This weekend, we mark All Saints’ Day, celebrating the promise that saints are made by God’s grace, not by the good works we do or how much we give. Everything we do is in response to what God has already done
In today’s sermon, we’re exploring the blind beggar Bartimaeus as an example of faith for us today. This is the sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, for October 24, 2021. The Scripture readings for today are Jeremiah 31:7-9
This week, we hear an uncomfortable story from Mark 10 where Jesus tells a rich man to sell all his possessions, give the money to the poor, and follow him. Shocked, the man goes away grieving, “for he had many
What are we, that God should be mindful of us? What a great paradox of faith that we are cosmically insignificant, yet we have been claimed as children of God. A sermon for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost on Hebrews
Jesus’ criteria for greatness is dramatically different than that of the world. Greatness is found in being a servant to all. Here’s the sermon for September 19, 2021, on Mark 9:30-37 (and why “The Activist” is a terrible idea for