Vestments Part 4: The Cincture

Gird your loins with Pastor Strutz from Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lakeland, as he explains the cincture.

Christ Preaches About Demons

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…
Scattered Sheep

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.…
God Blesses Persistent Faith

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,…