Monthly Archives: November 2008

Text: Mark 11:1-10
Date: Advent I + St. Andrew, Apostle Day + 11/30/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

Having been given another day before the Lord’s final coming or Advent, we must therefore assume another day may turn into another week, another month, another year. And so Holy Church begins to tell [...] Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 25:31-46
Date: Last Sunday in the Church Year + 11/23/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

In the 25th chapter of Matthew’s Gospel we hear the words of our Lord Jesus talking about the coming Last Day of judgment. What may be surprising, however, is that our Lord actually speaks less [...] Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 25:14-30
Date: Pentecost XXVII (Proper 28) + 11/15/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

Last week the twenty-fifth chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel began making us Ready for the Lord’s final coming by telling us of the wisdom that relies on the grace of God; relies on it today before it [...] Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 25:1-13
Date: Pentecost XXVI (Proper 27) + 11/09/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

A parable of the kingdom of heaven, a story about the reign and rule of God. But in this parable Jesus does not say that the kingdom of heaven is like this but will be like this. [...] Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 5:1-12
Date: All Saints’ Day (Observed) + 11/2/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

Living in the northern hemisphere as we do, this time of year even meteorology and the changing weather help to turn our thinking and our mood to the subject of the end times—the end times of our [...] Continue reading →