Bible Text: St Luke 17:11-19 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem; that’s how the reading starts (Lk. 17:11). Jesus has been on His way to Jerusalem since chapter 9 of Luke’s Gospel, where it says, “when the time had come for Him to be
Bible Text: St Luke 16:1–13| Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard On the surface this is a very strange parable. It makes sense that a man who was committing fraud loses his job. It makes sense that if he had no scruples to begin with, then he’d have no problem committing more fraud
Bible Text: St Mark 8:1–9 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard In the Old Testament reading this morning we heard a description of the Garden of Eden. The garden had a great river watering it, trees with all manner of fruit, all the fresh produce one could imagine. And in contrast
Bible Text: St Luke 5:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard We are in “this poor life of labor,” as we sing in the hymn (LSB 708:2), and we’ll sing at the close of service, “Jesus, lead Thou on till our rest is won” (LSB 718:1), because we don’t get to
Bible Text: St John 16:5–15 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard The time draws near for Jesus to depart to His Father. Ascension is in eleven days, at which time Jesus finishes His course and returns to His Father. It is good that Jesus ascended into heaven. When Jesus ascended into
Bible Text: St John 18-19 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard At Christmas we celebrated that the Son of God has become a man, and in Scripture we see evidences of both His divine nature and His human nature. On one occasion Jesus fell asleep in the boat, showing His humanity.
Bible Text: St Matthew’s Passion (26:1–27:66) | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Jesus sent the disciples to bring the donkey and colt. He didn’t say anything about putting garments on the donkey. The disciples simply wanted to put something between their Lord and a dirty animal. Jesus deserves better than sitting
Bible Text: St Matthew 4:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard When the children of Israel came to the Red Sea, they saw the water before them and pharaoh’s army closing in behind them, and they were very afraid and cried out to the Lord (Ex. 14:10). It was the very
Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Rejoice tonight, dear saints: the Son of God has become a man! “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Lk.
Bible Text: St. Matthew 11:2–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. John the Baptist sits in prison. King Herod had taken his brother’s wife, John had told him, “It is not lawful for you to have her”
