Service Folder Jesus Invites Us to His Wedding Feast to Receive Abundant Righteousness. God sounds forth the Gospel call: “See, I have prepared my dinner … Come to the wedding feast” (Matt. 22:1–14). But many reject this invitation in favor of worldly pursuits. And so the call goes out to others, both the good and the bad. For the wedding invitation is…
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”— Ephesians 2:8, 9
Sermons on Isaiah
Service Folder Theme: “The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” (Matt. 9:1–8) The Lord God was present in the flesh to absolve the paralytic. Jesus showed skeptics in the crowd that he had power to forgive sins. He did by healing the paralytic. The Lord still has power on earth to forgive sins. He does by giving authority…
Service Folder Here on earth, where we fight and suffer, here God comes to us; here he shares in our troubles – that is the message of this close connection into which Jesus comes with the deaf man in Sunday’s Gospel (Mark 7: 31 – 37). He heals through the might of his word; he breaks through the barrier which separated the…
Service Folder Theme: Invitation The Holy Spirit invites us by the Gospel to the Banquet of Salvation. Many make excuses and reject this invitation, yet the Master’s house will be filled. The Gospel call therefore goes out to the lowly and despised, into the highways, The enmity of class and race is put to death through the cross. Having been reconciled by…
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Service Folder We continue our Lenten series, “Eyes on Jesus” by considering the “Worldly Eyes” of Pilate, the religious leaders, and the soldiers at Jesus’ trial; and, how Jesus exchanges our worldly eyes for eyes of faith.
Service Folder We continue with our Lenten series, “Eyes on Jesus” by considering Peter’s “Denying Eyes”. We will see how our willpower is faithless, but Jesus is faithful to forgive us of our sins; and, forgiven calls us to “follow him” by looking to him with eyes of faith.