Sermon for November 15, 2020

Grace to you all and peace from God our creator, and our Savior Jesus the Christ. Amen. I have said before and will say again that the best definition of the gospel I have ever heard is that the gospel is “God’s good news for our bad situations.” Yet, some weeks as we...

Sermon for November 8, 2020

Lectionary 32 – November 8, 2020 Faith Lutheran Church Isanti, MN In middle school, I had the opportunity to go on a Boy Scout trip to the Grand Canyon. For most of a week, we camped at the Havasupai Indian Reservation, and explored the surrounding canyons. The...

Sermon for November 1, 2020 – All Saints

Lectionary 31 (All Saints) – November 1, 2020 Faith Lutheran Church Isanti, MN   Revelation 7:9-17 Psalm 31:1-10, 22 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 The beatitudes that we just heard read today are part of the introduction to the larger sermon on the Mount that...

Sermon for October 25, 2020 – Reformation

Lectionary 30 – October 25, 2020 Faith Lutheran Church Isanti, MN Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 People like traveling for a lot of different reasons. Some people really like to go to all-inclusive resorts where all their meals are taken care...