Sermons

The Gift of Wisdom and Fairness

03/14/21

14 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance powers our ability to view the world with perceptive sensitivity and, therefore, to treat others fairly in the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Generosity and Hospitality

02/28/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours generosity and hospitality into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Kindness and Gentleness

02/21/21

16 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours kindness and gentleness into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Joy

02/07/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance breaks through sorrow and worry; such trust pours joy into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

01/31/21

13 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours the ability to abandon fixing our eyes only inwardly and lets us see ourselves as others see us.
The Gift of Contentment

01/24/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Our trust in Jesus pours contentment into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Gratitude

01/17/21

17 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours gratitude into the way we think and the way we experience life.
He Doesn’t Make Things Like We’re Used To

01/10/21

14 mins

By Robert Kolb

God makes all things new. He refashions us from those turned in upon ourselves, turned to idols of our own choice and making, to experience the freedom He gives by pronouncing us His righteous children.
Silvester and Year’s End in Pandemic

12/27/20

13 mins

By Robert Kolb

As we close out an old year, Saint Silvester can remind us God is the Lord of history and He has used and is using even people whose lives sink largely or totally into obscurity to keep the confession of our faith in Jesus Christ alive.
Be Careful with Imperatives

10/11/20

16 mins

By Robert Kolb

Imperatives are good for many things. Luther said the Law is good, but precisely because it is good, it has become poison and death to the bad. The Law does not give life but evaluates it, and we encounter day in and day out its negative evaluation of us.
Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

09/20/20

20 mins

By Robert Kolb

As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.
Sermons on Hymn Texts

09/13/20

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.

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