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Three Tricks of the Devil Our texts bring up three tricks of the devil. Jesus says, “He who is not with me is against me.” The devils trick then 1.) wants to convince those who are with Christ, that Christ is against them, 2.) to convince those who are against Christ, that Christ is for...

Instruction by Wrestling “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way (Ps. 25:8).” This is a part of our Introit today and I want to ask this question, “How is it that our Lord instructs sinners, that is us, in his way?” And our Old Testament reading (Genesis 32:22-32) and...

Text Luke 18:31-43 and 1 Cor. 13:1-13 Two Types of Blindness In our gospel reading there are two types of blindness. One is quite easy for Jesus to reverse. “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” Jesus speaks, creation is restored, His words become reality, and faith receives everything that Jesus says. The other...

Sermon Summary for The Second Sunday Before Lent: Luke 8:4-15 Do Not Say, “I’m Glad I’m Not The Rocky Soil” This is not a parable in which you are to ask, “Which type of soil am I?” Because, you dear Christian are all four soils. Please do not say “Boy I feel really bad for...

The Third Sunday Before Lent Staying Sensitive to Grace Dear Saints, It is very easy to become desensitized to things that we should be sensitive to.  Do you know what I mean by this?  We have this example when we’re watching TV and the once loud volume doesn’t seem to be loud enough anymore.  We’ve...

About the Text (John 2:1-11) Change.  It’s all over the place in our lives, in our world and in this text.  Now, we often think of change as something to be avoided, something uncertain.  But when we see this text, we see that change can be good.  Water changing into wine, empty changing into full,...

Introduction and About the Text (Matthew 2:1-12)             Our Lord’s coming brings three responses and you see these three in this reading right here.  Faith – vs. 2.  Anger – vs. 3 and Herod.  Apathy – vs. 3 and Jerusalem.  Where is the apathy?  The news has come to the Jewish people that it is...

Introduction and About the Text (Matthew 2:13-22) I’m not much of a planner of sorts.  I know others who are much better at planning things down to the minute detail.  And we all know how little our plans actually matter at times.  We all have had our plans, some small and not so important, and...

Children grow up, and they do it fast.  They are not meant to stay an infant forever.  They are not meant to toddle around all their life or be completely dependent upon mom and dad all their life.  There are great joys in watching them grow up.  Smiles abound when they learn to read, when...