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