Sermons from 2025 (Page 2)

Sermons from 2025 (Page 2)

One in Christ

NEW TESTAMENT READING Galatians 3:1-9, 23-291You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyesthat Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! 2The only thing Iwant to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing theworks of the law or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so foolish?Having started with the Spirit, are you now…

Living by Faith

NEW TESTAMENT READING Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-2113You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violentlypersecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14I advancedin Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was farmore zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15But when God, whohad set me apart before I was born and…

The Council at Jerusalem

NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 15:1-181Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching thebrothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses,you cannot be saved.” 2And after Paul and Barnabas had no smalldissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of theothers were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question…

Ethiopian Eunuch Baptized

NEW TESTAMENT READINGActs 8:26-3926Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward thesouth to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is awilderness road.) 27So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopianeunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, incharge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship…

Stephen’s Witness

NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 6:1—7:2a, 44-606Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number,the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widowswere being neglected in the daily distribution of food. 2And the twelvecalled together the whole community of the disciples and said, “It is notright that we should neglect the word of God in order…

Emmaus Road

GOSPEL READING Luke 24:13-35 Reader: The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the 24th chapter.All: Glory to you, O Lord. 13Now on that same day two of them were going to a village calledEmmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with eachother about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talkingand discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with…

Easter Sunday: The Day of Resurrection

GOSPEL READING Luke 24:1-12Reader: The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the 24th chapter.All: Glory to you, O Lord.24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb,taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolledaway from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find thebody. 4 While they were perplexed about this,…

Palm Sunday

PALM SUNDAY GOSPELLuke 19:29-4029When Jesus had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place calledthe Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 30saying, “Go into thevillage ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a coltthat has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asksyou, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord…

Zacchaeus: The Fifth Sunday of Lent

GOSPEL READING Luke 18:31—19:10Reader: The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the 18th and 19th chapters.All: Glory to you, O Lord. 31Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we are going upto Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by theprophets will be accomplished. 32For he will be handed over to theGentiles; and he will be mocked and…