Category Archives: Pentecost Sermons

Sorry, I forgot my voice recorder today. Text: 2 Samuel 11:26—12:10, 13-14; Luke 7:36—8:3 Date: Pentecost III, Proper 6 + 6/13/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI There are times when a person may be desperately aware of t… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 7:11-17 Date: Pentecost II (Proper 5) + 6/6/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI This is the choir and band rehearsal room or music room of Lutheran High School Northwest. That is it’s main function. That’s what … Continue reading →

Text: John 8:48-59 Date: The Holy Trinity + 5/30/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI In our synodical explanation of the Small Catechism, one of the first things, under the First Commandment (Question 19 of the 306), we teach … Continue reading →

Text: John 14:26-27 (Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21) Date: Day of Pentecost + 5/23/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Disclaimer: Before writing this sermon I did not know that the magazine by Glenn Beck is titled “Fusion.” … Continue reading →

Text: John 14:26-27 (Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21)
Date: Day of Pentecost + 5/23/10
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
Disclaimer: Before writing this sermon I did not know that the magazine by Glenn Beck is titled “Fusion.”
According to one popular resource, what do you think is the language spoken by most people in the world [...] Continue reading →

Text: Mark 13:24-27
Date: Last Sunday of the Church Year + 11/22/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
My Lord, what a morning—the morning of our Lord’s promised and blessed return. Whoever thought that such an otherwise fearful sign in the heavens—“when the stars begin to fall”—would signal not terror but rather the greatest, most [...] Continue reading →

Text: Mark 13:1-13
Date: Pentecost XXIV (Proper 28) + 11/15/09 (11/12/00)
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
As we approach the end of the liturgical year the lectionary turns to the theme of the Last Things, the Last Day, the “parousia” or second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And the question is, Are you [...] Continue reading →

Text: Mark 12:38-44
Date: Pentecost XXIII + 11/8/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
As we approach the end of the liturgical year, we approach the telling of the end of our Lord’s earthly ministry, and of this world of sin, separation and death, and the beginning of the new heavens and the new earth [...] Continue reading →

Text: Mark 10:23-31
Date: Pentecost XX + St. Luke, Evangelist + 10/18/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
Today’s Gospel is a continuation of last week’s story of the Rich Young Man who asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. The whole story, verses 17 through 30, used to be read as [...] Continue reading →

Text: Mark 10:17-22
Date: Pentecost XIX (Proper 23) + 10/11/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
For the rich young man who came to Jesus, when he asked, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” he showed that it wasn’t his riches that was the problem. He was seeking to be justified on the [...] Continue reading →