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