We are all born with an innate sense of fairness. While that sense can be the foundation for human justice, our broken hearts often twist "fairness" into an ego-centric trap: envy. In this message based on Matthew 20:1-16, we dive into Jesus’ Parable of the...
As Jesus easts with tax collectors and sinners he tells the Pharisees that he has not come to call the righteous but sinners, implying that the pharisees do not recognize that they are sinners. Liturgist and Preacher: Dr. George Gude; Reader: William Ellington and Dr....
What does it mean that we worship a Triune God? While the word "Triune" isn’t explicitly found in the pages of Scripture, the early Christian Church carefully adopted this term to defend and proclaim the truth of the one true God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
This Pentecost sermon emphasizes that the true miracle of Pentecost is not the dramatic signs like tongues of fire, but that the Holy Spirit enables the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached and heard “in your own language,” creating faith through Word and Sacrament....
When Jesus ascended into heaven, He didn't leave us empty-handed. In fact, Luke 24 reveals a beautiful detail: as Jesus was being taken up into the clouds, His hands were raised in the middle of blessing His disciples. Because His physical ascension was not the...
In the heart of Athens, the center of human philosophy and reason, St. Paul encountered a city filled with idols—including an altar to an "Unknown God." Despite their immense intellect, the Athenians were missing the one thing that truly matters: a...
