Emanuel Lutheran Church
Sermons
The Easter “Amen!”
6/9/2019 Day of Pentecost The text is Acts 2:1-21. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia and amen! Today, my friends, is the last Sunday of the Easter season, and today, we celebrate a miraculous event in … Continue reading
One in the Spirit?
6/2/2019 Seventh Sunday of Easter The text is John 17:20-26. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Whenever I read today’s gospel, I’m reminded of a song I learned in my early twenties. It goes like this…”We are one in the spirit; we are one … Continue reading
The Good-Bye Discourse
5/26/2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter The text is John 14:23-29. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. It’s 3 am on a cold winter day. Patchy snow covers the landscape as loudspeakers overhead blare telling everyone to get to their places. Surrounded by sandbags, concrete … Continue reading
Love One Another
5/19/2019 Fifth Sunday of Easter The text is John 13:31-35. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. There’s a story told of a little boy who wanted to meet God. Not knowing where God lived, the boy packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack … Continue reading
Mom’s Favorite Bible Passage
5/12/2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter The text is Ps 23. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Happy Mother’s Day! I can wish you the blessings of this day, not because everyone in the room is a mother, but because we all have been there. … Continue reading
So What Has Changed?
5/5/2019 Text: John 21:1-19 Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia and Amen! This is great news and yet, has anything really changed because of it? The sun still rises in the east and sets in the … Continue reading
In the Company of Others
4/28/2019 Second Sunday of Easter The text is John 20:19-31. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The story of Thomas is probably familiar to us all. Thomas is one of the original disciples of Jesus, a member of the chosen 12 who saw and … Continue reading
Remember!
4/21/2019 Easter Sunday The text is Luke 24:1-12. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. When we left there Friday evening, the mood was somber. The sanctuary was barren and stark, like a tomb. Death was in the air as we read scriptures recalling the … Continue reading
Before Death
4/18/2019 Maundy Thursday The text is John 13:1-17, 31b-35; I Corinthians 11:23-26. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today’s gospel is all about the night before Jesus’ death. We know the story well. It is a story of betrayal. It is a story of … Continue reading
A Strange Love Story
4/14/2019 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday The text is the Passion Narrative – Luke 22:14-23:56. Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today, as we begin Holy Week, we do so with the story of the passion of our Lord. This story is not new … Continue reading
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