7:15 Date: All Saints’ Day (Observed) + 11/7/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI I need to apologize, right off the bat. As I approached preparation for All Saints’ Day this year I checked my calendar and … Continue reading →

Text: John 8:32 Date: Reformation Day + 10/31/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI On Reformation Day every year we celebrate the 16th century awakening to the Gospel of Jesus Christ which had become grown over like a neglected… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 5:1-12
Date: All Saints Day + 11/1/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In Memoriam: Ronald Archie Smith, August 12, 1939—June 11, 2009; Paul O. Manz, May 10, 1919—October 28, 2009.
“Peace be to you, and grace, from Him who freed us from our sins.”
In the name of the Father and of the + [...] Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 5:1-12
Date: All Saints Day + 11/1/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In Memoriam: Ronald Archie Smith, August 12, 1939—June 11, 2009; Paul O. Manz, May 10, 1919—October 28, 2009.
“Peace be to you, and grace, from Him who freed us from our sins.”
In the name of the Father and of the + [...] Continue reading →

Text: Romans 3:28
Date: Pentecost XXI + Reformation Sunday + 10/25/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
When the Apostle Paul wrote, “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law” (Rom. 3:28), he was speaking, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for the whole Church of Jesus [...] Continue reading →