Matthew 6:24-34 Epiphany 8 February 27th, 2011 “What are You Worried About?” I asked around this week what worries people the most. I suppo...

Grace Lutheran Church, Racine, WI 2011 Lenten Series 7 Deadly Sins – 1 Loving Savior Theologians in times past developed a list of “7 deadly...

Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6 February 13th, 2011 “Raising the Bar” Have you ever murdered someone? No? Have you ever cheated on your spouse?...

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Epiphany 4 January 30th, 2011 “Preaching Foolishness” “That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!” Anyone ever said...

John 1:29-42 Epiphany 2 January 16th, 2011 “Behold the Lamb” We're two Sundays in to the season of Epiphany. And as I say every year, t...

Luke 2:41-52 Christmas 2 January 2nd, 2011 “It is Necessary” It's a week and a day after Christmas and already Jesus is 12. That's ...

Acts 6:8-7:2a, 51-60 Feast of St. Stephen December 26th, 2010 “In His Footsteps” The Christian Church today marks a special remembrance for ...

Isaiah 9:2 Christmas Eve December 24th, 2010 “A Great Light” The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in ...

Matthew 1:18-25 Advent 4 December 19th, 2010 “He will Save His People” You will call his name Jesus, because he will teach his people how to...

Matthew 11:2-15 Advent 3 December 12th, 2010 “Look, Listen” Last week we saw John the Baptist at the peak of his ministry – baptizing crowds...

Recently, a Lutheran discussion forum mentioned this document by C.F.W. Walther: "The Proper Form of an Evangelical Lutheran Congregati...

Matthew 3:1-12 Advent 2 December 5th, 2010 “Sticks and Stones” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” So the...

Matthew 21:1-11 Advent 1 November 28, 2010 “Palm Sunday in Advent?” If you just came to church today and heard our Gospel reading, you might...

Luke 21:5-36 November 14th, 2010 “Words Enduring to the End” It's that time of year again – that time of the church year, I mean. That ...

Sermon- Reformation Day John 8:31-36 October 31st, 2010 “Truth and Freedom and Christ” A happy and blessed Reformation day to you all. Toda...

Luke 18:1-8 October 17h, 2010 “Pester Me” Once again we have Jesus telling a parable to illustrate the Kingdom of God – and Luke tells us th...

I like to read the speculations of futurists - scientists and psuedo-scientists who opine as to what the future holds- and especially how t...

From this week's readings in the Treasury of Daily Prayer: ...As an entire race is brought to honor by a marriage, so the marriage of th...

Luke 16:19-31 September 26th, 2010 “The Rich Man and Lazarus, Faith and the Word” Once upon a time, we are told, there lived a rich man - dr...