I Confess!
Sermon for Quasimodogeniti: 1st Sunday after Easter April 27, 2025Text: John 20:19-31 Historic Series 25:2500Theme: I Confess! I. “I should have been there!”My heart was heavy. I must confess. It shames me to think what I did. It all could have been avoided for I should have been there. But I wasn’t. I was just feeling sorry for myself. Call it self-pity, but I deserted my brothers. Worse yet, I abandoned my Savior. Had I been there, this would not…
Comfort at the Grave: I Know My Redeemer Lives!
Sermon for Easter – The Resurrection of Our Lord April 20, 2025 Text: Job 19:23-27 Free Text 25:2499 Theme: Comfort at the Grave: I Know My Redeemer Lives! I. The Opening Grave Before Us.Whether or not that is the case comes down to the truth that Job confessed in our text when he said, “I Know that My Redeemer Lives!” Those are words of a greatly loved Easter hymn that we always sing at the end of an Easter Sunday…
The Seven Words of Suffering from the Cross
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 4717 S. Farm Road 135 – Golden Springfield, Missouri 65810 Church office: 417.887.0886 Pastor’s cell: 417.693.3244 The Introductory Meditation: Our Savior’s Parting Gift On Maundy Thursday, where possible, believers come to God’s house to receive the Lord’s Supper. This Sacramental meal bridges nearly two thousand years and thousands of miles for us, taking us back to the cross in a most personal and intimate way. As He finished the Passover meal with His disciples…
Christ! What Kind of a Person Is This?
The Sixth Sunday in Lent: Palm Sunday April 13, 2025Text: Philippians 2:5-11 Historic Series 25:2498 Theme: Christ – What Kind of a Person Is This? The soldier who intends to gain a victory over his enemy pulls all kinds of weapons to his side – rifle, grenades, bayonet, night-vision goggles, bullet proof vest, helmet, and more. Besides his personal gear, there are the tanks, missiles, drones, airplanes, bombs, and more behind and above him that support him in the fight.…
Shadows of the Savior: The Bronze Snake
Midweek Lent 6 April 9 & 10 2025Theme: Shadows of the Savior: The Bronze Snake 25:2497Text: Numbers 21:4-9 I. The poison was fatal.It came about while Israel was on the long journey from Egypt to the Promised Land of Canaan. The journey started out with excitement and promise. The people were free. But things did not go the way they expected. Their travel led through the hot and dusty desert where many difficulties confronted them. There was little food and…
Christ, the Mediator I Needed
The Fifth Sunday in Lent: Judica, “Judge Me, O God” April 6, 2025Text: Hebrews 9:11-15 Historic Series 25:2496Theme: Christ, the Mediator I Needed. I. …because we all, in sin, are lacking before a holy God.In our text this truth is couched in pictures from the Old Testament when Israel was wandering through the wilderness after leaving their time of slavery in Egypt. Their place of worship was a specially made tent, which God designed, called the Tabernacle. The one who…
Shadows of the Savior: The Water from the Rock
Midweek Lent 5 April 2 & 3, 2025 Theme: Shadows of the Savior: The Water from the Rock 25:2495 Text: Exodus 17:1-7 We cannot live without water. It is indispensable for life. After working outside on a hot summer day, there is nothing more refreshing than a tall glass of cold water. We need it so much that we say we are dying of thirst. Ask someone who just came through surgery and is not allowed to have…