Category Archives: Advent Sermons

Text: 2 Samuel 7:1-16 Date: Advent IV + 12/18/11 When St. Luke reports of the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary he says that Mary was “betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph,” and adds the important detail, “of the house of David.�… Continue reading →

Text: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Date: Advent III + 12/11/11 Last Sunday we heard the prophet Isaiah foretell the coming of John the Baptist. In today’s selection he speaks no more of him. Interestingly, even though the reading from John’s Gospel today re… Continue reading →

Text: Isaiah 49:1-11 Date: Advent II + 12/4/11 The number three is in the air today. At three-thirty this afternoon we look forward to having three musical stars lead us in our Third Annual Christmas Concert, flutists Alexander Zonjic and Ervin Monroe … Continue reading →

Text: Isaiah 64:1-9 Date: Advent I + 11/27/11 “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,” the prophet Isaiah leads God’s people to pray. But it is only when God seems far away, out of reach in the distant heavens that the heavens need to … Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Date: Advent IV + 12/19/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI “Genesis.” “The Beginning.” St. Matthew begins his Gospel with this word, “The book of the genesis,” the beginning, the genealogy of… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 11:2-15 Date: Advent III + 12/12/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Last Sunday, in Matthew chapter 3, a man named John appeared preaching a baptism of repentance. He looked like an Old Testament prophet—coat … Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Date: Advent II + 12/5/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Where did we come from? What was the beginning of creation? “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…. And God said…” (Gen… Continue reading →

Text: Matthew 21:1-11 Date: Advent I + 11/28/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI “And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name o… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 1:39-45
Date: Advent IV + 12/20/09
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI
Who was or were the first to worship the Christ Child? Not the wise men of the Epiphany which could have been as much as months or even years since His birth.  Not even the angels or the shepherds of Christmas [...] Continue reading →

Text: Luke 3:1-6
Date: Advent II + 12/6/09 (12/7/03)
Christ came for one purpose: as the world’s Savior from sin. John came on the scene for one purpose: to proclaim a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Anyone who would follow Jesus, then, does so because they have been made aware of the slavery of [...] Continue reading →