Being ready for Christ’s return isn’t a matter of knowing when it will occur, it is rather a question of being faithful to the tasks we have been given. You don’t need chats and diagrams to understand what Jesus said in Mark 13, just simple faith in your savior.
Tag Archives: Lutheran Sermons
Dying and Rising with Christ
In this sermon on Mark 9:38-50, Pastor Hinkle provides an overview of the lesson, but focuses on the most difficult part where Jesus says it would be better to cut off our hands and feet than to continue in sin and better to have a millstone fastened around our neck and be cast into the sea than to lead a child into sin. Pastor Hinkle explains that we need to take sin very seriously and avoid it, but that it is God who does the surgery when he buries us with Christ and raises us to new life through baptism.
The Wisdom of Service
There are different kinds of spiritual wisdom and they lead to different ways of living. This short sermon from Mark 9:30-37 and James 3 will help you sort out the difference between demonic wisdom and the wisdom that comes from the one true God.
Opening Ears, Hearts, and Mouths
Pastor Hinkle’s Sermon on Mark 7:31-37 for Pentecost 16.
Why You Need the Armor of God
What is the Armor of God? Why do you need it? Where do you get it? What else do you need? Listen and find out!
Submit to One Another
English translations of Ephesians 5 often encourage us to submit to one another, but how? and what does that mean? What is the Spirit of God trying to accomplish in our homes? How should modern families hear and apply these words written so long ago to people of another culture? Listen in and find out!
Three Ways to Redeem the Time
Paul wrote to the Ephesians that they should redeem the time because the days were evil. How and why do we do that?
