Category Archives: Lent Sermons

Text: Luke 20:9-19
Date: Lent V + 3/21/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
The scribes and the chief priests perceived that Jesus had told this parable against them. They were right. But remember that St. Luke told us, “he began to tell the people this parable.” So if the “church officials” could figure out [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Date: Lent IV + 3/14/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
The Fourth Sunday in Lent has been known traditionally as Laetare or “Rejoice” Sunday from the historic Introit that begins with Isaiah 66:10, “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her.” It may seem strange [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 13:1-9
Date: Lent III + 3/7/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
In many ways the theme of the scripture readings for this Sunday takes us all the way back to the beginning—the beginning of the Gospel and of the church year with the call of John the Baptist, “repent and be baptized;” [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 13:31-35
Date: Lent II + 2/28/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
When St. Luke begins today’s Gospel reading with the words, “In that very hour,” he is signaling that what follows is an important step directly toward the goal of “THE hour,” namely, our Lord’s betrayal, arrest, trials, beatings, mockings, sufferings and [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 13:31-35
Date: Lent II + 2/28/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
When St. Luke begins today’s Gospel reading with the words, “In that very hour,” he is signaling that what follows is an important step directly toward the goal of “THE hour,” namely, our Lord’s betrayal, arrest, trials, beatings, mockings, sufferings and [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 4:1-13
Date: Lent I + 2/21/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
That our Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness as His first action after His baptism, was the first skirmish or battle in His mission to free mankind and all creation from the devil’s rule, the curse [...] Continue reading →