Category: Sermons

A sermon on Matthew 25:31-36 for the Second-Last Sunday of the Church Year. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the things that really surprised me when we first moved to Florida was that our county’s sheriff is somewhat of a viral sensation. Just scrolling through my social media feeds, I’ll see videos of none…

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…

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…

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…

A sermon on Matthew 22:34-46 for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. What is the center of Scripture? If you take one of the pew Bibles and let it fall open roughly to the middle, you’re probably somewhere in Proverbs or Isaiah. But the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm…

A sermon on Luke 14:1-11 for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the most exhausting places to be in is the hospital. And it’s really ironic that that’s the case. Because with all of the medical problems going on they want you to get rest and get better, but…

A sermon on Luke 7:11-17 for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. When I was a kid, I had a stuffed lamb that meant the world to me. It was given to me soon after I was born and, after a couple years of love, it was a little worn, but…

A Sermon on Revelation 12:7-12 for the feast of St. Michael and All Angels. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. On August 12, 1880, General William Tecumseh Sherman addressed a crowd of 10,000 in Columbus, Ohio: “There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.”…

A Sermon on Matthew 9:9-13 for the feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Today we celebrate St. Matthew, the apostle and evangelist, the author of the Gospel that bears his name. Mark and Luke refer to this man using his Hebrew name, Levi, that would have been given to him at his circumcision, and…

A Sermon on Numbers 21:4-9 for Holy Cross Day. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. One of the things that the internet is great for is seeing perspectives that you never would have seen otherwise. Of course, usually, that’s not a good thing, and people abuse that to make people who disagree with them mad. One…