Christ the King – Like No Other King

  Audio Version Sunday, November 22, 2015 After Pentecost Proper 29 Year B Old Testament        Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14 New Testament      Revelation 1:4b–8 Gospel                       John 18:33–37[1] Like many Sundays, it seems like there is little to no relation between the readings.  In … [Read more…]

Jesus with Skin On

  Audio Version Sunday November 15th, 2015 Pentecost Proper 28 Year B Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-25 Mark 13:1-8 With the events over the last week in Lebanon, Paris, Syria, and Iraq, I am sure the words from Jesus in the text from Mark today, seem to resonate as the times Jesus speaks of.  I cannot … [Read more…]

Brokenness

Audio Version Sunday November 8, 2015 After Pentecost Proper 27 Year B Old Testament 1 Kings 17:8–16 New Testament Hebrews 9:24–28 Gospel Mark 12:38–44 The scriptures we have today are ones that can be easily misused against people.  It would be very easy to take both the 1 Kings text and the Mark text and … [Read more…]

The Saints are in Heaven

Audio Version All Saints Year B Isaiah 25:6-9 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 Today we remember former saints and sinners, known only now as saints, who from this congregation, have died and have been lifted to heaven.  We also lift up today, all the loved saints that have passed in previous years, with their names written … [Read more…]

Really?

Audio Version Sunday, October 18, 2015 | After Pentecost Proper 24 Year B Old Testament        Isaiah 53:4–12 New Testament      Hebrews 5:1–10 Gospel                       Mark 10:35–45[1] When I read verse 35, which mind you is the first verse in out text today, I … [Read more…]

That was easy

Audio only link Sunday, October 11, 2015 Pentecost Amos 5:6–7, 10–15 Hebrews 4:12–16 Mark 10:17–31 Two weeks in a row, we are given a tough text from Mark.  Last week Jesus speak to divorce and adultery.  Now Jesus is telling the rich man to give everything up and come follow him.  There you go, now … [Read more…]

Broken but made whole in Jesus

A note to the reader.  This is my first sermon at Calvary Lutheran, Minong WI. After just moving in, I was not  able to find my video camera or voice recorder.  However, it was found this week and future sermons will be recorded. Sunday, October 4, 2015 | After Pentecost Old Testament Genesis 2:18–24 New … [Read more…]

A Changed Reality

Audio Version Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, Monticello IA Sunday, July 19, 2015 Jeremiah 23:1–6 Psalm 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:11–22 Mark 6:30–34, 53–56             There is so much in all of our texts today.  Often, I do not see a relation in the readings, but throughout these, there is a relation in all … [Read more…]

Good-Evil Pressures and Decisions

Audio Link Sunday, July 12, 2015 2 Samuel 6:1–5, 12b–19 Mark 6:14–29   On the surface, the story of John the Baptist’s beheading can be seen as a tragic consequence of good versus evil.  We might even be naive enough to believe that this cannot happen today.  The pressures and decisions surrounding the event, cannot … [Read more…]

Faith in Jesus and His Power

Audio Version Lamentations 3:23–33 Mark 5:21–43 The gospel of Mark tells of another story of the power that Jesus has.  First Jesus shows His power over the natural elements, in the calming of the winds and sea.  Then he shows the power He has over demons, in the casting out of demons when the Legion … [Read more…]