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July 21, 2013

The Good Portion

The Good Portion

Listen to this week’s sermon for the 11th week after Pentecost on Luke 10:38-42. Image: He Qi, Mary and Martha

July 14, 2013

Jesus is Our Merciful Lord

Jesus is Our Merciful Lord

The Sermon for this week is from the Gospel lesson Luke 10:25-37. Jesus encounters an expert in the law who asks him, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” and “Who is my neighbor?” But our Lord addresses and challenges such questions to reveal the mercy of God. Image: James Tissot, The Good Samaritan, c. […]

June 9, 2013

The Parade of Life

The Parade of Life

Listen to this week’s sermon on Luke 7:11-17 for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Image: Jan Van Eyck. The Adoration of the Lamb (panel from the Ghent Altarpiece) 1432.

June 2, 2013

Jesus Has the Authority to Forgive Sins

Jesus Has the Authority to Forgive Sins

Listen to this week’s sermon on Luke 7:1-10 for the Second Sunday after Pentecost. Image: Paul Veronese, Christ and the Centurion (c. 1580). Based on Matthew 8:5-13.

May 19, 2013

Many Languages, But One Word

Many Languages, But One Word

Image: The Bible is the Manger in which the Christ Child is Laid, Matthew Rosebrock (2011) This week’s text is Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:1-21. Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Language, as fun as it may be, can sure be frustrating. But language can be dangerous […]

May 12, 2013

The Joyous Ascension of Jesus

The Joyous Ascension of Jesus

Listen to this week’s sermon based on Luke 24:44-53 for the Ascension of our Lord. Jesus’ ascension is not an occasion of sadness, but one of great joy because what Jesus does, He does for us. The image for this week is from the early Renaissance artist Giotto di Bondone’s fresco work in the Arena […]

May 5, 2013

Jesus is the Beginning and the End

Jesus is the Beginning and the End

Listen to this week’s sermon on Revelation 21:1-27 for the 6th Sunday of Easter. Jesus has brought us into His story and His story ends not in death but in life.

April 28, 2013

What Jesus Gives No One Can Take Away

What Jesus Gives No One Can Take Away

Listen to this week’s sermon from John 16:12-33 for the fifth Sunday of Easter. Image: The Empty Tomb 2006, Matthew Rosebrock

April 14, 2013

Fed by the Word of the Risen Christ

Fed by the Word of the Risen Christ

Listen to this week’s sermon on John 21:1-14 for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. The risen Jesus appears before His disciples on the shore of Galilee.   Image: Miraculous Draught of Fish, Konrad Witz (1444). It is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

April 8, 2013

Doors Unlocked by the Open Tomb

Doors Unlocked by the Open Tomb

  Listen to this week’s sermon based on John 20:19-31 as Jesus appears to his disciples through locked doors. Jesus holds the Keys to life and death.

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