Category: Sermons

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 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Winter Haven, Florida. 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…

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.

A sermon on Luke 5:1-11 for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. I don’t know much about fishing, but it seems like every fisherman has his own special trick. Whether it’s the secret spot, the unique lure, the special source to get worms, every time I’ve been fishing with someone who…

A sermon on Luke 6:36-42 for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Everyone’s favorite Bible verse is John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Right, I didn’t even need to recite it,…

A sermon on Luke 15:1-10 for the Third Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. “Bad company corrupts good character.” Is that something your mom ever had to say to you growing up? If she did, it was probably a little judgmental, right, she didn’t like your friends or the people you were hanging…