Filled with Wisdom
January 5, 2025 – Second Sunday of Christmas
Rev. Thomas Eggold
God’s Wisdom saves you. The teachers in Jerusalem were being taught by the One in whom all wisdom is found. In Christ Jesus, the Passover Lamb was sacrificed for our sins once and for all. In Christ Jesus, the punishment for our foolishness was received. We have been forgiven and heaven is ours.
Sermon Text: Luke 2:40
Readings: Psalm 119:97-104; 1 Kings 3:4-15; Luke 2:40-52
Baptized into Christ
January 12, 2025 – The Baptism of Our Lord
Rev. Shayne Jonker
“For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his” (Romans 6:5 ESV). Today we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord in the Jordan, God in the flesh, and so also we celebrate our baptism into Christ. What a great comfort in the midst of temptation and trial, sin and death, and every distress that we can say to ourselves, “I am baptized into Christ!”
Sermon Text: Luke 3:21-22
Readings: Psalm 29; Romans 6:1-11; Luke 3:15-22
Read the Signs
January 19, 2025 – Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Rev. Paul Shoemaker
Recognizing and understanding signs is an important skill to master when learning to drive. Jesus performed many miraculous signs and wonders so we can see the signs and know He is the Christ, the Son of God.
Sermon Text: John 2:11
Readings: Psalm 118; Isaiah 62:1-5; John 2:1-11
Scripture Fulfilled
January 26, 2025 – Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Rev. William Mueller
Jesus is invited to choose and read the Scripture reading at a worship service in His hometown of Nazareth. He reads a powerful section from Isaiah the Prophet about the work of the Messiah. He startles the worshipers with the statement, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” What? How could this be? But it begs us to examine our own lives and ask ourselves, “Are we offended at what Jesus says?”
Sermon Text: Luke 4:16-30
Readings: Psalm 119:7-14; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4:16-30
Live in the Light
February 2, 2025 – The Purification of Mary and Presentation of Our Lord
Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer
The forces of light and darkness have clashed since the creation of the world. Jesus brings light into every corner of creation. Do we suppress His light through ignorance and neglect? Or do we live in the light?
Sermon Text: Luke 2:32
Readings: Psalm 84; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-32
Holy, Holy, Holy
February 9, 2025 – Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Rev. Dr. Walter Maier III
We know all too well that God is holy, and we human beings are not. Isaiah also knew this, and each one of us joins with him in crying out, “Woe is me!” But Christ became sin for us, and that means for us a blessed reality here on earth and in the life to come when we will be holy!
Sermon Text: Isaiah 6:1-8
Readings: Psalm 99; Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 5:1-11
Blessed Are You
February 16, 2025 – Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
Rev. Thomas Eggold
The term “blessed” is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in our cultural vocabulary. Today we find this word “blessed” coming straight from the mouth of Jesus, but the way He uses the word stands in blatant contrast to the way it’s used in the world. Everything about today’s Gospel lesson challenges our natural and cultural understanding of what it means to be “blessed.”
Sermon Text: Luke 6:22
Readings: Psalm 1; Jeremiah 17:5-8; Luke 6:17-26
The Baptized Life
February 23, 2025 – Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Rev. Shayne Jonker
Our Lord Jesus Christ had mercy on us though we did not deserve it. Our ingratitude should be punished, but instead He forgave it and gave us even more. Our wickedness should be judged as worthy of hell, but He gave His own Son hell, and gave us heaven instead. Living in and under the love, grace, and mercy of God in His Son, Jesus Christ, life looks different, sinners look different, enemies look different, and love and mercy is not only possible, but natural.
Sermon Text: Luke 6:27-28
Readings: Psalm 103:1-13; Genesis 45:3-15; Luke 6:27-38
Changed by the Mountain
March 2, 2025 – Transfiguration of Our Lord
Rev. William Mueller
Transfiguration Sunday is the day to remember the moment Jesus revealed His glory to Peter, James, and John. It was high upon a mountain. Two other “mountain climbers” – Moses and Elijah – appeared with the quartet. The account of Moses’ death upon Mt. Nebo, and his reappearance with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, invites us to see how we, too, are changed by the mountain.
Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Readings: Psalm 99; Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Luke 9:28-36
Can God Really Forgive Me?
March 5, 2025 – Ash Wednesday
Rev. Craig Mueller (Guest Pastor)
Are you ready for a journey through Lent? God’s mercy and forgiveness are real and powerful. God shows us His love and mercy in His dealing with King David. We are reminded that our Lord, in His mercy, also forgives all repentant sinners like us.
Sermon Text: Psalm 51
Readings: Psalm 51; Joel 2:12-19; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
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It Is Written
March 9, 2025 – First Sunday in Lent
Rev. Paul Shoemaker
Jesus, the sinless Son of God, took upon Himself all of our sins and paid the price for our forgiveness, in full, on Calvary’s cross. Jesus resisted Satan’s temptations and, in so doing, showed us how we, too, can resist. We turn to God’s Holy Word and rebuke Satan saying, “It is written.”
Sermon Text: Luke 4:1-13
Readings: Psalm 91:1-13; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13
Celestial Civics
March 16, 2025 – Second Sunday in Lent
Rev. Dr. Thomas Ahlersmeyer
Lent powerfully reminds us that we don’t belong here, that we hold heavenly citizenship. Today we learn of the privileges and responsibilities, the pitfalls and opportunities, of celestial citizenship.
Sermon Text: Philippians 3:20
Readings: Psalm 4; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35
Discipline From the Lord
March 23, 2025 – Third Sunday in Lent
Rev. Dr. Walter Maier III
We are all sinners. This means that, at times, we will receive discipline from the Lord. But rejoice! This discipline comes from the love of God and is for our good. This is corrective discipline; it is blessed discipline.
Sermon Text: Psalm 85
Readings: Psalm 85; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9
The Prodigal Father
March 30, 2025 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Rev. Thomas Eggold
When we return to our Lord in our sin, our heavenly Father is always there, arms wide open, ready to restore us to the family. Our sin is great and deserves nothing but punishment, but His grace is greater. Despite our sin, He continues to love us, He continues to seek us out, and He continues to deal with us with the love and mercy made possible in Jesus.
Sermon Text: Luke 15:11b
Readings: Psalm 32; Isaiah 12:1-6; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32