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  • Prayers and Pleas

    “The LORD has heard my prayer; The LORD takes up my plea.” (Psalm 6:10, NAB)

  • Confess, Fear Not, and Follow

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6–7, 2010, for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. + + + Readings Isaiah 6:1–13 Psalm 138 (antiphon v. 2) 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 Luke 5:1–11 + + + Prayer Gracious God, open our eyes to the life-giving…

  • Selected, Sent, and Inspired

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30–31, 2010, for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. + + + Readings Jeremiah 1:4–10 Psalm 71:1–6 (antiphon v.6) 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 Luke 4:21–30 + + + Prayer Gracious God, open our eyes to the life-giving light…

  • Rescue from Peril

    “In their distress they cried to the LORD, who rescued them in their peril.” (Psalm 107:6, NAB)

  • Hope on the Fringes

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23–24, 2010, for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany. + + + Readings Nehemiah 8:1–3, 5–6, 8–10 Psalm 19 (antiphon v. 7) 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a Luke 4:14–21 + + + Prayer Gracious God, open our eyes to…

  • Hold Fast

    “The LORD, your God, shall you fear and him shall you serve; hold fast to him and swear by his name.” (Deuteronomy 10:20, NAB)

  • After All

    Moses prayed, “They are, after all, your people and your heritage, whom you have brought out by your great power and with your outstretched arm.” (Deuteronomy 9:29, NAB)

  • Not By Bread Alone

    “[God] therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD.” (Deuteronomy 8:3, NAB)

  • What is Your Allotment?

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16–17, 2010, for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. + + + Readings Isaiah 62:1–5 Psalm 36:5–10 (antiphon v. 8) 1 Corinthians 12:1–11 John 2:1–11 + + + Prayer Gracious God, open our eyes to the life-giving…

  • Not Proud or Haughty

    “LORD, my heart is not proud; nor are my eyes haughty.” (Psalm 131:1a, NAB)