Vestments Part 3: The Alb

Continuing the vestment series, Pastor Strutz from Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lakeland explains the alb.

Enter God’s Armory

A sermon on Ephesians 6:10-17 for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of my favorite action movie tropes is the armory scene. The protagonists have maybe suffered an initial setback or a small defeat, but now they know what they’re up against. They’ve studied their enemies, they’ve put together a…
The Christian’s Relationship with Death

A sermon on Isaiah 25:6-9 for All Saints Sunday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Over the past couple weeks, I’m sure that you’ve seen a lot of strange things in people’s front yards: huge, inflatable dragons, giant skeletons, that sort of thing. One common Halloween decoration that I’ve noticed are headstones. Some yards will have…
The Nature of the Reformation

A sermon on 2 Chronicles 29:12-19 for Reformation Sunday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. On October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk nailed a piece of paper to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. The man was Martin Luther and the document his 95 Theses, 95 statements for academic debate that called into question…