"baptism" Tagged Sermons
Advent 2A Prepare the Way
Matthew 3:1-12 At the beginning of the Church Year we are again reminded that our salvation begins with God coming to us. The story begins in the Old Testament with God’s promises, finds its fulfillment in the coming of Christ, and continues in our day through the work of the Spirit in Word and Sacrament. The key to receiving the kingdom, as John the Baptizer tells us, is repentance; contrition, faith and the fruit of repentance. Sermon Date: December 8,…
All Saints C Building on the Promises of God Part 12: Joy Is Coming
Psalm 30:5 Psalm 30 reminds us that weeping may tarry for the night but joy comes in the morning. Nobody needs to teach us about weeping that tarries for the night. We have all experienced restless, even distressful nights. But God’s promise is that joy comes with the morning. That morning breaks as Jesus comes to us bringing his light. Sermon Date: November 3, 2019
1/13/19 Baptism of Our Lord Isaiah 43:1-7
Identity in Baptism Where do we find our identity? Is it in our new year’s resolutions or the other ways that we try to remake ourselves? Isaiah reminded Israel that her identity was to be found in God, the God who created, formed, redeemed and called her by name. Our identity is not in what we do but in what God has done for us. In our baptism, like Israel, God creates, forms, redeems, and calls us by name.
Led to Still Waters
God created us in such a way that we would thirst for a relationship with Him. He also commits himself to leading us to the still waters that quench our thirst permanently. Like wayward sheep all too often we reject God, the fountain of living water, and seek our own sources of water. But as Jeremiah says when we do so it is like having broken cisterns that won’t hold water. Instead, just as Jesus led the Samaritan Woman at…