The Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent John 4:5–30, 39–42 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor One of the ways to add a little variety to daily Bible study is to vary the amount of the bible that you read from day to day. On some days, you can […]
The Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1–17 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor Today’s Gospel is one of those readings that reminds us that not all Pharisees were hypocrites. Some were genuine. Nicodemus was one of the genuine ones. Some of the Pharisees were convinced that […]
Sermon for Invocavit Sunday Pastor Robin Fish Shaped by the Cross Lutheran Church Laurie, MO Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Our Gospel this morning is the familiar account to the temptation of Jesus. These temptations echo the temptation of Eve. Jesus was recapitulating the testing of mankind, taking a second run at it if […]
The Sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord Matthew 17:1–9 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church; Hoopeston, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor Today is already the last Sunday after the Epiphany. The Gospel for the Last Sunday of the Epiphany always tells of the Transfiguration – that event when Jesus took His inner circle of three […]
Epiphany 6, series A – Matthew 5:21-37 St. John Lutheran Church Galveston, Texas, Rev. Alan Taylor Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. We have before us this morning some rather harsh words from Matthew 5. Having told us that murder, lust, and […]
The Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Matthew 5:13–20 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor This morning’s Gospel picks up where last week’s Gospel left off. We are still in the first chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. To more fully understand the teachings of Jesus that […]
The Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Matthew 5:1–12 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor I have no idea what kind of nightmares you have, but people who study dreams say that there are some themes that are very common. One of them is being unprepared for a […]
The Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany Matthew 4:12–25 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor It is interesting to compare Matthew’s account of the beginnings of the preaching ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus. He introduces John’s preaching in the third chapter of his account of the Gospel. […]
The Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany John 1:29 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor There is a basic formula in physics that draws all the disciplines of that science into one sentence and that formula is F=ma. F stands for force, m stands for mass, and a […]
The Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord Matthew 3:13–17 St Paul Lutheran Church, Manito, IL Rev. James T. Batchelor Every year, the season of Epiphany begins with the account of the magi visiting the Christ child. The Sunday following the Epiphany looks to the baptism of Jesus. This year it is Matthew’s turn to […]