Category Archives: Pentecost Sermons

Text: Matthew 28:16-20 Date: The Holy Trinity + Pentecost I + 6/19/11 Back in “the day” when I began my studies at the seminary it was the tradition for each incoming class to adopt a motto or quote from the Bible as their class theme. I don’t re… Continue reading →

Text: John 7:37-39 Date: Day of Pentecost + 6/12/11 Of all the other feasts appointed by the Lord in the Old Testament two alone are fulfilled, completed and included in the Christian calendar, that is, they have achieved the goal for which they were c… Continue reading →

Text: Colossians 1:13-20 Date: Last Sunday in the Church Year (Proper 29) + 11/21/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI On this Last Sunday of the Church Year the last word of it all—it may surprise us—is not the picture of … Continue reading →

Text: Luke 18:9-17 Date: Pentecost XXII + Proper 25 + 10/24/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI In his narrative of our Lord’s journey to Jerusalem, and therefore the Christian disciple’s journey of faith with Jesus, once … Continue reading →

Text: Luke 18:1-8 Date: Pentecost XXI + Proper 24 + 10/17/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI She wasn’t praying for a husband, nor for a handout of bread, and certainly not for a nice suburban house, a second TV or a Merced… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 17:11-19 Date: Pentecost XX + Proper 23 + 10/10/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI We used to hear this Gospel reading only on the Day of National Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, with its obvious parallel of the Sa… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 17:1-10 Date: Pentecost XIX + Proper 22 + 10/3/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI In this section of St. Luke’s Gospel we have heard Jesus addressing various groups of individuals; “the disciples” are all His… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 17:1-10 Date: Pentecost XIX + Proper 22 + 10/3/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI In this section of St. Luke’s Gospel we have heard Jesus addressing various groups of individuals; “the disciples” are all His… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 16:19-31 Date: Pentecost XVIII + Proper 21 + 9/26/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI You will recall that this chapter of Luke’s Gospel began with a story Jesus told about a dishonest, shifty or crafty steward or… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 16:1-15 Date: Pentecost XVII (Proper 20) + 9/19/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI I “batted 1000” on vacation. The first Sunday, in Kingman, Arizona, I attended the Wisconsin Synod church. Though I could not a… Continue reading →