Sermons from April 2023

Acts 10:1-17, 34-48 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of theItalian Cohort, as it was called. 2He was a devout man who feared Godwith all his household; he gave alms generously to the people andprayed constantly to God. 3One afternoon at about three o’clock he hada vision in which he clearly saw an angel of God coming in and sayingto him,…

Matthew 28:16-20 16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to whichJesus had directed them. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him;but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority inheaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and makedisciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and ofthe Son and of…

Matthew 28:1-15 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, MaryMagdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And suddenlythere was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending fromheaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearancewas like lightning and his clothing white as snow. 4 For fear of him theguards shook…

Matthew 25:31-46

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at theMount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into thevillage ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and acolt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anythingto you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send themimmediately.” 4This…

Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids tooktheir lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them werefoolish, and five were wise. 3When the foolish took their lamps, theytook no oil with them; 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with theirlamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsyand slept. 6But at midnight…

Matthew 22:1-14 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom ofheaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet forhis son. 3He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to thewedding banquet, but they would not come. 4Again he sent otherslaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited: Look, I haveprepared my dinner, my oxen and…

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early inthe morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with thelaborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.3When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle inthe marketplace; 4 and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,and I will pay you whatever is…

Matthew 18:15-35 Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you,go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the memberlistens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listenedto, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may beconfirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17If the memberrefuses to…

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is thegreatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2He called a child, whom heput among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change andbecome like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.4Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdomof heaven. 5Whoever welcomes one such child…