ST. STEPHEN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Striving to speak God’s saving truth in love. Ephesians 4:15
16Jan
The Love of God…
The Love of God… 1. …is our root. 2. …is beyond measure. 3. …surpasses knowledge. 4. …fills and empowers us. Sermon on Ephesians 3:14-21 for Epiphany 2C, January 13-16, 2022 Right after Christmas one of my Facebook connections put up “Now all the Christmas junk comes down. Now all the Valentine’s junk goes up.” …with…
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02Jan
God’s Gift To The World
I Kings 10:1-9 Epiphany 1/2/22 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI God’s gift to the world. Our theme for today is a common saying in the world. The meaning behind that phrase implies someone who is an extraordinary gift to mankind. Many people might use the phrase of our theme in describing the GOAT,…
31Dec
Time of Grace. Time = Grace.
Sermon on Luke 13:6-9 for New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2021 Please open your hymnals to page 286. One feature of our new book is that it has the Catechism in it—no proof passages like a Catechism book, but the commandments, creed, sacraments, Lord’s Prayer with explanation are all there. Look at the Fifth Commandment….
25Dec
Behold the Glory of God
Sermon on Exodus 33:18-23; 34:5-7, Romans 8:31-32, John 1:1-18 for Christmas Day, December 25, 2021 “Glory” is a very important Christmas word, isn’t it? Last night we heard the Christmas Eve Gospel from Luke 2, that the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, “and the glory of the Lord shone round about them,…
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24Dec
A Treasure Worth Remembering
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 12/24/21 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI A Kodak moment. A certain scenario or moment we just cannot pass up without taking a picture. For people who do not always carry a camera around waiting to snap the perfect picture or generations too young to know what camera…
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26Sep
We Do Not Fight Alone
II Kings 6:8-17 St. Michael & All Angels 9/23/21; 9/24/21; 9/26/21 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI We live in a dangerous world. We listen to the news hearing about violence happening all around. Countries posture against each other as a show of force. Senseless acts of violence take a life leaving sadness and…
19Sep
Humiliation, Humility, and Humble Service
Sermon on Mark 9:30-37 for Pentecost 17 (Pr 20), September 16-19, 2021 Humiliation. Oh, that word brings many thoughts to mind—mostly painful memories. We’ve all got them. For me, there’s the memory of being an awkward fifth grader. Phy Ed or “Gym class” was the new subject. I remember having problems remembering the rules of…
16Sep
A Lesson in Underestimating and Overestimating Spiritual Power
Sermon on Mark 9:14-27 for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021. Dear conquerors through Christ, The college football season started last week. Often, the very powerful school teams will schedule early season games with “lesser” opponents. For instance, this weekend Wisconsin plays Eastern Michigan University, a smaller school with a not so…
05Sep
Jesus Has Done Everything Well… …for You, Too!
It seems you can’t get away from it. You go to the doctor, and a week later you get a letter in the mail. “Please fill out this survey and tell us how we did.” Or Internet businesses. You buy something from eBay—an auction website, and you get a message “rate this seller.” Sometimes customer…
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29Aug
We Want To Grow
Matthew 18:1-5 Christian Education Sunday 8/26/21; 8/27/21; 8/29/21 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI I won’t grow up! This phrase appears over and over again in a song that Peter Pan and the Lost Boys sang to Wendy and her siblings when they first got to Neverland. This fun-loving group wanted to live in…
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15Aug
We See True Wisdom
I Corinthians 2:6-16 Proper 15 8/12/21; 8/13/21; 8/15/21 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI I can remember when I first got glasses. I was in fifth grade. I never complained about not seeing the board or anything else, probably because I grew accustomed to how things looked through squinting eyes. My parents must have…
08Aug
Are Your Expectations of Jesus Too Small?
Sermon on John 6:24-35 for Pentecost 11 (Pr 14), August 5, 6 & 8, 2021 Grace and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, brothers and sisters in him. Back in June, when I had the call to Portage, Michigan, I got two free lunches. A classmate…
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25Jul
The Lord Knows Our Needs
Exodus 16:1-15 Proper 12 7/22/21; 7/23/21; 7/25/21 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church—Beaver Dam, WI Parents bring their first child home. All of a sudden reality hits them. They are now responsible for another life. Despite looking everywhere, and perhaps even asking the doctor, the new child does not come with an instructional manual. New parents…
18Jul
Jesus: The Great Shepherd of the Sheep
Sermon on Hebrews 13:7-8, 17-21 for Pentecost 8 (Pr 11) July 15, 16 & 18, 2021 Today’s readings all have a shepherd theme. We’re used to the shepherd theme on the Fourth Sunday of Easter—then the Gospel is always from John chapter 10, where Jesus says, “I am the Good Shepherd.” Today’s readings focus also…