Sermons from 2024 (Page 3)

Sermons from 2024 (Page 3)

Trinity 10 – 2024

God Holds to His Word Luke 19:41–48 And when [Jesus] drew near and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground, you…

Trinity 9 – 2024

Stewards to a Merciful Lord Luke 16:1–9 [Jesus] also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ “And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking…

Trinity 7 – 2024

Sermon by Pastor Brad Kerkow, Evangelism and Missions Counselor for the ELS 

Trinity 5 – 2024

At Your Word I Will Let Down the Nets I. God Provides for His Church II. God Catches us for Life Luke 5:1–11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on Him to hear the word of God, [Jesus] was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, He asked…

Trinity 4 – 2024

Christ’s Recipe for Christian Unity I. Humility, not Hypocrisy II. Forgive, and Be Forgiven Luke 6:36–42 [Jesus said:] “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured…

Trinity 2 – 2024

The Great Invitation Luke 14:16–24 But [Jesus] said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ “And another said, ‘I have…

Trinity 1 – 2024

God Helps the Helpless Luke 16:19–31  [Jesus said to the Pharisees:] “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The…

Trinity Sunday – 2024

John 3:1–17 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be…

Pentecost – 2024

Exordium Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴἀπόληται ἀλλ’ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. After the flood, God commanded the descendants of Noah to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth (Genesis 9:1). But not long after, we learn that the people attempted to build a tower which would reach the heavens so that they could stay in one place and make a name for themselves. At this…

Ascension – 2024

What Christ’s Ascension Means for You I. Our Redemption is Complete  II. Christ Sits at the Right Hand of God III. We Will Follow Him Mark 16:14–20 Afterward [Jesus] appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and He rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the…