Sermon Audio 8/24/2014, 11th Sunday after Pentecost A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

"Who do you say that I am?" Who so we say Jesus is? Who do others say we are? Given the recent (and ongoing) unrest in Ferguson, MO, who do we say Michael Brown is? Jesus asks hard questions, and invites us to do the same.

Matthew 16:13-20

¹³Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. ¹⁸And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. ¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” ²⁰Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

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Sermon Audio 10/20/2013

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

This line from today's lesson, "All scripture is inspired by God," has vexed me for years. How do we read the Bible, and why does the Bible have authority in our lives and in the church? These questions may be easier to address in a Bible study than in a sermon, but we took a shot at it, anyway.

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Sermon Audio, 9/23/2012

I'm trying again to publish audio recordings of sermons. We'll have to see how it goes!

This sermon was about questions.

Mark  9.30-37
17th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B