Category: Sermons

A Sermon on Mark 7:31-37 for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. “At sea in a dense fog.” That’s how Helen Keller described her condition of being blind and deaf. At 19 months old, she suffered a severe illness which left her without sight or hearing. But when she was seven,…

A Sermon on 2 Samuel 22:21-29 for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. In 2017, a research group from Harvard Business school asked college students how they would answer this common job interview question: “What is your greatest weakness?” Now, to the interviewee, that feels like a trick question, because you…

A Sermon on John 1:43-51 for the Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. St. Bartholomew is one of those many men in Scripture who seem to go by multiple names. Comparing the Gospel accounts, it seems like the man Matthew, Mark, and Luke refer to as Bartholomew, John calls Nathanael. This…

A Sermon on Luke 16:1-9 for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. A parable is a teaching tool that Jesus used a lot during His earthly ministry. The Sunday school definition of a parable is “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” Sometimes parables are used to extol the great virtue…

A Sermon on Matthew 7:15-23 for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. When I was in college, one of the gen ed courses I had to take was biology. Biology came in two parts. There was the classroom lecture in the morning and then bio lab in the afternoon. The lecture…

A Sermon on Mark 8:1-9 for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. Did you get a sense of déjà vu after the Gospel reading? A feeling of, “Hey, I’ve seen that before?” I hope you did, because a few months ago, you did hear something incredibly similar. The Gospel reading for…

A Sermon on Romans 6:3-11 for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. “Remember the Alamo.” I’m sure that’s a phrase you’ve heard before, whether from history class or Johnny Cash or Peewee Hermann, but what does it actually mean? “Remember the Alamo.” Are you supposed to remember the mission-turned-fort in San…

A Sermon on Luke 5:1-11 for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. When I was growing up, my family took a vacation to Nevada and one day we drove out to see the Grand Canyon. I hope that you’ve had the chance to do that, too, because it really is incredible.…

A Sermon on Isaiah 58:6-12 for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. It’s not uncommon that Brianna will ask me to do something for her. It’s usually something small and something reasonable. “Can you get me a glass of water while I’m with the baby,” or something like that. I would…

A Sermon on Luke 15:1-10 for the Third Sunday after Trinity. Delivered by Pastor Caleb Strutz. A little over three weeks ago, I realized that I didn’t know where my passport was. And I was in full panic mode. I needed my passport to fly to Minnesota for Synod Convention. I hadn’t bothered with Real…