Sunday, September 20, 2020

Sermon Audio 9/20/2020, 16th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 21:1-16

 

Are you envious because God is generous? Jesus and Jonah show us who God is. 

 

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Sermon Audio 9/13/2020, 15th Sunday after Pentecost A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 14:1-12

 

There is more than one way to follow Jesus, and no one practice of faith is the only one. 

 

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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Sermon Audio 9/6/2020, 14th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 13:8-14


Matthew 18:15-20

 

How do we live together? It turns out that maybe our relationships with one another are the hard part of following Jesus. 

 

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Monday, August 31, 2020

Sermon Audio 8/30/2020: Guest Preacher Shelby Condray

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A 


Jeremiah 15:15-21 

Romans 12:9-21 

Matthew 16:21-28 


Our guest preacher for this week, Shelby Condray, is a renaissance man in San Diego with a theological degree from Boston University and a passion for justice as an expression of the Gospel. His reflections on the shooting of Jacob Blake and the deaths of other Black and brown people at the hands of the state intersect with the prophetic words of Jeremiah, Paul, and Jesus to weave a powerful image of what it means for us to take up our cross. Enjoy. 


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Sunday, August 23, 2020

Sermon Audio 8/23/2020, 12th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 12:1-8

 

The transformation we experience in Jesus includes a renewed relationship with God, with our neighbors, and with our own bodies.

 

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Sunday, August 9, 2020

Sermon Audio 8/9/2020, 10th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 14:13-21

Psalm 85:8-13


God promises good to us, and Jesus shows us a way of caring for ourselves so we can care for others. 

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Sunday, August 2, 2020

Sermon Audio 8/2/2020, 9th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 14:13-21

Isaiah 55:1-5

Compassion leads Jesus to feed 5000 men (plus women and children!). We trace that compassion from our reading in Isaiah to today.  

 

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