St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and School | Beaver Dam, WI | 920.885.3309
A sermon on Luke 13:1-9 for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 24, 2019. It is time for us to go back to school for a little bit. I have a science question to ask you. What is Newton’s 3rd law of motion? You probably did not think that this would ever come up in…
Sermon on Luke 13:31-35 for the Second Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2019 In the Lord’s Prayer, we say “your kingdom come,” and “your will be done.” There are two angles on both of those petitions. First, if God’s kingdom is where God rules, then God’s kingdom is everything, right? There’s nothing beyond his control. And if…
A sermon on John 19:14-18 for Lenten Midweek worship service. The shrieks could be heard from down the hallway. Audible gasps from the gallery filled the air. Even some cheers showed excitement at what had just happened. The verdict just came in. The defendant, who sat confidently throughout the entire trial, heard his fate. His…
A sermon on Genesis 45:3-15, for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, February 21/24, 2019. They can be the best of friends. They can also be the worst of enemies. One minute they play a game together in the living room as happy as can be, but the next minute their voices fill the house with…
Sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, A, February 7/9/10, 2019, St. John’s, Juneau/Horicon; February 14/17, 2019, St. Stephen’s, Beaver Dam The Discovery Channel, A & E, and National Geographic all produced TV series called Mysteries of the Bible. Usually the topics were things like “The Dead Sea Scrolls,” “The Ark of the…
A sermon on Isaiah 61:1-6 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 24/27, 2019. Ed had been here before. It seemed like the new normal for his life. Ed would look across the desk. A doctor sat opposite him going over the file before them. For a moment the silence was deafening. Ed and his…
Sermon on Ephesians 3:14-21 for 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, January 20, 2019 A concern among child psychologists and probably teachers, and maybe parents today is that children aren’t allowed or forced to use their IMAGINATIONS. They don’t seem to read like children used to. They don’t seem to be shooed outside by Mom and…
Sermon on Titus 3:4–7 for the Baptism of Our Lord, C, January 10 & 13, 2019 In Catechism class, we teach the kids about the attributes of God. Maybe you remember some of them. They were the omni- words. God is omniscient, which means all-knowing. And he is omnipotent, which means all-powerful. And the easiest one, omnipresent,…
A sermon based on Acts 13:46-49 for Epiphany Sunday, January 3/6, 2019. In this current age of email, texts, Integra, and other digital forms of communication, a hand written note loses some of its appeal and joy. In a time before computers, and yes there used to be such a time, hand written notes were…
Sermon referencing Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Psalm 90, Hebrews 13:5-8, 14, Matthew 25:1-13 for New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2018 What is time? How would you define it? Someone might say time passes in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years progressing from past to present to future. That’s how we measure time. That’s the flow of time. That…
