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 4/22/2018, Easter 4B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B 

Psalm 23 

This Psalm is enormously popular because it shares God's love for us in such clear, evocative images.

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Sermon Audio 4/15/2018, Easter 3B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

Luke 24:36b-48 

The church is Christ's body in the world, and we are members of that body. Baptism and eucharist lead us into the work of being Christ's body.

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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 3/29/2018, Maundy Thursday

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-35 

We begin our celebration of the Three Days with a sermon from guest preacher Rev. Sarah Friesen-Carper, Assistant to the Bishop for Congregational and Leadership Excellence in the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the ELCA.

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Sermon Audio 3/25/2018, Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, Lectionary Year B

John 12:12-19

Mark 15 

Palm Sunday and Sunday of the Passion are a lot to process. On Saturday evening, after I'd gotten the baby to sleep, I sat down and saw that my social media feeds were filled with stories, images, and videos of that day's March for Our Lives. I knew I would need to scrap the sermon I had planned and write a new one to reflect the connection between Jesus' own procession into Jerusalem and the march of 800,000 people led by teens and children in Washington, DC. I opted for a fully scripted sermon, a practice I reserve for rare occasions.

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