Sermon on St. Luke 2:41-52 The First Sunday after the Epiphany 11 January 2009   + In the Name of Jesus +   and in favor with God and men.  –   St. Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, Today’s Gospel lesson is the only detailed account we have of Jesus’ life between […]

Sermon on St. Luke 2:1-14 Christmas Day 25 December 2008  + Jesu Juva + And the Word was made Flesh  And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. — John 1:14 Truth arose from the […]

Sermon on St. John 1:19-28 Advent IV 21 December 2008   + In the Name of Jesus + O Wisdom, proceeding from the mouth of the Most High, pervading and permeating all creation, mightily ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.   I was hesitant when the Lutheran Church introduced blue […]

Below you’ll find a couple excerpts from Burnell Eckardt’s blog, Gottesblog. In it he laments the changes made to the one year lectionary in LSB. You may read them as you see fit. I wanted to make one comment, really. Okay, a question and a comment. First off, what changes are we talking about here? […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Just when Peter thought it was good to be on the mount of Transfiguration with Jesus, Moses, Elijah, James, and John, he heard a voice coming out of the cloud that surrounded them: this is My beloved Son, in […]