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Sermon for 2nd Sunday in Lent

First Reading: Jeremiah 26:8-15 8When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die! 9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be … [Read more…]

Sermon for the 1st Sunday in Lent

First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 1{Moses said to the Israelites,} “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your … [Read more…]

Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday 2025

First Reading: Deuteronomy 34:1-12  1Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, 2all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western … [Read more…]

Sermon for 7th Sunday after the Epiphany

First Reading: Genesis 45:3-15  3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 4So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom … [Read more…]

Sermon for the 6th Sunday after the Epiphany

First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8  5Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. 6He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an … [Read more…]

Sermon for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2025

First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 [9-13]  1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, … [Read more…]

Sermon for 4th Sunday after the Epiphany 2025

First Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-19  4Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 6Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for … [Read more…]

Sermon for 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany 2025

First Reading: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10  1All the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women … [Read more…]

Sermon for Baptism of our Lord 2025

First Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7  1Now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not … [Read more…]

Sermon for Christmas 2 January 2025

First Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-15  4The king {Solomon} went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6And Solomon … [Read more…]