Sermon Audio roundup May 2022

 Another month goes by and I've failed to post audio of my sermons. Here are three for the last few weeks of May. 

Sunday May 15th Sermon

Acts 11:1-18

"Who was I, that I could hinder God?" 

Sunday May 22nd Sermon

Acts 16:9-15

The fruit of the church planted at Philippi

Sunday May 29th Sermon

Psalm 97

A foolish hope in the face of evil

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Sermon Audio 5/12/2019, 4th Sunday of Easter C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Acts 9:36-43

Tabitha, disciple of Jesus, inspired the faith of many in her community. Today we talked about the faithful women who have shaped this community. 

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Sermon Audio 5/5/2019, 3rd Sunday of Easter C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Acts 9:1-20

John 21:1-19

Paul was Saul, and Peter was Simon. What does it mean to have a new identity in light of the resurrection of Jesus?

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Sermon Audio 5/6/2018 Sixth Sunday after Easter B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

Acts 10:44-48 

Today's Acts lesson tells how the Holy Spirit descended upon the gentiles of Cornelius' household during Peter's great sermon. God has shown Peter a new thing, and even gentiles receive God's Spirit and thus are full members of Christ's church. Who is to prevent people from knowing the love of God in Jesus? 

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Sermon 4/29/2018, Fifth Sunday of Easter B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

1 John 4:7-21

Acts 8:26-40 

This passage in the first letter of John summarizes the teaching of John's Gospel in such powerful phrases as "Love one another" and "God is love." What does this love look like? Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch show us on the road.

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Sermon Audio 5/14/2017, Fifth Sunday of Easter A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Acts 7:55-60 

The stoning of Stephen raises disturbing questions about the nature of religious violence, and unfortunately those questions are still relevant today.

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Sermon Audio 8/28/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week 13

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Thirteen

Acts 26:1-8, 19-23

As we conclude our Summer Sermon Series on the book of Acts, we hear Paul proclaim the risen Christ to the people of Jerusalem. How does the Holy Spirit work through him? 

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Sermon Audio 8/21/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Twelve

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Twelve

Acts 22:1-16

Our Acts sermon series continues with Paul re-telling the story of his conversion. This story has much to teach us about the baptism we celebrated today, and both the story and the baptism have much to teach the rest of us about how we follow Jesus. 

Sermon Audio 8/7/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Ten

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Ten

Acts 19:23-29 

How does the gospel transform us? As individuals? As the church? How does it transform the communities around us? Paul's experience in Ephesus can tell us a lot about what the gospel looks like in the world

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Sermon Audio 7/31/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week 9

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Nine

Acts 19:1-7 

The Holy Spirit is active in our church and in our world, and it's ok if we admit that we don't always recognize the Spirit's work. But when we do see the Spirit moving among us, we have a chance to be a part of God's work.

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Sermon Audio 7/24/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Eight

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Eight

Acts 18:1-11
Our Acts sermon series continues with Paul in Corinth, struggling to share the good news about Jesus until he receives a gospel message himself. I spent this week at Living Water Ministries camp for the first time with LCS kids. A challenging week of camp is the perfect opportunity for the Holy Spirit to transform lives and institutions to share the gospel and direct us toward God's reign on earth.

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Sermon Audio 7/17/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Seven

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Seven

Acts 17:16, 22-31 [Link to Oremus]

This week we dive deeply into Acts, to talk idolatry in ancient Athens and in our lives today. With all the troubles in our world today, we sometimes overlook idolatry, but watch out. Idolatry lies at the heart of many of our concerns. 

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Sermon Audio 7/10/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week 6

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Six

Acts 17:1-9 

Luke 10:25-37

I was gone for two weeks on vacation. I returned to find that violence and division still rule our nation. Who is our neighbor? And how does Jesus turn the world upside down? 

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Sermon Audio 6/5/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week One

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week One

Acts 14:8-18 

Thus begins a second summer of Acts readings, in which we see how the Holy Spirit transformed the early church. The Holy Spirit does amazing things, even miraculous things, but we don't always notice. What keeps us from recognizing the work of the Holy Spirit around us?

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Sermon Audio 4/17/2016, Fourth Sunday of Easter C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Acts 9:36-43 

Tabitha, AKA Dorcas, is the only woman in the New Testament to explicitly be called a disciple." This got me thinking about all the faithful women who follow Jesus at Lutheran Church of the Savior. 

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Sermon Audio 1/10/2016, Baptism of Our Lord C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Baptism of Our Lord, Lectionary Year C

Acts 8:14-17 

In preparation for our annual Congregational Meeting today, we remember how the Holy Spirit consistently surprises the church. 

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Sermon Audio 9/13/2015, Acts Series Week 15

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B

Acts 13:1-5 

Our Acts sermon series for the summer of 2015 ends with the commissioning of Barnabas and Paul as they are set apart and sent forth from Antioch. On this "God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday, what can we learn about being set apart and sent forth? 

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Sermon Audio 8/30/2015, Acts Series Week Thirteen

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B

Acts 11:19-26 

The Holy Spirit does not work on our schedule. We can dwell on the past or worry about the future, or we can look and see what God is doing right now.

Yes, I recognize the irony of posting this sermon audio a week late.

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Sermon Audio 8/16/2015, Acts Series Week Eleven

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B

Acts 11:1-18

The story of Peter and Cornelius may be the apex of our series on Acts, when God changes the rules to allow even Gentiles - like me - to receive baptism and the Holy Spirit. What can this transformational moment in the earliest church teach us about how God is acting today?

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Sermon Audio 8/2/2015, Acts Series Week Nine

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B

Acts 8:1b, 4-8, 14-17

The crisis that scattered the first church from Jerusalem into Judea and Samaria became an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to spread the gospel. Recent news that the Lutheran tradition is the whitest religious tradition in the US presents a very different kind of crisis. Will we be open to how the Holy Spirit can use our weakness as means to share the gospel?

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