Category Archives: Pentecost Sermons

Text: Luke 14:1-14 Date: Pentecost XIV (Proper 17) + 8/29/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI God Himself is present: Let us now adore Him And with awe appear before Him. God is in His temple; All within keep silence; Humbly k… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 13:22-30 Date: Pentecost XIII (Proper16) + 8/22/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI It was an innocent enough question. Just religious curiosity, I suppose, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” When you look… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 12:22-34 Date: Pentecost XI (Proper 14) + 8/8/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI This Sunday’s Word is about faith. But it’s more than that. The first two readings are about faith and the third reading from Luk… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 12:13-21 Date: Pentecost X (Proper 13) + 8/1/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI This is a most difficult sermon on a most difficult Word. It is difficult, first, because the bottom line, the “punch line,” the b… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 11:1-13 Date: Pentecost IX (Proper 12) St. James the Elder, Apostle + 7/25/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI At the end of the tenth chapter of Luke’s Gospel last week we understood the concluding story at the h… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 10:38-42 Date: Pentecost VIII (Proper 11) + 7/18/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Rochester Hills, MI The ninth and tenth chapters of St. Luke’s Gospel have, among other things, addressed what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. It i… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 10:25-37 (Lev. 19:9-18) Date: Pentecost 7 (Proper 10) + 7/11/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI I met a pastor friend of mine for lunch Friday at the airport, on his way to the LC-MS convention in Houston. He told … Continue reading →

Text: Luke 10:1-20 Date: Pentecost VI (Proper 9) + 7/4/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” He was, of course, speaking of people, sinners He came to redeem … Continue reading →

Text: Luke 9:51-62 Date: Pentecost V (Proper 8 ) + 6/27/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI Face it, you’re done. Face it, you’re toast. Face the facts. Face the music. Face up to reality. When we are asked or ordered to f… Continue reading →

Text: Luke 8:26-39 Date: Pentecost 4 (Proper 7) + 6/20/10 Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI St. Luke’s account of Jesus’ healing of a man possessed by demons is striking in its detail and not a little puzzling in its releva… Continue reading →