+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 23, 2018 + Text: Luke 1:39-55 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. This morning I am aware how thankful I am for music. I think …
Category: Sermons
Finding Joy
+ A sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year C) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 16, 2018 + Texts: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. “Rejoice in the Lord always,” Paul tells us. “Rejoice!” …
Raise Your Heads
+ A sermon for the First Sunday of Advent (Year C) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 2, 2018 + Text: Luke 21:25-36 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and …
A New Start
+ A sermon for Reformation Sunday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 28, 2018 + Text: Jeremiah 31:31:-34 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. About a year and a half ago I had the opportunity to spend some time in Germany. And …
True Greatness
+ A sermon for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 24B / Ordinary 29B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 21, 2018 + Text: Mark 10:32-45 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Many of us received something special in the mail …
What Do You Lack?
+ A sermon for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 23B / Ordinary 28B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 14, 2018 + Texts: Amos 5:6-7,10-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. “Good Teacher, what must I …
Made for Each Other
+ A sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 22B / Ordinary 27B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 7, 2018 + Texts: Genesis 2:18-24, Mark 10:2-16 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. If I were to ask you to …
Removing Stumbling Blocks
+ A sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 21B / Ordinary 26B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 30, 2018 + Texts: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29; Mark 9:38-50 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Who are you? I wonder how you …
Life in the Cross
+ A sermon for Holy Cross Sunday / the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 19B / Ordinary 24B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 16, 2018 + Texts: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24, Mark 8:27-38 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Have you …
Be Opened!
+ A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 18B / Ordinary 23B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 9, 2018 + Texts: Isaiah 35:4-7, James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In 1945, the territorial legislature …
Pastor Paul Eldred 