Redemption Lutheran Sermons

God on Trial: Testimony

Sermon Text Matthew 26: 59-70

Preached on Wednesday March 6, 2024 

God on Trial: Respite

Sermon Text Luke 22:7-20

The theme for the service was Maunday Thursday and the Lord's Supper.

Preached March 10, 2024

 

No Such Thing as Easy Worship - Lent 3

Sermon Text John 2 : 13-22

¹³ The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  ¹⁴ In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.  ¹⁵ And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”  ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” ¹⁸ So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” things?”  ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”²⁰ The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But he was speaking about the temple of his body. ²² When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. 

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht on Mar 3, 2024

God on Trial: Misconceptions - Lent Feb 28

Sermon Text:  Luke 23:1-12

Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. ²And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king." ³And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so." ⁴Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man." ⁵But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place." ⁶When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. ⁷And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. ⁸ When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him. ⁹So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer. ¹⁰The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. ¹¹And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. ¹²And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht

for midweek service Feb 28, 2024

The Most Important Name Change in History - Lent 2

Sermon Text: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16

¹When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, ² that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly." ³ Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, ⁴ "Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵ No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶ I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. ⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.”. . . .And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. ¹⁶ I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her."

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht 

Feb 25, 2024

God on Trial: Accusations - Lent Feb 21

Sermon Text Job 40:1-2, 42:1-6

The Lord responded to Job and said: Will the one who makes charges against the Almighty dare to correct Him?  The one who accuses God should make his case!

Job responded to the Lord. He said:

I know that You can do all things. No purpose of Yours can be thwarted. You asked, “Who is this who spreads darkness over My plans with his ignorant words?” I have made statements about things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

You said, “Listen now and I will speak.
I will ask you questions, and you will inform Me.”
My ear heard about You. Now my eyes see You.
So I despise myself. I repent in dust and ashes. [EHV]

Sermon written by Pastor James Albrecht

 

A Test You Have to Pass - 1st Sunday in Lent

Sermon Text Genesis 22 : 1-18

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht - Feb 18, 2024

 

 

God on Trial: Restraint - Ash Wednesday

Sermon Text Luke 22 : 47-5

While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸ but Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?" ⁴⁹ And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" ⁵⁰ And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹But Jesus said, "No more of this!" And he touched his ear and healed him. ⁵² Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³ When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht on Feb 11, 2024

 

Do Not Lose Heart, You Have the Gospel Ministry - Transfiguration Sunday

Sermon Text 1 Corinthians 4 : 1-6

¹Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not
lose heart. ²But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways.
We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by
the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to
everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. ³And even if our gospel is
veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. ⁴In their case
the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to
keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,
who is the image of God. ⁵For what we proclaim is not ourselves,
but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’
sake. ⁶For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has
shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Preached by Pastor Jonah Albrecht - Feb 11, 2024

God is God All By Himself - Epiphany 5

Sermon text Isaiah 40: 18-26

To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? ¹⁹ An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains. ²⁰ He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move. ²¹ Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? ²² It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; ²³ who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. ²⁴ Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. ²⁵ To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.

Preached on Feb 4, 2024 by Pastor Jonah Albrecht