Sermon Audio 9/4/2022, 13th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

First Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

Luke 14:25-33

When Jesus scares us with stark exhortations, we remember that the church moves forward by death and resurrection. 

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Sermon Audio 2/6/2022, 5th Sunday after Epiphany C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

 

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Luke 5:1-11

 

Jesus' disciples left everything and followed him. They trusted in Jesus rather than in what they had known or relied on before.

 

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Sermon Audio 1/30/2022, 4th Sunday after Epiphany C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (Gathered online using Zoom)

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

 

Paul's famous lesson about love is a model for the life of the church together. 

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Sermon Audio 12/12/2021, 3rd Sunday of Advent C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

Third Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Luke 3:7-18

 

We don't talk about money in church nearly as much as people talk about it in the Bible, so today let's do that, like John the Baptist does in our Gospel lesson. 

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Sermon Audio October 17, 2021, Lectionary 29B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

21st Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 29, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 10:35-45

After Jesus again tells of his impending arrest, suffering, death, and resurrection, James and John ask a stupid question of Jesus. Jesus talks about leadership as servanthood and about points us toward the truth of freedom in Christ.

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Sermon Audio 9/26/2021, 18th Sunday after Pentecost B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

 

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 26, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 9:38-50

 

What a messy Gospel lesson today! What will Jesus need to say or do to make people finally understand that they (we) need to care about one another? 

 

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Sermon Audio5/2/2021, Fifth Sunday of Easter B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

 

1 John 4:7-21

God is love. What does this mean for us? How do we love one another?  

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Sermon Audio 10.4.2020, 18th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 21:33-46

 

This time of year our Gospel lessons find Jesus in the temple, arguing with the religious authorities about the Kingdom of God during the final week before his death. Spicy! 

 

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Sermon Audio 6/14/2020, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 9:35-10:23

Today we enter what the church has called "ordinary time," and it if we are to faithfully follow Jesus in this time it will not be ordinary at all.

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Sermon Audio 9/8/2019, 13th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 14:25-33

How do we count the cost when following Jesus? 

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Sermon Audio 7/7/2019, 4th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Jesus sent his seventy disciples ahead of him, to prepare his way and proclaim the Realm of God, equipping them only with trust in God and in people.

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Sermon Audio 6/23/2019, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 8:26-39

The United States government is keeping children in cages at our Southern border, tearing families apart and inflicting untold horror on children as a coercive deterrent to convince other Central American families not to seek asylum here. The gospel of Jesus Christ stands in opposition to this normalized, rationalized cruelty and 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 4/1/2018, Easter Sunday

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Easter Sunday

John 20:1-18 

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!What does this mean for us following Jesus today?

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Sermon Audio 1/28/2018, 4th Sunday after Epiphany B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year B

Mark 1:21-28 

In Mark's Gospel, Jesus' first public act is to teach in the synagogue and set a person free from an unclean spirit. Can we recognize and confront evil like Jesus did? 

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Sermon Audio 1/21/2018, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year B

Mark 1:14-20 

Mark's is the right now Gospel, reminding us of the urgency of Jesus' life and ministry. How can that urgency shape the ways we follow Jesus?

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Sermon Audio 6/11/2017, Shared with Pastor Joshua Kibezi of African Christian Fellowship

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Holy Trinity Sunday, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 28:16-20 

In our Gospel reading today, Jesus tells his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. Today's sermon is shared with Pastor Joshua Kibezi of African Christian Fellowship, the new church meeting in our building on Sunday afternoons. Pastor Joshua tells of his life in Democratic Republic of Congo, his time starting a church in a refugee camp in Malawi, his introduction to the United States in Minnesota, and finally his new life and ministry here in Kalamazoo. 

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Sermon Audio 5/28/2017, Seventh Sunday of Easter A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Acts 1:6-14 

Before Jesus ascended he left his disciples with a map to follow: Jerusalem, the surrounding region, and to the ends of the earth. He also promised them a guide: the Holy Spirit. As Lutheran Church of the Savior prepares for our big Pentecost celebration next weekend, how have Jesus' final words guided us?

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Sermon Audio 2/5/2017, 5th Sunday after Epiphany A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year A

Isaiah 58:1-9a 

God challenges God's people to move beyond religious ritual into relationship with God and neighbor. How does this challenge fit into our lives of faith, and how do we respond? 

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Sermon Audio 1/22/2017, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Matthew 4:12-23 

On the weekend of a presidential inauguration, political divisions and uncertainties shape our public discourse. Into this transitional time, the lectionary gives us Paul preaching unity in Christ to the Corinthian church, and Jesus begins his public ministry by calling all to repentance in preparation for the kingdom of heaven. So let's dive in and talk politics. 

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