Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Our text for this morning is the Gospel just read from St. Matthew chapter 25. Today we are going to talk about a great word that you don’t hear very much. The word is vindication. Vindication means that you have been […]
Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Holy Cross Lutheran Church Rocklin, California Pentecost 19, October 23, 2011 (revised) Matthew 22:34-46 TITLE: “The Law and the Prophets in Me†Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is from the Gospel lesson, particularly these words, You […]
Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Holy Cross Lutheran Church Rocklin, California Pentecost 18, Proper 23A (October 16, 2011) Matthew 22:15–21 TITLE: “Heavenly Citizenship†Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the Gospel lesson just read from Matthew 22, with focus on the words, […]
Rev. Todd A. Peperkorn Holy Cross Lutheran Church Rocklin, California Proper 17A Matthew 16:21-28 August 28, 2011 For an audio of this sermon, LS110047a Title: “Saving and Losing†Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Our text for this morning is taken from St. Matthew, chapter sixteen. We […]
2011Laetare_01 Meat pots. I’ve always liked that term from our Old Testament reading this morning. It’s even better in the King James: Fleshpots. The children of Israel longed for the fleshpots of Egypt. You get this picture that in Egypt, the children of Israel sort of lounged around, had food and drink served to them, […]