Redemption Lutheran Sermons

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

A Faith-Filled Lamp Welcomes the Bridegroom - Nov 12, 2023

Sermon Text Matthew 25 : 1 -13

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

 

Preached on Nov 12, 2023 by Pastor Jonah Albrecht

A Sanctified Change Awaits the Children of God - Trinity 22

Sermon Text 1 John 3 : 1-3

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ²Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. ³And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Preached on Nov 5, 2023 by Pastor Jonah Albrecht.

Jesus Speaks with God's Authority - Epiphany 4

Sermon Text Mark 1 : 21-28

And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-- the Holy One of God." 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him." 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

Preached Jan 28, 2024 by Pastor Jonah Albrecht

Baptism Gives Life From Death - Epiphany 2

Sermon Text Romans 6:1-11

Preached Jan 14, 2024 by Pastor Jonah Albrecht

God's Secret to Fishing For Men - Epiphany 3

Sermon Text Mark 1 : 14-20

by Pastor Jonah Albrecht