Category: Sermons

https://youtu.be/S3R0l-GWdIU A sermon on Acts 2:1-13 for the Feast of Pentecost. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. χάρις  ὑμῖν  καὶ  εἰρήνη  ἀπὸ  Θεοῦ  Πατρὸς  ἡμῶν  καὶ  Κυρίου  Ἰησοῦ  Χριστοῦ. Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo. Que Dios nuestro Padre y el Señor Jesucristo les concedan gracia y paz. Grace to…

A sermon on Acts 1:1-11 for the Ascension of Our Lord. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. A few minutes ago, we recited in the words of the Nicene Creed, “And ascended into heaven.” When we use the Apostles’ Creed, we say, “He ascended into heaven.” It’s there in the Athanasian Creed too, which we say…

A sermon on John 16:23-39 for the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the most heartbreaking scenes in one of my favorite movies is in Forrest Gump when he’s recovering in the army hospital. When he was fighting in Vietnam, he wrote almost every day to his sweetheart back home.…

A sermon on John 16:5-15 for the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. In our Gospel lesson for this morning, we encounter a very unique title for the Holy Spirit, from the Greek, “Paraclete,” translated for us here as “the Helper.” Now, that’s not necessarily a bad translation of “Paraclete,” but it’s…

A sermon on John 10:11-16 for the Third Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz.  The Good Shepherd is one of the most familiar and beloved devotional images of Jesus. And it has been since the very beginning. Some of the earliest Christian imagery is the Good Shepherd, there’s images of this in the…

A sermon on John 20:19-31 for the Second Sunday of Easter. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One strong proof for the resurrection of Christ is the dramatic change that happens in the disciples. They go from hiding behind locked doors to proclaiming the Gospel to the ends of the earth. They go from cowering in…

A sermon on Mark 16:1-8 for Easter Sunday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Consider where we left off on Good Friday. Jesus hung on the cross from noon to 3 o’clock. The Sabbath starts at sunset, just a few hours away. What is to be done with Jesus’ body? His closest followers up until this…

A sermon on John 19:25-30 for Good Friday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One feature commonly found in Good Friday services is a meditation on Jesus’ seven words from the cross. We read all seven of these in the Passion History at last week’s midweek service. You could have a whole sermon on any one…

A sermon on Exodus 24:1-11 for Maundy Thursday. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. In the liturgy, and in church in general, there’s lots of words that we can see all the time but not really know what they mean. One such example is in the Sanctus, which we will sing shortly as part of our…

A sermon on Philippians 2:5-11 for Palm Sunday, the Sixth Sunday in Lent. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. There’s a number of incredibly common turns of phrase which actually originate from churchly contexts. For example, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” wasn’t originally a “when in Vegas” type expression, but came from St.…