Sermons on Invitation
On the Road
Luke 24.13-35 — Word and sacrament (experience) cultivate faith, which is a gift of God and necessary to salvation and true discipleship.
Decision Time
John 12:12-19 — Opinions are divided over Jesus, but the invitation remains to believe, trust, and follow.
Work
John 21 — Jesus comes to the disciples, Peter, and us with an invitation to forgiveness and to continue working with him in the world.
Failure
John 18 — A look at the failures of Judas (betrayal) and Peter (denial) and Jesus’ grace-filled interactions with both of them.
God Speaks to You
Luke 2:8-20 — The extraordinary message from God through the angels teaches us how God still speaks to us today.
Blessed are the Poor
Matthew 5:1-3 — Jesus teaches that wealth, status, and righteousness do not earn a place in the Kingdom; rather, it is God’s gift.
Return to the Shepherd
Luke 24; 1 Peter 2:21-25 — Christ is died and risen so that God might welcome lost and wandering home.
Lukewarm
Revelation 3:14-22 — A look at spiritual ineffectivness, Jesus’ diagnosis and prescription for it, and the opportunity and invitation before us still.
Here is Your God
Isaiah 40:1-11 — God is here! What is God doing and how shall we respond?
Here is Ananias
Acts 9:10-19 — In Ananias we hear how God called and used an “ordinary person.”
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