Category: Sermons

A sermon on Luke 11:14-28 for the Third Sunday in Lent. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Another word for one of the readings in the lectionary is a “pericope.” This word comes from a Greek word which means “cutting around” or “cutting out,” this one section is taken from its context and presented on its…

A midweek Lenten sermon on Zechariah 13:7-9. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. The movie Full Metal Jacket, which I can’t fully endorse or recommend, is about a platoon of Marines who go through boot camp and fight in the Vietnam War. In the first half of the movie, one of the privates doesn’t make it.…

A sermon on Matthew 15:21-28 for the Second Sunday in Lent. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the riskiest moves in modern communications is the double text. When you send someone a text, thanks to read receipts, you can see when they’ve opened it. And that’s miserable. But when you’ve been left on read,…

A midweek Lenten sermon on Zechariah 11:7-13. Delivered by Pastor Lee Kuhns of New Life Lutheran Church, Sebring, FL.

A sermon on Matthew 4:1-11 for the First Sunday in Lent. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One thing I used to enjoy but don’t really have much time for anymore, it can take several hours and my kids aren’t quite old enough yet, is strategy games. Growing up, I loved playing Stratego and Risk and…

A sermon on Matthew 6:16-21 for Ash Wednesday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. In the Gospel lesson for Ash Wednesday, Jesus talks about fasting. And this topic is maybe a little uncomfortable for us (especially since we just finished having a meal), because it’s something that Jesus takes for granted that isn’t really all that…

A sermon on Luke 18:31-43 for Quinquagesima. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Once when I was a kid, I got lost in a WalMart. I was old enough to remember it but young enough to really freak out. I thought I was still in the same aisle as my mom but when I turned around…

A sermon on Psalm 119:11 for Sexagesima. Delivered by Pastor Mark Wold. No transcript is available for this recording.

A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 for Septuagesima. Delivered by Pastor Nathan Strutz of Tree of Life Lutheran Church (WELS), Cary, NC. “It’s not fair.” It’s not fair. He got a bigger piece of pie than I did. It’s not his turn to be in front of the line. I’m going to be angry forever. It’s…

A sermon on Matthew 17:1-9 for the Transfiguration of Our Lord. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Celebrating the transfiguration of our Lord at the end of the Epiphany season is a uniquely Lutheran thing—no one else is going to be doing this today. But it’s incredibly appropriate as we see the fullest, clearest manifestation of…