Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
-
Extremists for Love
Martin Luther King Jr. was considered an “extremist” by some. At first he rejected that name, but then he embraced it, suggesting he was an “extremist for love.” Christ calls us and equips us all to be “extremists for love.”
-
The Voice
His name was Jerome Hines—world-renowned opera icon; a bass whose four plus decades with the Metropolitan Opera was longer than any other artist in the Met’s history—and he was coming to play the title role in our small town production of BORIS GODUNOV…When he first opened his mouth to SING, stentorian tones of color and…
-
Joy and Shadow
It’s a nice myth to believe in, if you can manage, our culture’s myth of new beginnings on New Year’s Day: that the clock started over at midnight, that circumstances that dominated my life up until 12 o’clock last night have been swept away by one tick of the clock, that the world is fresh,…
-
Who is the Story For?
We know the story inside and out, for we’ve heard it year after year for as long as we can remember. The characters are so familiar, they feel like members of our own family. It’s a deeply personal story Luke tells us, but it’s set against the coarse canvas of EMPIRE. “All the old history,”…
-
Mary Said YES
When the angel Gabriel visits Mary, she doesn’t know what to make of it. After delivering his message he waits for her response. This silence. . . . these moments before she answers him, are some of the most powerful moments in all of Scripture. In this silence, as Gabriel waits, we catch a glimpse…
-
The One Who Shelters
During the nine day Christmas festival of Las Posadas, travelers reenact the story of Joseph seeking lodging with his pregnant young wife, Mary. For eight nights they are turned away, until finally, on the ninth night, their request for shelter moves the heart of an innkeeper who offers them all that he has–a stable. In…
-
Holding the Cord of Hope
We mark this holiday time with displays of glitz and glitter and erect strings of lights on our homes and businesses that will shine through these December nights. But behind these displays is, I think, a primitive urge to do what we can, in whatever way we can, to fight against the encroaching dark. And…
-
Let ‘er Rip
Something is afoot in the world. We’ve witnessed it all year. In country after country, people—fed up—have been taking to the streets. It started with Arab spring…and now Occupy Wall Street. The anger, frustration, and indignation of ordinary people compelled to say THE SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING ANYMORE. Compelled to say WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE…
-
Judging the Nations
The sheep and the goats. Is there a clearer image in the Scriptures of how we’re to live our lives as we wait for God’s reign to come in all its fullness? Where is Christ to be found in the world? Not in the board rooms of decision makers, not among the elite or powerful,…
-
From Revenge to Resurrection
On Veterans Day weekend, Psalm 90, the song of Moses, is our lens for examining the remarkable story of WW2 POW Louis Zamperini and how God brought him from a place of being consumed by his war experience and thoughts of revenge to a place of experiencing the gospel and forgiving his enemies in the…