2023-11-22 – National Day of Thanksgiving – Sermon
Thanksgiving – Wednesday 22 November A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 150:6;150:2, 1;145:15-16;103:1-2 ✠ Lection: Deuteronomy 8:1-10;1 Timothy 2:1-8;St. Luke 17:11-19 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It is good to give thanks to the LORD; to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High; to herald Your love in the morning, Your truth at the close of the day. Thus here we are on this eve of our national day of Thanksgiving. Though we would contend with the Pilgrims on multiple points of doctrine, we would not deny them to be Christian brothers and sisters. ThereforeRead More →
2023-11-19 – The Second Last Sunday in the Church Year – Sermon
The Second Last Sunday – Sunday 19 November A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 54:1–2;3–5, 7;50:4, 6;Isaiah 35:10a ✠ Lection: Daniel 7:9-14;2 Peter 3:3-14;St. Matthew 25:31-46 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Son of Man, the Son of God, will come again in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, and He will sit on the throne of His glory. Much like our preparation when a guest is coming to our home, especially an honored guest, so may the Final Day bring about both excitement and anxious fear. Is everything in order? Have IRead More →
2023-11-12 – The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity – Sermon
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 12 November A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Jeremiah 29:11a, 12; Psalm 85:1, 7, 9, 11;44:7–8;115:11 ✠ Lection: Proverbs 8:11–22;Philippians 3:17–21;St. Matthew 22:15–21 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. There is a distinction, a division between Church and State, one that is based on God’s design. There are three hierarchies, three stations, three estates of the order of life as we, as people, live in reality. Those estates are the family, the state, and the Church. The first two are distinct, yet also closely related, for it is God Who hasRead More →