Holy Communion Lutheran Church sermons: Recent Episodes
Chasity Wiener
Unraveled Sermon Series What we can learn from Job From Righteousness to Wisdom Why do bad things happen to good people?
Unraveled Sermon Series What we can learn form Saul to Paul From Enemy to Brother What if I have done hurtful things?
Matthew 2:13 An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him."
Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed."
Welcome our guest speaker, Kolya Braun-Greiner, Creation Care Minister and Religious Educator at Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
Luke 13:31-35 How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings.
Mark 10:45 The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve" https://www.foodforthepoor.org
Mark 7: 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
John 6: 51 "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
King Herod said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.” And he solemnly swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.” She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.”
Surely you have heard about the latest internet craze about "laurel" and "yanny," right? Some hear the recording "laurel" and some hear "yanny" and yet it is the same recording! Because we listen differently, this makes us interpret our world differently. This Pentecost sermon explores the holy process of listening, especially when differing parties disagree.
Can we talk about love, in the every day grit of arthritis and when it is tough to love? It is there, that we will find DIVINE love.
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are.
John 3:16-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20 1 Then God spoke all these words:
2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.