Category: Sermons

A sermon on Matthew 6:24-34 for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. “But Dad, I need it!” How often have you witnessed or, unfortunately, been involved in this conversation in public? You can already envision it now, right? The toddler clutching on to the object of his life’s desire, knuckles turning…

A sermon on Luke 17:11-19 for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. I spent the first half of my childhood outside of La Crosse, right on the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Things kind of break down along the border, there were people who lived in Wisconsin but worked in Minnesota…

A sermon on Luke 10:23-37 for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. On the first day of fourth grade, when my teacher was setting the rules for the classroom, one of the things she said was that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. Maybe you’ve heard that before. As…

A sermon on Mark 7:31-37 for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. My favorite restaurant experience has been at a place called the Safehouse in Milwaukee. It’s a spy-themed restaurant and everything is meticulously put together from the moment you step in. There’s no signs, the entrance is hidden in an…

A sermon on Luke 18:9-14 for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One cultural quirk that I’ve noticed and that you’re probably familiar with as well is that Midwesterners can never take a compliment. If you tell someone, “Hey, I like your shirt,” the normal response is, “Thank you.” The Midwesterner…

A sermon on Luke 19:41-48 for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz.  People can cry for any number of seemingly contradictory reasons. Usually we associate crying with being sad but that’s not necessarily the case. People can cry tears of joy, you might cry when you’re really passionate about something, you…

A sermon on Luke 16:1-9 for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One common movie trope is the need to obtain a large sum of money in a short amount of time. This can be found across genres and the rating of the movie will determine the rest of the details…

A sermon on Matthew 7:15-23 for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. A couple weeks ago, on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, we looked at Jesus’ instruction, “Judge not” (Lk 6:37) and distinguished between the kind of judging He wants us to do and the kind of judging He doesn’t want…

A sermon on Mark 8:1-9 for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Last Sunday, I had to take my four-year-old and my one-year-old on our flight back home. Our flight was scheduled for 5:13 pm, which made dinner kind of difficult. It was an hour to get to the airport and…

A sermon on Matthew 5:20-26 for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Mark Wold. No transcript is available for this sermon.