Sermons from St. Marks Lutheran Church en-us https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/summaries.html https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons//a343.html?app=1 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 {001CED18-16DC-CF28-F7D1-D22594EBAF2B} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter/a290.html?app=1 A sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – “Is that the way you were raised?” parents sometimes wonder aloud. We too, as children of God, are being raised in a very specific way. We are to grow up into the salvation God has ... Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {C0942C7B-93D5-7E5A-B24E-EBF3DF31A18D} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-of-easter/a287.html?app=1 A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter – How do sheep hear the voice of their shepherd? Likely not by constant bleating. Rather, they keep an ear toward the shepherd. Otherwise, they wander off into trouble. Moreover, without an ear ... Sun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {DE753983-972C-A7A0-6BE1-D11BCAC6560E} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter/a284.html?app=1 A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter – Because God is gracious and merciful, he extends forgiveness and the gift of his Spirit to all, throughout the generations. He delivers our souls from sin and death, so that we may walk with ... Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {F084330D-30F2-5AA2-987A-084BACA48201} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-the-second-sunday-of-easter/a281.html?app=1 A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter – Watching basketball on television, one will sometimes hear the commentator say that one team has imposed their will on the game, that they will not be defeated. Sometimes it seems that the ... Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {3C18E5B6-5B7E-6670-5B79-DEEB3DFE72C6} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/a-sermon-for-easter-sunday/a277.html?app=1 A sermon for Easter Sunday – This is why Jesus was born, lived, suffered, and died: so that “the Lord of all” would be the good news of salvation to “everyone who believes in him,” thereby receiving ... Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {D7A62928-51E3-A5A2-74EE-DA6D88BF64A2} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/palm-sunday/a264.html?app=1 A sermon for Palm Sunday – As I type this, it is a beautiful, sunny day here in North Carolina. But this is not the sort of day the psalmist had in mind when he composed, "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and ... Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {455C103A-CE04-78CA-79BA-866DF59C7452} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/fifth-sunday-in-lent/a260.html?app=1 A sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent – A valley of long-dead bones is revivified. A dead man is raised from the grave. And we too, who were dead in our sins, dead men walking in this flesh, are raised to new life in Christ. Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {7DA5968E-3272-9987-92F7-39A32C06447D} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/fourth-sunday-in-lent/a257.html?app=1 A sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent – Those who would walk in the Light, must be led by the Light. Only then may they be light to others.  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700 {0B23A926-2BB1-DD5A-9CAD-49CFA0F43302} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/second-sunday-in-lent/a252.html?app=1 A sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent – Maybe God has called you to another city, another job, another church or family. He does so with divine purpose for your life. For when God calls us, he is calling us to himself. When we go ... Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {42A8E1B4-CECF-98FF-0047-AC91A47800FB} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/first-sunday-in-lent/a250.html?app=1 A sermon for the First Sunday in Lent – God created a way to cover the sin of Adam and Eve. He has also made a way to cover our sins. This sermon considers what it is that makes people happy, and how God has provided the way to this ... Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {4A2742FD-79E1-AC98-F195-2BAC8B6509A0} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/ash-wednesday-2020/a251.html?app=1 A sermon for Ash Wednesday – How can we prepare for the Easter celebration of Christ's resurrection? This sermon speaks to the whys, whats, and hows of the church season of sacrifice we call Lent. Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {0C9DA0D1-5079-AA31-7329-6949D0EECE4F} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/transfiguration-of-our-lord/a253.html?app=1 A sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord – Some of Jesus' disciples beheld him in glory and wondered what works they should do in response. We wonder much the same. And what are we to do but follow Jesus down the mountain ... Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {DEB32092-423D-A53B-F94C-980B12FA3F14} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-sixth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/a331.html?app=1 The immature believer thinks, What should I do? The mature Christian asks, What should I hear? For there is often a deeper word than, “Thou shalt.” This is when we hear the Lord say, “But ... Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {1B07632C-CB2A-B0E3-F24F-16C99672C30A} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/a332.html?app=1 The Psalm is arresting. Who may dwell with God? Only the one who walks blamelessly may do so. But who is that person apart from the righteousness of God in Christ? Though God has told us what is good, we cannot do it. We confess that we are ... Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {FFC42C15-1BDC-DFE9-D677-09B94279ED30} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany/a333.html?app=1 The overwhelming imagery of our readings for this Sunday is light and darkness (though in the Epistle we must work out the connection to the metaphors). A light has shone upon those who dwell in darkness. That light is the given Son of God. He is ... Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {397FE2E4-5954-56DB-4DC4-78006596EC09} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany/a330.html?app=1 A sermon for the Second Sunday Aafter the Epiphgany, Year A, preached by seminarian Jennifer Needham Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {42D41A5A-00DC-8B76-6A80-644AE8CC2DF1} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-baptism-of-our-lord/a334.html?app=1 God sends forth his servant: himself. He is no ordinary servant, but instead, one who will go to the death in order to accomplish the Lord’s mission. God’s servant fully identifies with sinners, even being baptized, and so, fulfilling ... Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {A9B8BB6E-F4BA-81FF-E86B-D194B3D0B0DE} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/epiphany/a325.html?app=1 Beyond the messianic theme announced by Isaiah is another great promise. Though darkness seems to cut off all light and hope, the Light who is the Lord, arises upon people of faith. Look and see the light shining in the darkness that darkness ... Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800 {58FC268A-ACC4-964A-B34A-27E9240ED08A} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-first-sunday-after-christmas/a335.html?app=1 Herod literally carried out the law’s punishment (Rom 6:23) by killing the newborns. But Christ fulfills the law itself, redeeming us by his own death so that we may live. Though we are not worthy of the redemption that God has purchased ... Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {0A4647D6-9C8D-CD2C-2292-0FF79638BC61} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/christmas-eve/a326.html?app=1 A decree was once made that the entire Roman Empire should be counted, so that taxes could be levied for the support of the empire. However, a greater proclamation went out long before the empire of Rome, that the government of all people would ... Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {B00CB3D7-36A7-7DF2-D45C-156FC3EBE575} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/third-sunday-of-advent/a337.html?app=1 Oh, what fools sinners are. And being poor sinners, we are such fools. Yet even foolish sinners will never go astray if they walk in the Way of Holiness. Where is this road; how do we find it? Is it a highway built by kings or princes, nations or ... Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {3BC145C0-2CD0-9418-EE66-B4A3B602ED9D} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-first-sunday-of-advent/a336.html?app=1 The season is Advent so we should not be surprised that metaphors of coming and going and traveling are used. Isaiah exhorts, let us go up to the house of the Lord, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. The psalmist is happy ... Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {C997B802-E1A8-1B26-65D6-F208186E0278} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/christ-the-king-sunday/a338.html?app=1 As the days shorten into shadows, we are exhorted to be the people who wait for the dawn. For when the light of morning comes, we will discover that God is in our midst. People of faith do not forget his presence, even in dark times. The King may ... Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {57D26354-9876-F9A4-8808-6CF787C2A51C} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost/a339.html?app=1 The Lord is returning. That great and awesome day draws ever near. But it is not here yet. So what now? “The Lord has made known his salvation,” so now is the time for endurance. We must wait for God to to judge the world with ... Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {3046C05E-0E23-744E-0C62-F03FF15BFB21} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/twenty-second-sunday-after-pentecost/a340.html?app=1 See how God enabled Moses to not only fear him, but trust and love him? I have heard the cries of my people. How comforting it is to know our Father listens to us and hears our prayers (v7). How much more reassuring to know that he is ... Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800 {C058A13C-BEB6-2149-0FEC-A536A0ED8F74} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/all-saints/a341.html?app=1 A sermon preached by seminarian Jennifer Needham Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0700 {1AD1EE3D-2647-FF31-B359-B5F909607247} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/reformation-sunday/a328.html?app=1 Preached at an ecumenical gathering for Reformation Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield, GA Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700 {1F3A407F-9029-002C-7B88-E80F14607F59} https://www.stmarksnalc.org/sermons/the-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/a329.html?app=1 Preached at the annual Homecoming service Sun, 08 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700 {F2BADF66-0416-B484-B681-EBCB35BFAE02}