“I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing this for you.” Today we remember Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan. John the Baptist is confused saying Jesus should be baptizing him! Jesus reminds him that it isn’t for himself he does this, but for us. In Baptism, we are united to Christ. He takes on our…

The word epiphany means a sudden realization or revelation. On this festival of Epiphany, we celebrate the revelation or epiphany of Jesus to the Gentiles, that is, the non-Jews. The magi came from the east to bring presents to Jesus and bowed down and worshipped him. In our Epistle text, Paul further reflects on the…

Happy New Year! It’s a great time to reflect on the previous year and look forward to the year to come. Oftentimes, our thoughts shift to years past. We can think about time, and how it may seem like our best years are behind us.

We live in a world whose Christmas joy has begun to subside. While the world is over the Christmas joy, we continue to rejoice as those who know the true joy that Christmas brought into the world. Christ our Savior was born to bring to us salvation. Our Gospel reading today shows us some of…

Jesus is fully God and fully man. The clearest teaching of this is in John’s Gospel wherein John teaches the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. What is the result of this? From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace (verse 16). This tells us the reason for Christ’s birth on Christmas,…

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone” (Isaiah 9:2). You don’t realize how helpful light is until you try to walk around without it. No, you can’t cheat, you can’t use your cell phone or the glint…

As we prepare for Christmas, we probably have travel plans, gifts, and meal preparation on our minds. As we examine our appointed Epistle lesson for today, Paul wants to re-focus us on something more important than any of those things. In the beginning of his letter to the Church in Rome, he describes the two…

O Lord, how shall I meet you? The words of the hymn still echo in our ears as we wrap up our Advent series. We have seen that He did come and meet us in the flesh of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ; whose life, death, and resurrection freed mankind to live in…

We don’t always feel secure in this world. We often feel trapped, imprisoned by the sin and wickedness that surrounds us. At times, we may even doubt if Jesus really is the one who comes to set us free from our prison. John asks Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall…

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Advent Midweek 2 Text: John 6:43–65 Link to Livestream Sermon Audio In this Advent midweek series, we are exploring the different ways that Jesus comes to us. The title of our series is, “O Lord, How Shall I Meet You?” Last week, we talked about how Jesus met us through His…