Sermon Audio 4/18/2019, Maundy Thursday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

What does foot washing have to do with Jesus' new commandment to his disciples on that last night? 

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Sermon Audio 4/14/2019, Passion / Palm Sunday C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 23

We read Luke's version of Jesus' passion story in parts, with voices split among the assembly. This is our story because Jesus has made his story our story.

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Sermon Audio 4/7/2019, Lent 5C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year C 

John 12:1-8

Mary uses her hair to wash Jesus' feet with an unreasonable amount of expensive perfume. Why did she do this? Was it as strange to them as it sounds to us?

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Sermon Audio 3/31/2019, Fourth Sunday of Lent C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year C

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

In Jesus, God makes all things new. What does this look like in our lives? What does this mean for the church?

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Sermon Audio 3/17/2019, 2nd Sunday of Lent C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Second Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year C

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Luke 12:31-35

God's promise to Abram in Genesis 15 is one of the great moments in the history of God's people. This week we could not talk about God's promise without reference to the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and about the American-born white supremacy that inspired those attacks. How do we hear God's promise alongside such race- and religion-based violence?

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Sermon Audio 3/6/2019, Ash Wednesday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Ash Wednesday

Isaiah 58:1-12

Repent; turn back to Jesus. Remember what God can do with a broken vessel.

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Sermon Audio 3/3/2019, Transfiguration C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Transfiguration of Our Lord, Lectionary Year C

Luke 9:28-43a

How do we see God's glory in the Transfiguration? How do we see God's glory in Jesus' healing of a child? How do we see God's glory today?

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