Category: Sermons

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…

A sermon on John 2:1-11 for the Second Sunday after Epiphany. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. As we continue on our Epiphany journey, the first three events we’ve come across this Epiphany season are all closely related. Some of our hymns last week and this week tied together and juxtaposed the visit of the magi,…

A sermon on Matthew 3:13-17 for the Baptism of Our Lord. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Giving a baby a name is kind of a lot of work. First, you and your spouse have to agree on a name, which could potentially be a drawn-out process. But having a baby name written in your Notes…