Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 (Pentecost 8: Series C)
What Jesus promises is better than justice. Jesus promises grace.
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Dan Weber
Dan Weber is a graduate of Concordia University, Irvine and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and serves as Lead Pastor at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Federal Way, Washington. Since 2008, Dan has worked with the LCMS Youth Gathering as both a speaker and planner. He's spoken at Maata Näkyvissä Festival in Turku, Finland and Konnekt in Aarhus, Denmark. He's been an adjunct professor of theology for Concordia University in Irvine, California since 2012.
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Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 (Pentecost 7: Series C)
This is not just a pericope about hereditary sin and actual sins, nor is it providing a pattern for prayer. It is fundamentally about God our gracious Father and His promise to hear us, answer us, and provide for us.
Gospel: Luke 10:38-42 (Pentecost 6: Series C)
But it is not always helpful to create tidy categories of good and bad and to say, “Stop being ‘a Martha’ and do a better job of being ‘a Mary.’” That is a dangerous sermon to preach. In doing so, we can fall into the very thing we see Martha doing.
Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 (Pentecost 5: Series C)
The parable of the Good Samaritan is both a call to faith in Jesus and a call to love our neighbor.
Gospel: Luke 10:1-20 (Pentecost 4: Series C)
Despite the very real obstacles and difficulties, this entire scene is marked by God’s gracious work.
Gospel: John 20:19-31 (Easter 2: Series C)
On every page, in every theme, in every major character and every major plot twist, we are invited to see God’s unfolding work to make all things new and whole in Jesus.
Gospel: Luke 24:1-12 (Easter Sunday: Series C)
Jesus died for the people who put Him to death. Jesus rose for the people whose minds rejected the idea of a resurrection.
Gospel: Luke 19:28-40 (Palm Sunday: Series C)
The image on Palm Sunday is about something so primordial, so powerful and ancient, so deep, that it would shatter any kind of limits. It would break through any attempt to restrain it.
Gospel: Luke 20:9-20 (Lent 5: Series C)
This living Word breaks and crushes. It comes down as crushing judgment on those who reject the Son. But it promises to heal and restore all those who fall on the Son broken, contrite, and in faith.
Gospel: Luke 4:31-44 (Epiphany 4: Series C)
The same Christ we proclaim to the people in our pews is the same Christ who is for those not in our pews.
Gospel: Luke 4:16-30 (Epiphany 3: Series C)
During this season of Epiphany, we experience more than the revelation of who Jesus is. We also celebrate how Jesus makes God fully known.
Gospel: John 2:1-11 (Epiphany 2: Series C)
Jesus turning water into wine calls for you to believe: To believe in Him.
Gospel: Luke 3:15-22 (The Baptism of Our Lord: Series C)
Not only does God reveal the identity of Jesus in this season through what we see and hear Jesus doing and saying, but God also reveals His gracious will through Jesus despite what we see and hear.
Gospel: Luke 2:40-52 (Christmas 2: Series C)
The episode of the boy Jesus in the Temple raises questions. It raised questions for Mary (and Joseph) and it raises questions for us.