Sermons preached at Peace Lutheran Church, Oelwein, IA and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Independence, IA. This is a dual parish of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. We use the one year, historic lectionary.
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:How did Jesus’s words strike you this morning? “Blessed are you who are poor, because yours is the kingdom of God. B...
Audio recording Sermon manuscript:Everyone has something that he or she wants. Everybody’s calling has its own challenges and disappointments. We take...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:I’d like to begin today by talking about lovelessness. There is a kind of lovelessness that is irrational and there ...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:Our epistle reading today picks up where our epistle reading from last week left off. Last week, if you remember, Pa...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:It is not uncommon for people to think that if the Bible is true, then there should be lots of miracles. The Bible r...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:We entered the season of Epiphany with the festival of Epiphany this past Thursday. The word “epiphany” means, “to b...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:Let me begin with a story that some of you will get and some of you will not get. A person went to a mechanic one da...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:It’s a little jarring, the day after Christmas, to celebrate the martyrdom of St. Stephen. Talking about a fiery man...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:The message that the Bible gives us is that God dwells with his people. In our Old Testament reading today we heard ...
Audio recordingSermon manuscript:The prophet Isaiah speaks about the coming Christ hundreds of years before he was born. Isaiah says in our reading t...