+ A sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 11, 2020 + Texts: Isaiah 25:1-9, Matthew 22:1-4 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xDk6ENv74U I want you to do me a quick favor. I want you to think back to the last time you were invited to a wedding. And yes, I know …
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The Mind of Christ
+ A sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 27, 2020 + Text: Philippians 2:1-13, Matthew 21:23-32 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7WdGnH0p8n0 The battle lines have been drawn and redrawn yet again this week. Divisions in this country separating us based on our reaction to the decision of the grand jury …
Finding Hope in the Cross
+ A sermon for Holy Cross Sunday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 13, 2020 + Texts: Revelation 22:1-5; 1 Corinthians 1:18-24; John 12:31-36a Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/_qYVQiUP0FI “Our streetlamps were still on at 10:00 am, the smoke was completely blocking out the sun.” That’s what I heard from a Facebook friend in the Bay …
Not Waiting on the World to Change
+ A sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 30, 2020 + Text: Romans 12:1-21 Video: https://youtu.be/9upUJP5NYGA There was a popular song that debuted the summer before I started college and I remember hearing it everywhere. My friends were playing it, it was all over the radio, it …
Ever Faithful, Ever Merciful
+ A sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 23, 2020 + Text: Romans 11:1-2a, 29-36 Video: https://youtu.be/w-T4SUJW4Fc “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups.” So began each episode of Law & Order, the first series in perhaps the …
Fulfilling the Law
+ A sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 16, 2020 + Text: Romans 10:4-15 Video: https://youtu.be/2dUJKjZjO7Q Sometimes that night feels like it happened so long ago, but really it’s only been a few months. It was December 31 and as I was getting ready to celebrate the …
All-Inclusive Love
+ A sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 9, 2020 + Text: Romans 9:1-5 Video: LINK I’ve heard this lament so many times. Sometimes from parents whose children have grown and gone their own way. Sometimes from those asking the familiar question of why Sunday morning attendance has …
Nothing
+ A sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 2, 2020 + Text: Romans 8:26-39 Video: LINK It was a summer that forced me to expect the unexpected. It was the first summer of seminary and I was thrown into the deep end as a chaplain at a busy …
Groaning in Labor Pains
+ A sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11A/Lectionary 16A) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 19, 2020 + Text: Romans 8:12-25 Video: LINK “We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now,” St. Paul writes. “And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first …
Broken Bodies, Healing Spirit
+ A sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10A/Lectionary 15A) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 12, 2020 + Text: Romans 8:1-11 Video: LINK We live in a broken world. Now I don’t think that will come as a shock to any of you. I mean, the examples are all around us: virus …
Pastor Paul Eldred 