Rev. Dr. Jayson S. Galler

Genesis

Genesis 3:14-4:1	Old Testament Divine ‘birth announcements’: Cain (Midweek Advent I, November 30, 2022)
Genesis 17:15-18:15	Old Testament Divine ‘birth announcements’: Isaac (Midweek Advent II, December 7, 2022)
Genesis 6:9-9:17	The Mountains of Ararat (Midweek Lent I, February 21, 2024)
Genesis 2:8-9	Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2016)
Genesis 2:15-17	Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2016)
Genesis 3:1-21	Adam and Jesus in us (1st Sunday in Lent, March 5, 2017)
Genesis 3:1-24	Seed of a Virgin (Wednesday of Advent I, December 4, 2013) Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2016)
Genesis 3:19	Remembering that we are dust (Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023)
Genesis 12:1-9	Faith to go out with good courage (Second Sunday in Lent, March 1, 2026)
Genesis 18:1-33	Great Trees of Mamre and Machpelah (Midweek Advent 1, December 5, 2018)
Genesis 23:1-20	Great Trees of Mamre and Machpelah (Midweek Advent 1, December 5, 2018)
Genesis 49:9-12	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Line of Descent (Wednesday of Advent II, December 11, 2013)
Genesis 50:19	The Place of God (Thursday of Pentecost XIV, September 18, 2014)

Exodus

Exodus 6:1-13	Lord of Might (Advent I Midweek, December 5, 2012)
Exodus 12:1-28	The Sacrament of Holy Communion (Midweek Advent IV, December 22, 2021)
Exodus 12:43-51	The Sacrament of Holy Communion (Midweek Advent IV, December 22, 2021)
Exodus 12:46	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Exodus 19:1-25	Mount Sinai (Midweek Lent III, March 6, 2024)
Exodus 23:20-33	Prepared in Redemption (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2024)
Exodus 32:1-35	Golden Calf (Midweek Lent I, March 9, 2022)

Leviticus

Leviticus 16:1-34

Snapshots of Repentance: The High Priest (Good Friday, March 30, 2018)

Numbers

Numbers 12:1-16	Aaron and Miriam (Midweek Lent II, March 16, 2022)
Numbers 19:1-22	The Sacrament of Holy Baptism (Midweek Advent II, December 8, 2021)
Numbers 24:15-19	Dayspring (Advent III Midweek, December 14, 2011)

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 8:1-10	God moves us to give thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 23, 2016)
Deuteronomy 21:22-23	Tree of the Cross (Midweek Advent III, December 14, 2016)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20	Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2016)
Deuteronomy 32:1-9	Prepared in Creation (Midweek Advent 1, December 4, 2024)

Joshua

Joshua 7:1-26

Achan’s Sin (Midweek Lent III, March 23, 2022)

Judges

Judges 13:1-25

Old Testament Divine ‘birth announcements’: Samson (Midweek Advent III, December 14, 2022)

Ruth

Ruth 1:16-17

Commitments for Eternal Life (Stephens-McMurray Wedding, Saturday of Lent III, March 10, 2018)

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Old Testament Divine ‘birth announcements’: Samuel (Midweek Advent IV, December 21, 2022)

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:15b-23	David’s Son (Midweek Lent IV, March 30, 2022)
2 Samuel 7:4-17	Blessed by the Davidic Dynasty (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2019)
2 Samuel 24:1-25	Snapshots of Repentance: David (Midweek Lent II, February 28, 2018)
2 Samuel 24:10-25	Mount Zion (Moriah, Calvary/Golgotha, Jerusalem) (Midweek Lent II, February 28, 2024)

1 Kings

1 Kings 18:1-46	Mount Carmel (Midweek Lent IV, March 13, 2024)
1 Kings 19:1-18	Mount Sinai (Midweek Lent III, March 6, 2024)

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 34:1-35:19

Snapshots of Repentance: Josiah (Maundy Thursday, March 29, 2018)

Ezra

Ezra 9:1-10:17

Snapshots of repentance: Ezra (Midweek Lent V, March 21, 2018)

Job

Job 40:6-42:9	Snapshots of Repentance: Job (Midweek Lent I, February 21, 2018)
Job 28:1-28	Wisdom From On High (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2011)
Job 42:6	Do not let the ashes go to your head (Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024)

Psalms

Psalms 103:14b	Remembering that we are dust (Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023)
Psalms 1	Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2016)
Psalms 2	Son of God (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2020)
Psalms 6	Psalm 6 (Midweek Lent I, February 17, 2016)
Psalms 8	Son of Man (Midweek Advent 2, December 9, 2020)
Psalms 16:8-11	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Psalms 18:45-50	Seed of a Virgin (Wednesday of Advent I, December 4, 2013)
Psalms 22:1	Suffered Alone, without the Father’s Presence (Good Friday, April 18, 2014)
Psalms 22:18	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Psalms 23	In the House of the Lord forever (Committal of George Andrew Heil, June 5, 2014) Wayne’s feasting, you can, too (The Funeral Service for Wayne Miller, December 9, 2017) The Lord was with Gwen and is with you (Committal of Gwendolyn Lee (Wehrman) Heil, September 23, 2020)
Psalms 24	The Prophet of the Most High (Advent Midweek 3, December 17, 2014) Jesus Comes Now (Midweek Advent II, December 13, 2017) Prepared and Comforted (Midweek Advent I, December 4, 2019)
Psalms 25	Believing words fulfilled in their time (Advent Midweek 1, December 3, 2014)
Psalms 30:3	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Psalms 32	Psalm 32 (Midweek Lent II, February 24, 2016) The Sacrament of Holy Absolution (Midweek Advent III, December 15, 2021)
Psalms 38	Psalm 38 (Midweek Lent III, March 2, 2016)
Psalms 40:23	Kathleen, the Lord’s Lamb (Funeral of Kathleen May Stoldt, Our Redeemer, Longview, February 3, 2015) The Lord, our Good Shepherd, has gathered Sallye into His arms (Funeral Service for Sallye Key, April 16, 2018)
Psalms 41:9	Prophecy fulfilled: Psalm 41:9 (Midweek Lent I, February 25, 2026)
Psalms 46	Emmanuel (Advent III Midweek, December 19, 2012) Don is with Jesus, and you can be also (Funeral Service for Don Nicol, 2019 February 07, February 7, 2019) The Mount of Olives (Midweek Lent V, March 20, 2024)
Psalms 46:1-11	The Lord is with us; we will not fear! (Reformation Day (Observed), October 25, 2020)
Psalms 48	Mount Zion (Moriah, Calvary/Golgotha, Jerusalem) (Midweek Lent II, February 28, 2024)
Psalms 50	Jesus Will Come (Midweek Advent III, December 20, 2017)
Psalms 51	Psalm 51 (Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016) The Sacrament of Holy Baptism (Midweek Advent II, December 8, 2021)
Psalms 52	Tree of Life (Midweek Advent IV, December 21, 2016)
Psalms 68:1-10	Mount Sinai (Midweek Lent III, March 6, 2024)
Psalms 69:12	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Psalms 74	Tree of the Cross (Midweek Advent III, December 14, 2016)
Psalms 80	Root of Jesse (Advent II Midweek, December 12, 2012)
Psalms 80:8-19	Jesse’s Tree (Midweek Advent II, December 12, 2018)
Psalms 84	Dayspring (Advent III Midweek, December 14, 2011)
Psalms 85	Burned or Delivered (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2019)
Psalms 89:1-5	Son of Mary (Midweek Advent 3, December 16, 2020)
Psalms 89:19-21	Son of Mary (Midweek Advent 3, December 16, 2020)
Psalms 90	Wisdom From On High (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2011)
Psalms 91	Stirred-up Hearts to Make Ready and Serve (Midweek Advent II, December 9, 2015)
Psalms 96	Great Trees of Mamre and Machpelah (Midweek Advent 1, December 5, 2018)
Psalms 98	Answered Prayers to Enlighten by Visiting (Midweek Advent III, December 16, 2015)
Psalms 102	Psalm 102 (Midweek Lent IV, March 10, 2016)
Psalms 103	Lord of Might (Advent I Midweek, December 5, 2012)
Psalms 104:10-18	Tree of the Lord’s Planting (Midweek Advent II, December 7, 2016)
Psalms 104:29-30	But the Spirit recreates and renews you (Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017)
Psalms 105:23-45	Fig Trees (Midweek Advent III, December 19, 2018)
Psalms 107:1-3	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011)
Psalms 107:10-16	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011)
Psalms 107:43	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011)
Psalms 116:12-19	The Sacrament of Holy Communion (Midweek Advent IV, December 22, 2021)
Psalms 118	Jesus Came Once (Midweek Advent I, December 6, 2017)
Psalms 118:1-4	Desire of Nations (Advent IV Midweek, December 21, 2011)
Psalms 118:22-23	Rejected by their rulers (Midweek Lent I, March 12, 2014)
Psalms 118:22-29	Desire of Nations (Advent IV Midweek, December 21, 2011)
Psalms 118:25-29	Mount Carmel (Midweek Lent IV, March 13, 2024)
Psalms 119:105-112	The Read and Preached Word (Midweek Advent I, December 1, 2021)
Psalms 122	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Place of Birth (Wednesday of Advent III, December 18, 2013)
Psalms 127	The Lord is building this house (The Wedding of J.D. Sampson and Tifaney Sweeden, March 20, 2013)
Psalms 130	Waiting for the Lord (The Committal of Harold & Christina Engebretson, September 26, 2015) Psalm 130 (Maundy Thursday, March 24, 2016)
Psalms 132	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Line of Descent (Wednesday of Advent II, December 11, 2013) Blessed by the Davidic Dynasty (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2019)
Psalms 143	Stirred-up Power to Come and Protect (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2015) Psalm 143 (Midweek Lent V, March 16, 2016)
Psalms 144	Son of Joseph (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2020)
Psalms 145	Stirred-up Power to Come and Help (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2015)

Proverbs

Proverbs 11:31

When the wood is green, when it is dry (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2015)

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

A Time to Mourn and A Time to Dance (Graveside service for LaVera Johnson Miracle, July 8, 2013)

Isaiah

Isaiah 2:2-4	Prepared for Glorification (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2024)
Isaiah 6:1-8	Holy, holy, holy (The Holy Trinity, May 26, 2024)
Isaiah 6:1-13	Jesse’s Tree (Midweek Advent II, December 12, 2018)
Isaiah 7:1-25	Emmanuel (Advent III Midweek, December 19, 2012)
Isaiah 11:1-16	Root of Jesse (Advent II Midweek, December 12, 2012)
Isaiah 22:15-25	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011) The Sacrament of Holy Absolution (Midweek Advent III, December 15, 2021)
Isaiah 25:6-9	Wayne’s feasting, you can, too (The Funeral Service for Wayne Miller, December 9, 2017) Swallowing Death and Life (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, March 31, 2024)
Isaiah 35:1-10	The Prophet of the Most High (Advent Midweek 3, December 17, 2014)
Isaiah 40:1-5	Prepared and Comforted (Midweek Advent I, December 4, 2019)
Isaiah 40:1-8	Stirred-up Power to Come and Help (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2015)
Isaiah 40:6-11	Kathleen, the Lord’s Lamb (Funeral of Kathleen May Stoldt, Our Redeemer, Longview, February 3, 2015) The Lord, our Good Shepherd, has gathered Sallye into His arms (Funeral Service for Sallye Key, April 16, 2018)
Isaiah 40:11	The Lord tends His flock like a Shepherd (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2022)
Isaiah 40:27-31	Not disregarded but strengthened (The Funeral for Emily Melendrez, May 5, 2021)
Isaiah 45:14-25	Prepared in Creation (Midweek Advent 1, December 4, 2024)
Isaiah 52:7-10	The beautiful feet of your new, younger under-shepherd (The Installation of Rev. Ryan Ogrodowicz, January 7, 2018)
Isaiah 53:1-3	Suffered Alone, without the Father’s Presence (Good Friday, April 18, 2014)
Isaiah 53:4-6	Suffered to bear our sins (Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2014)
Isaiah 53:9	Fulfilled Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9 (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2026)
Isaiah 53:10-11	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Isaiah 53:12	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Isaiah 54:11-17	Prepared in Redemption (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2024)
Isaiah 55:1-13	The Read and Preached Word (Midweek Advent I, December 1, 2021)
Isaiah 55:6-11	God’s Word leads us to believe and confess (Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2018)
Isaiah 61:1-4	Rejoicing in the Lord for the garments of salvation (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 17, 2017)
Isaiah 61:7-11	The everlasting joy of the bridegroom and bride (Wedding of Jasmine Landry and Jesse Arroyo, Saturday of Advent III, December 23, 2017)
Isaiah 61:8-11	Rejoicing in the Lord for the garments of salvation (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 17, 2017)
Isaiah 65:17-25	Don is with Jesus, and you can be also (Funeral Service for Don Nicol, 2019 February 07, February 7, 2019)

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 18:2-3	Fulfilled Prophecy: Jeremiah 18:2-3; 19:11; 32:6-11; Zechariah 11:13 (Midweek Lent IV, March 18, 2026)
Jeremiah 23:1-8	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Line of Descent (Wednesday of Advent II, December 11, 2013)
Jeremiah 33:14-18	Stirred-up Power to Come and Protect (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2015)
Jeremiah 51:15-19	Prepared in Creation (Midweek Advent 1, December 4, 2024)

Lamentations

Lamentations 2:1-22

Jeremiah’s Lament (Midweek Lent V, April 6, 2022)

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 2:8-3:11	Speaking the Lord’s Word (St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist, September 21, 2025)
Ezekiel 17:1-24	Tree of the Lord’s Planting (Midweek Advent II, December 7, 2016)
Ezekiel 47:1-12	Tree of Life (Midweek Advent IV, December 21, 2016)

Daniel

Daniel 7:9-14	Jesus Will Come (Midweek Advent III, December 20, 2017)
Daniel 9:1-23	Snapshots of Repentance: Daniel (Midweek Lent IV, March 14, 2018)

Joel

Joel 2:12-19

Returning, Reconciling, and Being Righteous (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015)
Snapshots of Repentance: Joel (Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018)

Jonah

Jonah 1:1-16	Snapshots of Repentance: Jonah (Midweek Lent III, March 7, 2018)
Jonah 1:17	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)

Micah

Micah 4:1-5:15	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Place of Birth (Wednesday of Advent III, December 18, 2013)
Micah 4:1-5	Mount Zion (Moriah, Calvary/Golgotha, Jerusalem) (Midweek Lent II, February 28, 2024)
Micah 4:1-7	Stirred-up Hearts to Make Ready and Serve (Midweek Advent II, December 9, 2015)
Micah 5:1	Smitten on the Cheek (Midweek Lent V, April 9, 2014)
Micah 6:1-8	Your case before the mountains (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 1, 2026)

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:2-5

Jesus Came Once (Midweek Advent I, December 6, 2017)

Haggai

Haggai 2:1-9

Desire of Nations (Advent IV Midweek, December 21, 2011)

Zechariah

Zechariah 11:12-13	Sold for 30 pieces of silver that bought the potter’s field (Midweek Lent II, March 19, 2014)
Zechariah 11:13	Fulfilled Prophecy: Jeremiah 18:2-3; 19:11; 32:6-11; Zechariah 11:13 (Midweek Lent IV, March 18, 2026)
Zechariah 12:10	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Zechariah 13:7	Prophecy fulfilled: Zechariah 13:7 (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2026)
Zechariah 13:7-9	Forsaken by His disciples (Midweek Lent III, March 26, 2014)
Zechariah 14:1-21	The Mount of Olives (Midweek Lent V, March 20, 2024)

Malachi

Malachi 3:1-7b	Believing words fulfilled in their time (Advent Midweek 1, December 3, 2014)
Malachi 3:1-6	Answered Prayers to Enlighten by Visiting (Midweek Advent III, December 16, 2015)
Malachi 4:1-6	Burned or Delivered (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2019)

Matthew

Matthew 26:52b-54	Neither swords nor angels will prevent Scripture’s fulfillment (Midweek Lent II, March 11, 2020)
Matthew 27:51b-53	Earth shook, rocks split, tombs opened, and bodies were raised, went, and appeared (Midweek Lent V, April 1, 2020)
Matthew 9:35-10:20	Jesus’s compassion on us leads to laborers (Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2020)
Matthew 10:5a	Wrong Fear and Right Fear (Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2020)
Matthew 21-33	Wrong Fear and Right Fear (Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2020)
Matthew 1:1-17	Son of Man (Midweek Advent 2, December 9, 2020)
Matthew 1:18-25	Emmanuel (Advent III Midweek, December 19, 2012) Seed of a Virgin (Wednesday of Advent I, December 4, 2013) God Uses Dysfunctional Families (4th Sunday in Advent, December 22, 2013) Jesus is God with us to save us (4th Sunday in Advent, December 18, 2016) Jesus saves His people from their sins (Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 22, 2019) Son of Joseph (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2020) In Jesus, God is present to judge or to save us (The Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 18, 2022) An angel appears to Joseph (Midweek Advent III, December 17, 2025) Joseph, Mary, Jesus, and us (The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2025)
Matthew 2:1-12	Where is the King? (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2013) See, Worship, Offer (Epiphany, January 6, 2016) God uses His Word and miraculous means to lead us to Jesus (Epiphany, January 6, 2017) Where is He? (Epiphany, January 6, 2018) Come to worship the King (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2019) God leads us to worship Him (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2020) We who are wise worship Christ by seeking forgiveness (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2022) Guiding Stars (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2023) Location, location, location (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2024) January 6: A day not of infamy but of honor (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2025) Led to seek forgiveness (The Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, 2026)
Matthew 2:13-18	Forgiven Confessors (The Holy Innocents, Martyrs, December 28, 2025)
Matthew 2:13-23	Called Out (1st Sunday after Christmas, December 29, 2013) Adopted Children (Christmas I, December 29, 2019)
Matthew 3:1-12	Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2013) Gathered or Burned (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 4, 2016) The Voice of One Crying (Second Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2019) Rooted trees bear fruit (The Second Sunday in Advent, December 4, 2022) Roots, stumps, shoots, and fruit (The Second Sunday in Advent, December 7, 2025)
Matthew 3:13-17	Fulfilling all righteousness (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 8, 2017) Jesus is baptized to fulfill all righteousness for us (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 12, 2020) Baptismal Birthdays (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 8, 2023) The need to be baptized (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 11, 2026)
Matthew 4:1-11	Be gone, Satan! (1st Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2014) Adam and Jesus in us (1st Sunday in Lent, March 5, 2017) The Cosmic Struggle includes us (First Sunday in Lent, March 1, 2020) Led by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil (First Sunday in Lent, February 26, 2023) Jesus’s resisting temptation leads to our forgiveness for not resisting temptation (First Sunday in Lent, February 22, 2026)
Matthew 4:1-12	Jesus is the Great Light Who has dawned for our darkness (3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 22, 2017)
Matthew 4:12-25	A Great Light for the black holes of our lives (3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 26, 2014) Jesus is the Light Who dawns for you in the Gospel’s preaching and healing (Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 26, 2020) The preaching and healing of Jesus shines a great light on our thick darkness (The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 22, 2023)
Matthew 5:1-12	Blessed Saints (All Saints’ Day (Observed), November 4, 2012) Rejoice And Be Glad (All Saints’ Day (observed), November 3, 2013) Blessed to be a Child and Saint (All Saints’ Day (Observed), November 2, 2014) Persecuted Saints (All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2015) Jesus blesses those who come to Him (4th Sunday after Epiphany, January 29, 2017) Your reward is great in heaven (All Saints’ Day, November 3, 2019) True Blessedness (All Saints’ Day, November 7, 2021) When we are persecuted for Christ’s sake, we are blessed, rejoice , and are glad (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 29, 2023)
Matthew 5:13-20	Overflowing Righteousness (5th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 9, 2014) Jesus fulfills the Law and the Prophets for us (5th Sunday after Epiphany, February 5, 2017) God shines our light before others, so they glorify Him (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord, February 9, 2020) Absolute law and Absolute Gospel (The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 5, 2023) Jesus’s epiphanies through you (The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 8, 2026)
Matthew 5:21-37	Murderers, Adulterers, and False-swearers (6th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 16, 2014) You have heard, but Jesus says (6th Sunday after Epiphany, February 12, 2017) Iotas and Dots (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 16, 2020) Doing and teaching the Commandments (The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 12, 2023)
Matthew 5:38-48	Be Perfect (7th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 23, 2014) Perfectionism (7th Sunday after Epiphany, February 19, 2017)
Matthew 6:1-6	Practicing Your Righteousness (Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2014) Returning, Reconciling, and Being Righteous (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015) Personal Piety and Heavenly Treasure (Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019) The ‘Reward’ of Ashes (Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020) Public and Private Piety (Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022)
Matthew 6:9	Our Father Who art in heaven (Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013) Hallowed be Thy Name (Lent Midweek I, February 20, 2013)
Matthew 6:10	Thy Kingdom Come (Lent Midweek II, February 27, 2013) Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Lent Midweek III, March 6, 2013)
Matthew 6:11	Give us this day our daily bread (Lent Midweek IV, March 13, 2013)
Matthew 6:12	Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us (Lent Midweek V, March 20, 2013)
Matthew 6:13	Lead us not into temptation (Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2013) Deliver us from evil (Good Friday, March 29, 2013) For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever and ever. Amen. (The Resurrection of Our Lord (Sunrise Matins), March 31, 2013)
Matthew 6:16-18	When You Fast (Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012)
Matthew 6:16-21	Practicing Your Righteousness (Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2014) Returning, Reconciling, and Being Righteous (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015) Personal Piety and Heavenly Treasure (Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019) The ‘Reward’ of Ashes (Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020) Public and Private Piety (Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022)
Matthew 9:9-13	God’s mercy leads to our sacrifice (The Holy Trinity, June 7, 2026)
Matthew 10:5	The one who endures to the end will be saved (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 25, 2017)
Matthew 10:21-33	The one who endures to the end will be saved (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 25, 2017)
Matthew 10:26-33	The Augsburg and Our Confession (Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2021) The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Confessing Jesus with the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2025)
Matthew 10:34-42	Religion and Families (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 29, 2014) Worthiness & Rewards (4th Sunday after Pentecost, July 2, 2017) Not Peace but a Sword (Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 28, 2020)
Matthew 11:2-15	A Different Kind of Christ (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 15, 2013) Hearing about the Christ (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 11, 2016) Looking for another Christ (Third Sunday in Advent, December 15, 2019) Rejoice! (The Third Sunday in Advent, December 11, 2022) Blessed are the ones not offended by Jesus (The Third Sunday in Advent, December 14, 2025)
Matthew 11:12-19	The Son of Man is sinners’ perfect friend (Reformation Day, October 31, 2021)
Matthew 11:16-30	Wisdom From On High (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2011)
Matthew 11:20-24	Repenting in sackcloth and ashes (Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025)
Matthew 11:25-30	Rest for Your Souls (4th Sunday after Pentecost, July 6, 2014) Jesus gives us eternal rest (5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 9, 2017) Jesus reveals rest to the repentant (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 5, 2020) An easy yoke and a light burden (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 9, 2023)
Matthew 12:40	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Matthew 13:1-9	Fruit of the Word (5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 13, 2014) Seed of the Kingdom (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2017) A sower goes out to sow (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2020) The Word does produce fruit (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2023)
Matthew 13:18-23	Fruit of the Word (5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 13, 2014) Seed of the Kingdom (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2017) A sower goes out to sow (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2020) The Word does produce fruit (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2023)
Matthew 13:24-30	Weeds or Wheat? (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 20, 2014) Whose child are you? (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2017) Until the harvest (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2020) The time to gather weeds and wheat (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2023)
Matthew 13:36-43	Weeds or Wheat? (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 20, 2014) Whose child are you? (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2017) Until the harvest (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2020) The time to gather weeds and wheat (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2023)
Matthew 13:44-52	The Kingdom of Heaven’s Treasure (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 27, 2014) God loves you, despite any appearances to the contrary (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2020) You were ‘to die for’ (The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 30, 2023)
Matthew 13:54-58	St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr (St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr, October 23, 2022)
Matthew 14:13-21	Blessed and Given (8th Sunday after Pentecost, August 3, 2014) The Lord’s compassion on and supernatural power for you (The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2020) Food for the way (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 6, 2023)
Matthew 14:22-33	The Saving Son of God (9th Sunday after Pentecost, August 10, 2014) Jesus saves us from doubt and fear (10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 13, 2017) We cry out in fear, and immediately Jesus answers us (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2020) From fear to faith (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 13, 2023)
Matthew 15:21-28	Dogs eating crumbs (10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 17, 2014) One in Christ Jesus (11th Sunday after Pentecost, August 20, 2017) Great faith and Gospel crumbs (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2020) Jesus was sent to lost sheep like us (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 20, 2023)
Matthew 16:13-19	Blessed confessors and key-holders: Peter, Possidius, and you (Commemoration of Possidius, Bishop (Circuit #14 Winkel), May 17, 2018)
Matthew 16:13-20	Jesus Builds His Church (11th Sunday after Pentecost, August 24, 2014) The Father reveals the Son for forgiveness (12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 27, 2017) Nothing prevails against Christ’s Church (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 23, 2020) The Sacrament of Holy Absolution (Midweek Advent III, December 15, 2021) Built on the Rock (The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 27, 2023)
Matthew 16:13-28	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011)
Matthew 16:21-28	The Necessity of the Cross (12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 31, 2014) Wait for it! (13th Sunday after Pentecost, September 3, 2017) Jesus sets our minds on the things of God (The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2020) Rebuking Satan (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 3, 2023)
Matthew 17:1-9	A Glorious God with Human Touch (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, March 2, 2014) The Transfigured Jesus casts out our fear (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 26, 2017) Our Face and Jesus’s Face (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 23, 2020) It is good that we are here! (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 19, 2023) Transfiguring glory (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 15, 2026)
Matthew 18:1-11	Little Ones and Their Angels (St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2013)
Matthew 18:1-20	Little Ones (13th Sunday after Pentecost, September 7, 2014) Jesus is among us to forgive us (14th Sunday after Pentecost, September 11, 2017) Hell, Earth, and Heaven (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 6, 2020) Child-care in the Kingdom of Heaven (The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 10, 2023)
Matthew 18:21-35	Forgiving Debts (14th Sunday after Pentecost, September 14, 2014) Because God forgives us, we forgive one another (The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2020) Forgiving our brothers and sisters in Christ (The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 17, 2023)
Matthew 20:1-16	Last and First (15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 21, 2014) The Goodness of God (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 24, 2017) God’s unexpected generosity (The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020) God’s unbegrudgeable generosity (The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 24, 2023)
Matthew 20:28	Suffered to bear our sins (Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2014)
Matthew 21:1-11	Your King is coming to you (1st Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2013) Our Humble King (Palm Sunday, April 13, 2014) The Coming One saves us (1st Sunday in Advent, November 27, 2016) Calling-out and Confessing (Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017) Coming humbly and with glory (First Sunday in Advent, November 30, 2025)
Matthew 21:23-27	Truth and Consequences (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 28, 2014) God enables us to know about His authority (17th Sunday after Pentecost, October 1, 2017)
Matthew 21:23-32	God the Father’s authority and His children’s repentance and faith (The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 27, 2020) God the Father gives His authority in order for us to believe (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 1, 2023)
Matthew 21:33-46	Desire of Nations (Advent IV Midweek, December 21, 2011) Rejected by their rulers (Midweek Lent I, March 12, 2014) Vineyard Tenants and their Fruit (17th Sunday after Pentecost, October 5, 2014) Fruits in their seasons (18th Sunday after Pentecost, October 8, 2017) Under New Management (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020) The Vineyard and the Stone (The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 8, 2023)
Matthew 22:1-14	Invited and Dressed Guests (18th Sunday after Pentecost, October 12, 2014) God the Father graciously invites all to His Son’s Feast (19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 15, 2017) War and the Wedding Feast (The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 15, 2023)
Matthew 22:14-22	Giving the Image of God (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 22, 2017)
Matthew 22:15-22	The Things that are God’s (19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 19, 2014) God and Government (The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 18, 2020) In God we trust (The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 22, 2023)
Matthew 22:34-46	The Question that Matters More (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 26, 2014) Commandments and the Christ (21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 29, 2017) Questions and Answers about Law and Gospel (The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, October 29, 2023)
Matthew 24:1-51	Jesus Will Come (Midweek Advent III, December 20, 2017) The Mount of Olives (Midweek Lent V, March 20, 2024)
Matthew 24:36-44	Ready or Not (First Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2019) Those ignorant of the day and hour can always be ready to be left with the Lord (First Sunday in Advent, November 27, 2022)
Matthew 25:1-13	Ready or Not (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, November 9, 2014) Ready to meet the Bridegroom (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, November 12, 2017) Ready and watching for the Bridegroom (Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, November 8, 2020)
Matthew 25:14-30	Faithful Servants and Their Profits (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, November 16, 2014) The Lord welcomes good and faithful servants into His joys (24th Sunday after Pentecost, November 19, 2017) The Coming Lord and His Faithful Servants (The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, November 15, 2020) You’ve got talent (The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, November 19, 2023)
Matthew 25:31-46	Shepherds and Beginnings and Endings (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 20, 2011) Blessed sheep inherit God’s Kingdom of eternal life (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 26, 2017)
Matthew 26:14-16	Sold for 30 pieces of silver that bought the potter’s field (Midweek Lent II, March 19, 2014)
Matthew 26:17-30	Eating the Passover (Maundy Thursday, April 13, 2017) The Lord gives His Supper (Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020) Eat and drink for the forgiveness of sins (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 2, 2026)
Matthew 26:23-24	Prophecy fulfilled: Psalm 41:9 (Midweek Lent I, February 25, 2026)
Matthew 26:25	Jesus tells Judas he will betray Him (Midweek Lent I, March 4, 2020)
Matthew 26:28	Suffered to bear our sins (Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2014)
Matthew 26:31	Prophecy fulfilled: Zechariah 13:7 (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2026)
Matthew 26:31-56	Forsaken by His disciples (Midweek Lent III, March 26, 2014)
Matthew 26:34	Prophecy fulfilled: Matthew 26:34 (Midweek Lent III, March 11, 2026)
Matthew 26:41	The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2015)
Matthew 26:47-50	Judas’s Betrayal (Midweek Lent II, March 15, 2017) Who handed-over Jesus for you? Judas (Midweek Lent II, March 8, 2023)
Matthew 26:54	Prophecy fulfilled: Zechariah 13:7 (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2026)
Matthew 26:56	Prophecy fulfilled: Zechariah 13:7 (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2026)
Matthew 26:57-58	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
Matthew 26:63	Patient and silent in all His suffering (Midweek Lent IV, April 2, 2014)
Matthew 26:65	Blasphemy (Midweek Lent III, March 11, 2015)
Matthew 26:69-75	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
Matthew 26:75	Prophecy fulfilled: Matthew 26:34 (Midweek Lent III, March 11, 2026)
Matthew 27:2	Who handed-over Jesus for you? Jewish Leaders (Midweek Lent III, March 15, 2023)
Matthew 27:3-5	I have sinned (Lent 3 Midweek, March 14, 2012)
Matthew 27:3-10	The priests commit malpractice, and Judas commits suicide (Midweek Lent III, March 18, 2020)
Matthew 27:7-10	Sold for 30 pieces of silver that bought the potter’s field (Midweek Lent II, March 19, 2014)
Matthew 27:9-10	Fulfilled Prophecy: Jeremiah 18:2-3; 19:11; 32:6-11; Zechariah 11:13 (Midweek Lent IV, March 18, 2026)
Matthew 27:12-14	Patient and silent in all His suffering (Midweek Lent IV, April 2, 2014)
Matthew 27:24-25	Pilate washes his hands of Jesus’s blood, and the people take it on themselves (Midweek Lent IV, March 25, 2020)
Matthew 27:26	Who handed-over Jesus for you? Pontius Pilate (Midweek Lent IV, March 22, 2023)
Matthew 27:27-31	Smitten on the Cheek (Midweek Lent V, April 9, 2014)
Matthew 27:45-47	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
Matthew 27:46	Suffered Alone, without the Father’s Presence (Good Friday, April 18, 2014)
Matthew 27:57	Fulfilled Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9 (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2026)
Matthew 27:60	Fulfilled Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9 (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2026)
Matthew 28:1-10	Risen, as He said (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, April 20, 2014) Easter Fear, Joy, and Telling (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, April 16, 2017) Fear and Great Joy (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, April 12, 2020) Worshiping the Resurrected Jesus (The Resurrection of Our Lord, April 9, 2023) Do not be afraid! Christ has risen! (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, April 5, 2026)
Matthew 28:16-20	St. Patrick’s Glory (Commemoration of Patrick, Missionary to Ireland, March 17, 2016) The Trinity, Authority, and Us (The Holy Trinity, June 11, 2017) Unity in Diversity (The Holy Trinity, June 7, 2020) A seashell full of the Holy Trinity (The Holy Trinity, June 4, 2023) The Triune God baptizes us, and we confess Him (The Visitation, May 31, 2026)
Matthew 28:18-20	The Sacrament of Holy Baptism (Midweek Advent II, December 8, 2021)

Mark

Mark 2:23-3:6	On our ‘Sabbath’ days, God feeds and heals us (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 3, 2018) A holy day with its bread and healing is for you (The Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 2, 2024)
Mark 1:1-8	Prepared by Baptism (Advent II, December 4, 2011) Prepared for Christ’s Comings (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 7, 2014) For the forgiveness of sins (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 10, 2017) Preparing the Lord’s Way (Second Sunday in Advent, December 6, 2020) Prophetic preparing (The Second Sunday in Advent, December 10, 2023)
Mark 1:9-11	Pleasing Our Father (1st Sunday after Epiphany, January 8, 2012) Jesus was baptized for you (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 7, 2018) The heavens are torn open for us (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 10, 2021) God’s good pleasure (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 7, 2024)
Mark 1:12-13	Tempting and Testing (Lent 1, February 26, 2012) In the Wilderness (1st Sunday in Lent, February 22, 2015) Testing the Baptized (1st Sunday in Lent, February 18, 2018) Tempted but ministered to (First Sunday in Lent, February 21, 2021) With the wild animals (The First Sunday in Lent, February 18, 2024)
Mark 1:14-15	Time to Repent and Believe (3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 22, 2012)
Mark 1:14-20	God’s Dynamic Kingdom (3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 25, 2015) Jesus proclaims ‘Repent and believe’ (3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 21, 2018) Repent and Believe (The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 21, 2024)
Mark 1:14-21	Proclaiming and believing the Gospel (The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 24, 2021)
Mark 1:21-28	Astonishing and Amazing Teaching (4th Sunday after Epiphany, January 29, 2012) Jesus’s Fame (4th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 1, 2015) Immediately Jesus teaches and rebukes, and His fame spreads (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 31, 2021) New and Improved (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany of Our Lord, January 28, 2024)
Mark 1:29-39	Where is the healing today? (5th Sunday after Epiphany, February 5, 2012) Everyone’s looking for Jesus (5th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 8, 2015) What kind of healing are we looking for from Jesus? (5th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 4, 2018) The cosmic victory can be yours! (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 7, 2021) Not Disregarded (The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany of Our Lord, February 4, 2024)
Mark 1:40-45	If God wills (6th Sunday after Epiphany, February 12, 2012)
Mark 2:21-28	Jesus destroys unclean spirits to save us (4th Sunday after the Epiphany, January 28, 2018)
Mark 3:20-35	A Stronger Man in the Family (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 10, 2012) The Lord’s Undivided House (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 7, 2015) Here is Jesus’s Family (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 10, 2018) The Strongest Man (The Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 9, 2024)
Mark 4:26-34	Kingdom Growth (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2015) The Kingdom of God grows as a seed for you! (4th Sunday after Pentecost, June 17, 2018) God’s Kingdom grows as our dwelling place (The Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 13, 2021) For the birds (in a good sense) (The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 16, 2024)
Mark 4:30-32	Tree of the Lord’s Planting (Midweek Advent II, December 7, 2016)
Mark 4:35-41	Jesus stills our literal and allegorical storms (The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 20, 2021) Great Windstorm, Great Calm, Great Fear (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, June 23, 2024)
Mark 5:21-43	Divine Care (5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 1, 2012) Fear, Faith, and Salvation (5th Sunday after Pentecost, June 28, 2015) Jesus’s gift of faith drives out fear (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 1, 2018) The difference Jesus makes (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, June 27, 2021) Do not fear, only believe (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, June 30, 2024)
Mark 6:1-6	Son of Mary (Midweek Advent 3, December 16, 2020)
Mark 6:1-13	Mixed Results and Ministry (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 8, 2012) Country and Honor (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 5, 2015) Rejected or received, the Gospel is preached (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 4, 2021) Taking offense at Jesus or believing in Him (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 7, 2024)
Mark 6:14-29	Trying to Silence the Prophetic Voice (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 15, 2012) Herod’s Hearing and Ours (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2015) John the Baptizer, Jesus, and Us (8th Sunday after Pentecost, July 15, 2018) Speaking truth to power (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 11, 2021) Jesus’s identity and His and His followers’ persecution (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 14, 2024)
Mark 6:30-44	Free Lunch (8th Sunday after Pentecost, July 22, 2012) Something to eat (8th Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2015) Jesus Christ feeds us Himself (9th Sunday after Pentecost, July 22, 2018) Christ satisfies (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 18, 2021) Sheep with a Shepherd (The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, 2024)
Mark 6:45-56	Do we understand about the loaves? (9th Sunday after Pentecost, July 29, 2012) Take heart! It is Jesus! Do not be afraid! (9th Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2015) Jesus astounds us with water (10th Sunday after Pentecost, July 29, 2018) Glimpses of Chaos and Glimpses of Order (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, July 28, 2024)
Mark 7:1-13	Tradition and the Word of God (13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 26, 2012) Holy by Contact (13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 23, 2015) God hands down His Gospel tradition through us (14th Sunday after Pentecost, August 26, 2018) Not vain but true worship (The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021) Washing Tradition (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 25, 2024)
Mark 7:14-23	Are you what you eat? (14th Sunday after Pentecost, September 2, 2012) Inside Out (14th Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2015) Jesus declares all food and all believers clean (15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 2, 2018) Jesus makes defiled people holy (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021) Understanding evil hearts (The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 1, 2024)
Mark 7:24-37	Jesus does all things well for you (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 9, 2018)
Mark 7:31-37	Making the deaf hear and the mute speak (15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 9, 2012) Jesus does all things well (15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 6, 2015) Opened (The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021)
Mark 8:27-38	Who do you say Jesus is? (Lent 2, March 4, 2012) For Jesus’s and the Gospel’s sake (2nd Sunday in Lent, March 1, 2015) Deny yourself or deny Christ (2nd Sunday in Lent, February 25, 2018) Christ defines faith in Him (Second Sunday in Lent, February 28, 2021) The devil within the Church on earth (The Second Sunday in Lent, February 25, 2024)
Mark 9:2-9	Listen to Jesus (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 19, 2012) What is it about the clothing? (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 15, 2015) Jesus alone (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 11, 2018) From fear to faith (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 14, 2021)
Mark 9:14-29	I believe; help my unbelief! (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 16, 2012) Art of the Possible (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2015) Jesus helps our unbelief and all other things (17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 16, 2018) The Lord has compassion and helps (The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021)
Mark 9:30-37	Last of all and Servant of all (17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 23, 2012) The Greatest (17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2015) Jesus serves all, and we receive Him by receiving others (18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 23, 2018) Jesus is the G.O.A.T. for you! (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 22, 2024)
Mark 9:38-50	For us (18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 30, 2012) Salt and Peace (18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 27, 2015) The ‘cream’ of Mark 9:38-50 (19th Sunday after Pentecost, September 30, 2018) Going to Hell or Entering Life (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 26, 2021)
Mark 10:1-16	Marriage Math (Key-Hiltzman Wedding, December 1, 2012)
Mark 10:2-16	Commands and the Kingdom (19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 7, 2012) Countercultural Law and Gospel (19th Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2015) Separation and Remedy (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 7, 2018) Again to Mark 10:2-16 (The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 3, 2021) Created and Forgiven (The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 6, 2024)
Mark 10:17-22	‘To-do List’ or ‘Done List’? (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 14, 2012) Who is good? (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2015) Jesus gives us treasure in heaven (21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 14, 2018) Labor of Love (The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 10, 2021) Inheriting Eternal Life (The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 13, 2024)
Mark 10:23-31	Wealth and the Kingdom of God (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, October 21, 2018) Mission: Possible (The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 17, 2021) All things are possible with God (The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, October 20, 2024)
Mark 10:32-45	Passion and Resurrection Prophecy and Reaction (The Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 21, 2021) Serving all (The Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2024)
Mark 10:35-45	Asking and Getting (5th Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2015) What do you want Jesus to do for you? (5th Sunday in Lent, March 18, 2018)
Mark 10:45	Not to be served but to serve (Lent 5, March 25, 2012)
Mark 10:46-52	Moved by Mercy from the Roadside to the Way (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, October 28, 2012) Jesus has mercy on us (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 28, 2018) Bartimaeus and Us (The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, October 24, 2021) Jesus mercifully heals and saves you (The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, October 27, 2024)
Mark 11:1-10	Shouting about Him Who Comes and the Coming Kingdom (1st Sunday in Advent, November 30, 2014) Palm Sunday: Liturgical Salvation (Palm Sunday, March 29, 2015) The Coming King and His Kingdom (1st Sunday in Advent, December 3, 2017) Jesus’s Need and Our Need (Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018) The Coming One saves us in His coming Kingdom (The First Sunday in Advent, December 3, 2023)
Mark 11:9	He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord (Advent I, November 27, 2011)
Mark 11:12-25	Fig Trees (Midweek Advent III, December 19, 2018)
Mark 12:38-44	A Money Sermon (24th Sunday after Pentecost, November 11, 2012) The Scribes, the Widow, Jesus, and Us (24th Sunday after Pentecost, November 8, 2015) Contributing out of poverty (25th Sunday after Pentecost, November 11, 2018) All we have to live on (The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, November 10, 2024)
Mark 13:1-13	Enduring to the End (25th Sunday after Pentecost, November 18, 2012) These things must take place (25th Sunday after Pentecost, November 15, 2015) Mid birth pains (26th Sunday after Pentecost, November 18, 2018) Signs and Responses (The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, November 14, 2021) The one who endures to the end will be saved (The Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost, November 17, 2024)
Mark 13:24-37	Awake for the Fulfillment (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 25, 2012) The Coming of the Son of Man (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 22, 2015) The Son of Man gathers His elect (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 25, 2018) The Son of Man sends His angels and gathers His elect (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 24, 2024)
Mark 14:7	Doing good for the poor (Midweek Lent I, February 24, 2021)
Mark 14:22-24	Body and Blood for You (Maundy Thursday, April 5, 2012)
Mark 14:22-26	Passovers past, present, and future (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 1, 2021)
Mark 14:35-36	Not what I will, but what You will (Lent 2 Midweek, March 7, 2012)
Mark 14:38	The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak (Midweek Lent II, March 4, 2015)
Mark 14:43-46	Judas’s Betrayal (Midweek Lent II, March 15, 2017)
Mark 14:51-52	Young man fleeing naked (Midweek Lent II, March 3, 2021)
Mark 14:53-54	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
Mark 14:58-59	False-testimony details (Midweek Lent III, March 10, 2021)
Mark 14:64	Blasphemy (Midweek Lent III, March 11, 2015)
Mark 14:66-72	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
Mark 15:7	Detailed background of Barabbas (Midweek Lent IV, March 17, 2021)
Mark 15:21	Simon of Cyrene’s Sons, Alexander and Rufus (Midweek Lent V, March 24, 2021)
Mark 15:28	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
Mark 15:33-39	Son of God (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2020)
Mark 16:1-8	He is risen! (Resurrection of Our Lord, East Day, April 5, 2015) Jesus has risen, and He is here (Easter Day Divine Service, April 1, 2018)
Mark 16:1-18	Easter Expectations (The Resurrection of Our Lord, April 4, 2021)
Mark 16:6	Jesus Who was crucified has risen (Easter Day, April 8, 2012)

Luke

Luke 7:36-8:3	Those forgiven much love much (4th Sunday after Pentecost, June 16, 2013) Two kinds of debtors (4th Sunday after Pentecost, June 12, 2016)
Luke 24:44-49a	That Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins Should Be Proclaimed in His Name (The Installation of Rev. David L. Adler, August 7, 2016)
Luke 23:33-34a	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
Luke 34b-43	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
Luke 22:66b-68	The Sanhedrin’s Lack of Faith and Confession (Midweek Lent III, March 27, 2019)
Luke 11b-32	This man receives sinners and eats with them (Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025)
Luke 1:1-25	Stirred-up Power to Come and Protect (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2015)
Luke 1:5-25	Believing words fulfilled in their time (Advent Midweek 1, December 3, 2014) Prepared and Comforted (Midweek Advent I, December 4, 2019) Gabriel appears to Zechariah (Midweek Advent I, December 3, 2025)
Luke 1:26-35	Stirred-up Hearts to Make Ready and Serve (Midweek Advent II, December 9, 2015)
Luke 1:26-38	The Impossibility of God (Advent IV, December 18, 2011) Favored Ones (4th Sunday in Advent, December 21, 2014) Conception and Crucifixion (Good Friday, March 25, 2016) The human and Divine Son saves us (4th Sunday in Advent, December 24, 2017) Son of Mary (Midweek Advent 3, December 16, 2020) Calling things as they are (The Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 20, 2020) The Son of David’s Kingdom includes you (The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 24, 2023) Gabriel comes to Mary (Midweek Advent II, December 10, 2025)
Luke 1:26-45	The All-Powerful Word of God (Advent Midweek 2, December 10, 2014)
Luke 1:26-56	Blessed by the Davidic Dynasty (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2019)
Luke 1:39-45	Fulfillment of What is Spoken from the Lord (Advent IV, December 23, 2012) Blessed believers in the Presence of the Lord (4th Sunday in Advent, December 20, 2015) Our Lord Himself visits us (The Visitation, May 31, 2017) Blessed Mary, Jesus, Elizabeth, and Us (The Visitation, May 31, 2018)
Luke 1:39-56	Answered Prayers to Enlighten by Visiting (Midweek Advent III, December 16, 2015) God exalts those of humble estate (4th Sunday in Advent, December 23, 2018) Even the Unborn Lord brings joy (The Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 19, 2021) The Lord visits us to deliver us. (The Visitation, May 31, 2023) Two women and their two sons (The Visitation, May 31, 2024) Blessed are those who believe that there will be a fulfillment of what is spoken from the Lord (The Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 22, 2024)
Luke 1:57-80	St. John and His Message (The Nativity of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 2012) The Prophet of the Most High (Advent Midweek 3, December 17, 2014) Stirred-up Power to Come and Help (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2015) Redeemed to worship and serve (Nativity of St. the John the Baptist, June 24, 2018) Burned or Delivered (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2019)
Luke 1:68-79	Dayspring (Advent III Midweek, December 14, 2011)
Luke 2:1-7	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Place of Birth (Wednesday of Advent III, December 18, 2013)
Luke 2:21	What’s in a name and circumcision? (Circumcision and Name of Jesus, January 1, 2012) Jesus was circumcised and named for us (Circumcision and Name of Jesus, January 1, 2017) Jesus’s circumcision and naming and ours (Circumcision and Name of Jesus, January 1, 2023) We are blessed by Jesus’s Circumcision and Name (Circumcision and Name of Jesus, January 1, 2026)
Luke 2:22-24	Jesus was presented in order to present us (The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2014)
Luke 2:22-40	The real Gift that keeps on giving (1st Sunday after Christmas, December 30, 2012) The Child for the falling and rising of many (1st Sunday after Christmas, December 28, 2014) Christmas Expectations (1st Sunday after Christmas, December 27, 2015) The waiting is over, or is it? (1st Sunday after Christmas, December 31, 2017) Mary was purified and Jesus was presented for us (The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2020) Seeing Salvation and Departing in Peace (First Sunday after Christmas, December 27, 2020) Departing in peace (The First Sunday after Christmas, December 26, 2021) Waiting for Consolation and Redemption (The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2023) Jesus fulfilled the law in order to be the Gospel (The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2024) Departing in peace (The First Sunday after Christmas, December 29, 2024) Our purification and presentation (The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2025)
Luke 2:40	God in Jesus grew for you! (The First Sunday after Christmas, December 31, 2023)
Luke 2:40-52	Wisely seeking Jesus in His Father’s things (2nd Sunday after Christmas, January 5, 2014) Wisdom and Understanding (2nd Sunday after Christmas, January 4, 2015) Looking for Jesus (2nd Sunday after Christmas, January 3, 2016) God’s Son is of necessity in the things of His Father (Second Sunday after Christmas, January 5, 2020) Holy Families and the Father’s House (The Second Sunday after Christmas, January 2, 2022) Forgiveness Business (The Second Sunday after Christmas, January 5, 2025) Jesus was filled with and increased in wisdom for you (The Second Sunday after Christmas, January 4, 2026)
Luke 2:52	God in Jesus grew for you! (The First Sunday after Christmas, December 31, 2023)
Luke 3:1-14	Fruits in keeping with repentance (Advent II, December 9, 2012) Seeing the Salvation of God (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 6, 2015) A Baptism of Repentance for the Forgiveness of Sins (Second Sunday in Advent, December 5, 2021) Preparing the way of the Lord (Second Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2024)
Luke 3:1-20	God uses those He sends apart from people’s expectations (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 9, 2018)
Luke 3:15-22	The Voice over the Waters (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 10, 2016)
Luke 3:21-22	God loves and is pleased with you in Christ (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 9, 2022) In His Beloved Son, God the Father is well-pleased with you (The Baptism of Our Lord, January 12, 2025)
Luke 3:23-38	Son of God (Midweek Advent I, December 2, 2020)
Luke 4:1-13	Tempted by the devil (1st Sunday in Lent, February 17, 2013) If You are the Son of God (1st Sunday in Lent, February 14, 2016) Jesus was tempted for us (1st Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2019) Our Spiritual Warfare (First Sunday in Lent, March 6, 2022) The Winner of our Spiritual War (First Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2025)
Luke 4:16-30	Gracious Words (3rd Sunday after Epiphany, January 27, 2013) Anointed to Proclaim (3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 24, 2016) The Lord’s favor and His hearers’ favor (Epiphany III, January 27, 2019) Today Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing (The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 23, 2022) The acceptable year and the unacceptable Prophet (Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 26, 2025)
Luke 4:31-44	Preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God (4th Sunday after Epiphany, February 3, 2013) The Astonishing and Amazing Word (4th Sunday after the Epiphany, January 31, 2016) Jesus is the Son of God sent to preach us into the Kingdom of God (4th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 3, 2019) Jesus heals you! (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 30, 2022)
Luke 5:1-11	God enables repentant sinners to remain in His presence (5th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 10, 2019) Confession and Absolution in the Boat of the Church (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, February 6, 2022) Catches of fish and catches of people (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 9, 2025)
Luke 6:17-26	We are blessed when we are reviled on Jesus’s account (6th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 17, 2019) Blessed or Cursed (The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 13, 2022) Now and Then (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, February 16, 2025)
Luke 6:27-38	Our Father’s mercy leads to our mercy (7th Sunday after the Epiphany, February 24, 2019) The Most High is kind to the ungrateful and the evil (The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, February 20, 2022)
Luke 7:1-10	Worthy or Not? (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 2, 2013) Buildings and Worthiness (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, May 29, 2016)
Luke 7:11-17	A Visit from the Compassionate God (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 9, 2013) Death meets Life (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 5, 2016)
Luke 7:18-28	What or Who have you come to see? (Advent III, December 16, 2012) Liberty for the captives (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 13, 2015) Great Expectations (Third Sunday in Advent, December 12, 2021)
Luke 7:18-35	Far more than a game (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 16, 2018) Rejoicing for the right reason (Third Sunday in Advent, December 15, 2024)
Luke 8:26-39	How Much Jesus Has Done (5th Sunday after Pentecost, June 23, 2013) Demon-buster (5th Sunday after Pentecost, June 19, 2016) Jesus saves you from the demonic (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, June 23, 2019) Jesus destroys the destroyer for you (The Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 19, 2022) Jesus is victorious over demonic powers for people like us (The Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 22, 2025)
Luke 9:28-36	Speaking of the Exodus (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 10, 2013) Shared Glory (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 7, 2016) Jesus’s Transfiguration reveals both His glory and our glory (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, March 3, 2019) Through Suffering to Glory (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, February 27, 2022) Jesus’s Exodus and our Exodus (The Transfiguration of Our Lord, March 2, 2025)
Luke 9:51-62	Fit for the Kingdom of God (6th Sunday after Pentecost, June 30, 2013) Determination, Reception, and Commitment (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 30, 2019) God saves us from consuming fire (The Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 26, 2022) Receiving Jesus and Proclaiming the Kingdom (The Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 29, 2025)
Luke 10:1-20	Laborers and the Lord’s Harvest (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 7, 2013) Peace and Joy to Houses and Towns (7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 3, 2016) Reason to Rejoice (4th Sunday after Pentecost, July 7, 2019) The Lord sends His messengers to preserve you in true peace (The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 3, 2022) Satan’s falling and God’s writing (The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 6, 2025)
Luke 10:17-20	War and Peace (St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2022)
Luke 10:25-37	How do you read what is written? (8th Sunday after Pentecost, July 14, 2013) Do this, and you will live (5th Sunday after Pentecost, July 14, 2019) The Lord has compassion on us (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 10, 2022) Jesus proves to be a neighbor to us (The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 13, 2025)
Luke 10:38-42	Much Serving (9th Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, 2013) The Better Portion (6th Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, 2019) Welcoming the Lord into our homes (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 17, 2022) The one thing necessary (The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 20, 2025)
Luke 11:1-13	God gives evil people the greatest gift (10th Sunday after Pentecost, July 24, 2016) The Heavenly Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 24, 2022) Someone’s knocking at the door (The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 27, 2025)
Luke 11:2	Hallowed be Thy Name (Lent Midweek I, February 20, 2013) Thy Kingdom Come (Lent Midweek II, February 27, 2013)
Luke 11:3	Give us this day our daily bread (Lent Midweek IV, March 13, 2013)
Luke 11:4	Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us (Lent Midweek V, March 20, 2013) Lead us not into temptation (Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2013)
Luke 12:13-21	Social and Spiritual Security (11th Sunday after Pentecost, July 31, 2016) Your life is not in possessions but in Christ (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 31, 2022) The Judge and the Redeemer (The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, August 3, 2025)
Luke 12:22-34	Our Father’s Good Pleasure (12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 7, 2016)
Luke 12:22-40	Christ frees His Flock from anxiety, worry, and fear (9th Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2019) Our Father gives believers the Kingdom (The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 7, 2022) Jesus comes like a thief, but no thief approaches our heavenly treasure (The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 10, 2025)
Luke 12:49-53	Why Jesus Comes (13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2013) Division on Earth and Peace in Heaven (13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 14, 2016)
Luke 12:49-56	Families and the Times (10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2019) How to interpret the present time (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 14, 2022) The Storm of the Lord (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 17, 2025)
Luke 13:1-9	Repent or Perish (3rd Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2013) Time to repent (3rd Sunday in Lent, February 28, 2016) Fig Trees (Midweek Advent III, December 19, 2018) What do we think about sinners? (Lent III, March 24, 2019) Unless and when you repent (Third Sunday in Lent, March 20, 2022) The Lord’s pleasure is that we repent and live (Third Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2025)
Luke 13:22-30	At Table in the Kingdom of God (14th Sunday after Pentecost, August 25, 2013) Striving to enter the Kingdom’s narrow door (14th after Pentecost, August 21, 2016) Consider the outcomes of God’s judgment while you can (Pentecost XI, August 25, 2019) Where you come from (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 21, 2022)
Luke 13:31-35	Jesus’s Willing and Our Willing (2nd Sunday in Lent, February 24, 2013) Gathered (2nd Sunday in Lent, February 21, 2016) How often would we gather? (Lent II, March 17, 2019) The Willing Brood of the Church (Second Sunday in Lent, March 13, 2022) The Prophetic Voice of the Lord and His House (Second Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2025)
Luke 14:1-14	Feast of Healing (15th Sunday of Pentecost, September 1, 2013) Three Scenes at a Sabbath Seder (15th Sunday after Pentecost, August 28, 2016) More than Sabbath meal manners (12th Sunday after Pentecost, September 1, 2019) Humbly dining with the Lord (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 28, 2022) God heals, exalts, and repays the humble (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 31, 2025)
Luke 14:15-24	Prepared in Redemption (Midweek Advent II, December 11, 2024)
Luke 14:25-35	Being Jesus’s Disciple (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 8, 2013) Discipleship’s Costs and Benefits (16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 4, 2016) Ability to be Jesus’s disciple (13th Sunday after Pentecost, September 8, 2019) Deliberating Discipleship (The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 4, 2022)
Luke 15:1-3	Lost and Found (4th Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2013) The Joy of Repentance (4th Sunday in Lent, March 6, 2016) God’s Functional Family (Lent IV, March 31, 2019) Celebrating Repentant Sinners (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 27, 2022) This man receives sinners and eats with them (Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025)
Luke 15:1-10	Receiving, Eating, and Rejoicing with Sinners (17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 15, 2013) Joy over Repentance (17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 11, 2016) Lost, found, and rejoiced over and with (14th Sunday after Pentecost, September 15, 2019) Joy over sinners who repent (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 11, 2022)
Luke 15:11-32	Lost and Found (4th Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2013) The Joy of Repentance (4th Sunday in Lent, March 6, 2016) God’s Functional Family (Lent IV, March 31, 2019) Celebrating Repentant Sinners (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 27, 2022)
Luke 16:1-15	God Knows Your Heart (18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 22, 2013) Received into Eternal Dwellings (18th Sunday after Pentecost, September 18, 2016) Spiritual Shrewdness (15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 22, 2019)
Luke 16:19-31	Anguish and Comfort (19th Sunday after Pentecost, September 25, 2016) Feasting Now and Feasting Then (The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 25, 2022) A Great Chasm (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 28, 2025)
Luke 17:1-10	Faith that fulfills the duty to forgive (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 6, 2013) Invited to Come and Recline (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 2, 2016) Forgiving our brothers and sisters (17th Sunday after Pentecost, October 6, 2019) Doing what is commanded (The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 2, 2022) By faith, we are forgiven and forgiving servants (The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 5, 2025)
Luke 17:11-19	At Jesus’s Feet, Giving Thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 23, 2011) Thanksgiving Pleasure (Eve of Day of National Thanksgiving, November 21, 2012) Your Faith Has Saved You (21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 13, 2013) Giving God in Jesus Thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 26, 2014) Lifting Up Voices for Mercy and Thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 25, 2015) Cleansed to Praise (21st Sunday after Pentecost, October 9, 2016) God moves us to give thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 23, 2016) God’s mercy leads to our salvation and praise (18th Sunday after Pentecost, October 13, 2019) A voice asking for mercy then praises God (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 9, 2022) Lifting up one voice for mercy and praise (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 12, 2025)
Luke 18:1-8	Faithfully praying for the Son of Man to bring speedy justice (22nd after Pentecost, October 20, 2013) Praying for God’s ultimate justice (The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 16, 2022) God speedily gives justice to His elect (Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 19, 2025)
Luke 18:9-17	Going up to pray for mercy and Going home justified (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 27, 2013) Justified and Receiving the Kingdom (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 23, 2016) Which person are you? (20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 27, 2019) We seek mercy, and God forgives us (The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 26, 2025)
Luke 19:1-10	Sought and Saved (24th Sunday after Pentecost, October 30, 2016)
Luke 19:28-40	The King Who Comes (Advent I, December 2, 2012) The Coming King and Crying Stones (1st Sunday in Advent, November 29, 2015) The Lord’s King humbly brings peace (Palm/Passion Sunday, March 20, 2016) The Coming King brings peace and glory (1st Sunday in Advent, December 2, 2018) The ways this King comes (First Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2024)
Luke 20:9-20	The Wicked Tenants and the Rejected Cornerstone (5th Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2013) He Sent a Servant (Thursday of Lent V, March 21, 2013) The Rejected Cornerstone (5th Sunday in Lent, March 13, 2016) Broken, Crushed or Built (Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 7, 2019) The Lord of the Vineyard sent His Beloved Son (The Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 3, 2022) The Lord of the Vineyard’s fruit (Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 6, 2025)
Luke 20:27-40	God of the Living (25th Sunday after Pentecost, November 10, 2013) Rightly understanding what Scripture shows (22nd Sunday after Pentecost, November 10, 2019) The dead are raised (The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, November 9, 2025)
Luke 21:5-28	Gained Lives and Completed Redemption (26th Sunday after Pentecost, November 13, 2016) Your redemption is drawing near (The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, November 13, 2022)
Luke 21:5-36	Standing before the Son of Man (The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, November 16, 2025)
Luke 22:1-38	Places of the Passion according to St. Luke: The Upper Room (Midweek Lent I, March 12, 2025)
Luke 22:3-6	Satan’s Role (Midweek Lent I, March 8, 2017)
Luke 22:7-20	The New Covenant is for us (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 18, 2019) Christ’s Body and Blood for you (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 14, 2022) The New Covenant (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 17, 2025)
Luke 22:14-16	Longing to eat this Passover (Lent 1 Midweek, February 29, 2012)
Luke 22:24-30	Like Saint Bartholomew, we are first served and then serve (St. Bartholomew, Apostle, August 24, 2025)
Luke 22:31-32	Peter’s being sifted and strengthening (Midweek Lent I, March 13, 2019)
Luke 22:39-53	Places of the Passion according to St. Luke: The Mount of Olives (Midweek Lent II, March 19, 2025)
Luke 22:43-44	The Strengthening Angel and the Bloody Sweat (Midweek Lent II, March 20, 2019)
Luke 22:47-48	Judas’s Betrayal (Midweek Lent II, March 15, 2017)
Luke 22:54-62	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
Luke 22:54-71	Places of the Passion according to St. Luke: The High Priest’s House (Midweek Lent III, March 26, 2025)
Luke 23:1-25	Places of the Passion according to St. Luke: Before Pilate (Midweek Lent IV, April 2, 2025)
Luke 23:5-12	Herod’s Seeing Jesus and Finding Him Not Guilty (Midweek Lent IV, April 3, 2019)
Luke 23:15	Herod’s Seeing Jesus and Finding Him Not Guilty (Midweek Lent IV, April 3, 2019)
Luke 23:26-56	Places of the Passion according to St. Luke: The Skull (Midweek Lent V, April 9, 2025)
Luke 23:27-43	Jesus remembers us, and so we will be with Him in Paradise (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 20, 2016) Repentant believers will be with Jesus in Paradise (The Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 20, 2022) Jesus is the King of Kings (Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 23, 2025)
Luke 23:31	When the wood is green, when it is dry (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2015)
Luke 23:33	They crucified Him (Lent 5 Midweek, March 28, 2012)
Luke 23:46	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
Luke 23:48-49	Different Responses to the Spectacle (Midweek Lent V, April 10, 2019)
Luke 24:1-12	The Living among the Dead (The Resurrection of Our Lord (Divine Service), March 31, 2013) Resurrection Words: Idle or Productive? (Easter Day, March 27, 2016) Jesus’s Words interpret perplexing events like His Resurrection (The Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Day, April 21, 2019) Remembering Death and Resurrection (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, April 17, 2022) The tomb was not Jesus’s and will not be our forever home (The Resurrection of Our Lord – Easter Day, April 20, 2025)
Luke 24:6	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Luke 24:13-35	Hopes exceeded in the breaking of the bread (3rd Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2014) Jesus on the Way and in the Bread (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2017) Recognizing the Resurrected Jesus (Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020) We hope in the One Who has redeemed us (The Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023) Foolish ones, slow of heart to believe (The Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026)
Luke 24:31	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Luke 24:34	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Luke 24:36-43	A Jesus Ghost Story (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2015)
Luke 24:36-49	Resurrection Reactions (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 15, 2018)
Luke 24:44-47	What is necessary? (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 22, 2012)
Luke 24:44-49	The need for the Christ and preaching in His Name (The Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021) Everything written must be fulfilled (Thursday of Lent V, March 26, 2026)
Luke 24:46	Rose from death the third day (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter “Sonrise”, April 20, 2014)
Luke 24:50-53	Ascended into Heaven (Ascension Day, May 29, 2014) Parting is such sweet sorrow (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 14, 2015) Jesus’s Ascension leads to our worship and praise (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 30, 2019) Blessed and Blessing (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 26, 2022) The Ascension of Our Lord (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 29, 2025)
Luke 70	The Sanhedrin’s Lack of Faith and Confession (Midweek Lent III, March 27, 2019)

John

John 16:4b-15	The Coming and Work of the Spirit (The Day of Pentecost, May 27, 2012) The Helper is Here (The Day of Pentecost, May 24, 2015) The Spirit’s Witness and Our Confession (The Day of Pentecost, May 20, 2018) The Holy Spirit gives you life (The Day of Pentecost, May 23, 2021)
John 1:29-42a	The Lamb of God Revealed (2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 19, 2014)
John 18:33-37a	An Out-of-this-world Kingdom (Midweek Lent IV, March 29, 2017)
John 19:29-30a	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017)
John 14:18-31a	Jesus Comes Now (Midweek Advent II, December 13, 2017)
John 17:11b-19	God sanctifies us in the truth of His Word (7th Sunday of Easter, May 13, 2018) The world hates Christians, but God keeps them. (The Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 16, 2021) God’s love and the world’s hate (The Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2024)
John 18:1-19:42	Jesus was crucified for you! (Good Friday, April 10, 2020) Our Crucified King (Good Friday, April 15, 2022)
John 1:1-14	The Incarnate Word Dwelling Among Us (Christmas Day, December 25, 2011)
John 1:1-18	God’s Christmas Gift of Life and Light (Christmas Day, December 25, 2012) Empty but beautiful boxes for no one in particular (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2013) The Glory of the Word made Flesh (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2014) Giving and Receiving the Word become flesh (The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2015) The mystery of the Word become flesh revealed (The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day), December 25, 2016) The Word made flesh <i>for you</i> (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2017) The Only-begotten Son of God was born of Mary, so you can be born of God (Christmas Day, December 25, 2018) God’s Giving and Our Receiving (The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2019) The gift of becoming children of God (The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2020) The Read and Preached Word (Midweek Advent I, December 1, 2021) The Word made flesh dwells among us to forgive us (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2021) The Light of the Word become Flesh Overcomes Your Darkness (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2022) From His fulness we receive grace upon grace (The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2023) The Word became flesh that we might become children of God (The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2024) The Greatest Glory of Christmas (The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2025)
John 1:6-8	Identity and Actions (Advent III, December 11, 2011) Bearing Witness and Baptizing (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 14, 2014) Witnessing about the Light (Third Sunday in Advent, December 13, 2020) Witnessing and Rejoicing (The Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2023)
John 1:16	From Christ’s fullness we receive grace upon grace (Reformation Day, October 31, 2025)
John 1:19-28	Identity and Actions (Advent III, December 11, 2011) Bearing Witness and Baptizing (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 14, 2014) Witnessing about the Light (Third Sunday in Advent, December 13, 2020) Witnessing and Rejoicing (The Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2023)
John 1:43-51	Coming and Seeing (The Second Sunday after Epiphany, January 18, 2015)
John 2:1-11	Manifested Glory (2nd Sunday after Epiphany, January 20, 2013) Jesus’s signs manifest His glory for faith in Him (2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, January 20, 2019)
John 2:13-22	House of Forgiveness (Lent 3, March 11, 2012) Zeal for God’s House (3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2015) Finding in the Temple (3rd Sunday in Lent, March 4, 2018)
John 2:13-25	Jesus is our sacrifice and temple (The Third Sunday in Lent, March 7, 2021) Jesus is Pro-Judaism (properly understood) (The Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2024)
John 3:1-17	Understanding the Possibility of the Triune (The Holy Trinity, June 3, 2012) Comings and Goings (2nd Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2014) The ‘so what’ of the Triune God (The Holy Trinity, May 31, 2015) Reborn from above to enter God’s Kingdom (2nd Sunday in Lent, March 12, 2017) The Triune God gives birth to us for worship (The Holy Trinity, May 27, 2018) Sent to be a blessing (Second Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2020) The Triune God and you (The Holy Trinity, May 30, 2021) The Spirit breathes where He wills (The Second Sunday in Lent, March 5, 2023)
John 3:14-21	Condemning and Saving (Lent 4, March 18, 2012) Coming to the Light (4th Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2015) Believing in the lifted-up Son of Man is necessary for eternal life (4th Sunday in Lent, March 11, 2018) The Current Crisis (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 14, 2021) The Light that saves you (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2024)
John 4:5-26	Living Water from the Christ (3rd Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2014) God seeks thirsty worshippers to give living water (3rd Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2017)
John 4:5-30	Asking for and receiving water (Third Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2020) Living Water and True Worshipers (Third Sunday in Lent, March 12, 2023) Water for life (Third Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026)
John 4:39-42	Asking for and receiving water (Third Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2020) Living Water and True Worshipers (Third Sunday in Lent, March 12, 2023) Water for life (Third Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026)
John 5:1-9	Do you want to be healed? (The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2022)
John 5:19-29	Lord of Might (Advent I Midweek, December 5, 2012)
John 6:22-35	Bread from heaven (10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 5, 2012) The Bread of God gives life to the world (The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 1, 2021) Seeking Jesus (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 4, 2024)
John 6:22-69	The Sacrament of Holy Communion (Midweek Advent IV, December 22, 2021)
John 6:27-40	Wayne’s feasting, you can, too (The Funeral Service for Wayne Miller, December 9, 2017)
John 6:35-40	Coming to Jesus (Sarah Lowery’s Graveside Service and Committal, September 21, 2012)
John 6:35-51	Drawn and Coming to the Bread of Life (11th Sunday after Pentecost, August 12, 2012) Christ came down to raise us up (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8, 2021) Grumbling or Believing (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2024)
John 6:51-69	Taking offense at the flesh and blood of the Son of Man (12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 19, 2012) Eating Jesus’s Flesh and Drinking His Blood (12th Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2015) God the Father grants that we come to Jesus for eternal life (13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 19, 2018) Coming to the Words of Eternal Life (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 15, 2021) From 5,000 to 12 (The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2024)
John 7:14-52	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Place of Birth (Wednesday of Advent III, December 18, 2013)
John 7:37-39	Spirit, Water, Life (Day of Pentecost, June 4, 2017) Coming and Drinking (The Day of Pentecost, May 31, 2020) Drinking of the Spirit (The Day of Pentecost, May 28, 2023) Thirsting and Drinking (Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2026)
John 7:40-52	Root of Jesse (Advent II Midweek, December 12, 2012)
John 8:31-36	Set Free by the Son through His Word of Truth (Reformation Day (transferred), October 30, 2012) Relevant Truth for All Times (Reformation Day, October 31, 2015) Set-free disciples (Reformation Day, October 31, 2019)
John 8:31-59	Son of Joseph (Midweek Advent IV, December 23, 2020)
John 8:48-59	Knowing the Triune God (Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2013) The Glory of the Triune God (Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2016) Our honoring the Holy Trinity is a matter of death or life (The Holy Trinity, June 16, 2019) The glory of the Holy Trinity is Christ crucified for you (The Holy Trinity, June 15, 2025)
John 9:1-7	That the unseeing may see and the seeing become blind (4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2014)
John 9:1-41	Displaying the Works of God (4th Sunday in Lent, March 26, 2017) Seeing the Son of Man (Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2020) The Light of the World gives us sight, and we worship Him (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2023) Dividing the sighted from the blind (The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2026)
John 9:13-17	That the unseeing may see and the seeing become blind (4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2014)
John 9:34-39	That the unseeing may see and the seeing become blind (4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2014)
John 10:1-10	Jesus, the Gate, grants shepherds and sheep entrance and exit (4th Sunday of Easter, May 7, 2017) Jesus came that you might have life abundantly (Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2020) The Good Shepherd calls and leads out His sheep (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023) Those who enter by Jesus are saved (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026)
John 10:11-16	The beautiful feet of your new, younger under-shepherd (The Installation of Rev. Ryan Ogrodowicz, January 7, 2018)
John 10:11-18	The Good Shepherd and His Life (4th Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2012) For the Sheep (4th Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2015) The Lord, our Good Shepherd, has gathered Sallye into His arms (Funeral Service for Sallye Key, April 16, 2018) Are you a sheep? (4th Sunday of Easter, April 22, 2018) Laying down and taking up lives (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2021) Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 21, 2024)
John 10:22-30	Giving and Snatching Sheep (4th Sunday of Easter, April 21, 2013) The Good Shepherd gives His sheep eternal life (4th Sunday of Easter, April 17, 2016) The Good Shepherd hangs onto His sheep (4th Sunday after Easter, May 12, 2019)
John 10:27-30	Kathleen, the Lord’s Lamb (Funeral of Kathleen May Stoldt, Our Redeemer, Longview, February 3, 2015)
John 11:1-45	Lazarus’s, Jesus’s, and Our Resurrections (5th Sunday in Lent, April 2, 2017)
John 11:1-53	Whoever believes in Jesus lives (Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 29, 2020) Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life (The Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 26, 2023) A preview of the resurrection of the body (The Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2026)
John 11:17-27	Believing in the Resurrection and the Life (5th Sunday in Lent, April 6, 2014) Though she died, yet Ann lives! (The Committal of Brucilla Ann York, May 14, 2021)
John 11:25-26	Waiting for the Lord (The Committal of Harold & Christina Engebretson, September 26, 2015)
John 11:38-53	Believing in the Resurrection and the Life (5th Sunday in Lent, April 6, 2014)
John 11:47-53	One Man dies for the people (Good Friday, March 29, 2024)
John 12:12-19	‘Hosanna!’ to our Coming King! (Palm Sunday, April 1, 2012) Coming to Meet Jesus (Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013) Hosanna! Save us! (Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026)
John 12:20-36	Son of Man (Midweek Advent 2, December 9, 2020)
John 12:20-43	The glory we seek on Palm Sunday is revealed on the cross (Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019) The Lifted-up Jesus draws us to Himself (Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020) Cast out from Jesus or drawn to come to Him (Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021) Jesus comes to glorify God the Father and us (Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022) Now is the time (Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023) Coming and seeing Jesus (Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024) Victory Parades (Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025)
John 13:21-30	Satan’s Role (Midweek Lent I, March 8, 2017)
John 13:31-35	Just as God loved us, we love one another (The Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 15, 2022)
John 14:1-6	Don is with Jesus, and you can be also (Funeral Service for Don Nicol, 2019 February 07, February 7, 2019) Jesus was Elfriede’s ‘Travel Counselor’ (Funeral Service for Elfriede Hall, September 7, 2023)
John 14:1-14	Believing, Knowing, Seeing, and Doing (5th Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2014) A place for you (5th Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2017) Let not your hearts be troubled (Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2020) Jesus will take believers to Himself (The Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 7, 2023) Do not be troubled but believe (The Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2026)
John 14:15-21	Because Jesus lives, we also will live (6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2014) The Holy Spirit leads us to love Jesus and keep His commandments (6th Sunday of Easter, May 21, 2017) Not orphaned but indwelt (Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2020)
John 14:23-31	The Sending of the Holy Spirit (The Day of Pentecost, May 19, 2013) The Holy Spirit’s work for Jesus’s apostles and for us (Pentecost Day, June 9, 2019) Jesus’s comforting peace (The Day of Pentecost, June 8, 2025)
John 14:27	Peace for troubled and fearful hearts (Funeral Service for Beth Nicol, May 25, 2017)
John 15:1-8	The Vine and its Abiding Branches (5th Sunday of Easter, May 6, 2012) Fruitful branches of the Vine (5th Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2015) Vine, Branches, and Fruit (5th Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2018) The True Vine’s abiding branches bear much fruit (The Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2, 2021) Abide in Jesus (The Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2024)
John 15:1-11	The Augsburg Confession: Abiding in and Fruit of the Vine (Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2014) The fruit of lips that confess God’s Name (Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2020)
John 15:9-13	Abiding in Love (The Wedding of Kristen Pabon and George C. Heil, Friday of Pentecost III, July 4, 2014)
John 15:9-17	Love, love, love (6th Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2015) Jesus loves us; we love one another (6th Sunday of Easter, May 6, 2018) The Greatest Love (The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2021) Jesus chose you (The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2024)
John 15:16	Choice (6th Sunday of Easter, May 13, 2012)
John 15:26-27	The Coming and Work of the Spirit (The Day of Pentecost, May 27, 2012) The Helper is Here (The Day of Pentecost, May 24, 2015) The Spirit’s Witness and Our Confession (The Day of Pentecost, May 20, 2018) The Holy Spirit gives you life (The Day of Pentecost, May 23, 2021) The Holy Spirit comes and works for you (The Day of Pentecost, May 19, 2024)
John 16:12-22	Sorrow and Joy (5th Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2013) A little while (5th Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2016)
John 16:23-33	Tribulation and Peace (6th Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2013) The Plain Dealer (6th Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2016)
John 17:1-11	Glorify God in His Name (7th Sunday of Easter, June 1, 2014) That we may be one (Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 28, 2017) God’s giving includes our eternal life (Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2020) Jesus prays that we might know the only true God (The Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21, 2023) By His Word, Jesus makes us one (Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2026)
John 17:11-19	In but not Of the World (7th Sunday of Easter, May 20, 2012) Kept and Sanctified (7th Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2015)
John 17:20-26	Unity (7th Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2013) Relationships (7th Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2016) Believers and the World (7th Sunday of Easter, June 2, 2019) Our Divine unity leads the world to know God’s love in Christ (The Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 29, 2022)
John 18:1-12	Judas’s Betrayal (Midweek Lent II, March 15, 2017)
John 18:9	Don’t miss the Tree for the forest (Good Friday, April 3, 2026)
John 18:14	One Man dies for the people (Good Friday, March 29, 2024)
John 18:15-18	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
John 18:25-27	Peter’s Denial (Midweek Lent III, March 22, 2017)
John 18:32	Don’t miss the Tree for the forest (Good Friday, April 3, 2026)
John 18:37-38	What is truth? (Lent 4 Midweek, March 21, 2012)
John 19:11	The greater sin (Midweek Lent IV, March 18, 2015)
John 19:24	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
John 19:25-27	The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
John 19:28	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 14, 2017) The Seven Words from the Cross (Good Friday, April 19, 2019) Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you (Good Friday, April 2, 2021) Seven Statements, Seven Sermons (Good Friday, April 7, 2023) Seven Statements, One Saving Purpose (Good Friday, April 18, 2025)
John 19:30	Finished (Good Friday, April 6, 2012)
John 19:31-37	Blood and Water (Good Friday, April 3, 2015)
John 19:36	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
John 19:37	Scripture Fulfilled (Midweek Lent V, April 5, 2017)
John 20:1-18	I have seen the Lord (Easter “Sonrise”, April 5, 2015) Locating the Living Lord (Easter Sunrise, March 27, 2016) Running to Jesus (The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Sunrise, April 16, 2017) Why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking? (Easter Sunrise, April 1, 2018) Easter Finest (The Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Sunrise, April 21, 2019)
John 20:18	I have seen the Lord (Easter “Sunrise”, April 8, 2012)
John 20:19-31	Peace be with you (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 15, 2012) Seeing and Believing (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2013) Blessed with Peace through the Resurrected Jesus’s Ministry (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 27, 2014) Believing the Apostles’ words (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 11, 2015) From Fear to Peace and Joy (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 3, 2016) Disbelief and Belief (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2017) Jesus’s Resurrection and Our Forgiveness (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 8, 2018) Not seeing yet believing and having life (2nd Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2019) Jesus at the center (Second Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2020) The resurrected Jesus comes, stands, and speaks peace (Second Sunday of Easter, April 11, 2021) The Keys to Heaven and Hell benefit you (Second Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2022) Religious inclusion is through confession and forgiveness (The Second Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2023) The apostles’ resurrection testimony leads to our faith and confession (The Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2024) Skeptical or Scriptural? (The Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, 2026)
John 21:1-14	The Resurrected Jesus Revealed (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 14, 2013) Breakfast with the Resurrected Lord (3rd Sunday of Easter, April 10, 2016)
John 21:1-19	The Resurrected Lord feeds us (3rd Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2019) The Resurrected Jesus reveals Himself to you (The Third Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2022)
John 21:15-17	Loving the Lord and Pastoring His Flock (Commemoration of Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor, April 20, 2017)

Acts

Acts 1:1-11	Out of Sight (Ascension Day, May 17, 2012) Restoring the Kingdom (Ascension Day, May 5, 2016) Jesus is taken up but is still doing and teaching (Ascension Day, May 25, 2017) Times and Seasons (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 21, 2020) Gazing into Heaven (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 18, 2023) Now you don’t see Him, but you will (Easter 6, May 14, 2026)
Acts 1:6-12	The Mount of Olives (Midweek Lent V, March 20, 2024)
Acts 9:1-22	Each of us believes because of a miracle (The Conversion of St. Paul, January 25, 2026)
Acts 10:34-43	Emmanuel (Advent III Midweek, December 19, 2012)
Acts 11:1-18	God’s Word settles Church conflict (Thursday of Easter V, May 22, 2025)
Acts 11:19-30	Through the example of St. Barnabas, God encourages us (The Feast of St. Barnabas, June 11, 2023)
Acts 13:1-3	Through the example of St. Barnabas, God encourages us (The Feast of St. Barnabas, June 11, 2023)
Acts 13:13-43	Prophecies of Jesus’s Birth: Line of Descent (Wednesday of Advent II, December 11, 2013)

Romans

Romans 3:19-28	Exclusive Particles (Reformation Day, October 31, 2023)
Romans 5:12-19	Adam and Jesus in us (1st Sunday in Lent, March 5, 2017)
Romans 5:12-21	Lord of Might (Advent I Midweek, December 5, 2012)
Romans 8:18-25	Waiting for the Lord (The Committal of Harold & Christina Engebretson, September 26, 2015)
Romans 8:31-39	Given God’s Son and All Things (The Memorial Service for Charles Lee Eilers, April 20, 2013)
Romans 8:32	Who handed-over Jesus for you? God the Father (Midweek Lent I, March 1, 2023)
Romans 10:1-21	The Read and Preached Word (Midweek Advent I, December 1, 2021)
Romans 10:5-17	Sharabeth confessed and believed and has been saved (Funeral of Sharabeth Upton, Friday of Pentecost VII, July 13, 2018)
Romans 15:8-13	Root of Jesse (Advent II Midweek, December 12, 2012)

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 11:17-34a	The Sacrament of Holy Communion (Midweek Advent IV, December 22, 2021)
1 Corinthians 15:44b-49	Bearing the image of the man of dust and the Man of Heaven (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026)
1 Corinthians 2:6-16	Prepared for Glorification (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2024)
1 Corinthians 10:16-17	Participating in the Body and Blood of Christ (Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2015) Participation (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, March 28, 2024)
1 Corinthians 11:17-34	Body and Blood for whom? (Holy (Maundy) Thursday, April 6, 2023)
1 Corinthians 12:27	God knits us together into the mystical body of His Son (All Saints’ Day (observed), November 2, 2025)

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10	Returning, Reconciling, and Being Righteous (Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015)
2 Corinthians 5:1-10	We walk by faith, Danny now by sight (Funeral Service for Danny Sampson, May 1, 2018)

Galatians

Galatians 2:20	Who handed-over Jesus for you? God the Son (Midweek Lent V, March 29, 2023)
Galatians 3:1-14	Tree of the Cross (Midweek Advent III, December 14, 2016)
Galatians 4:1-7	Fullness of Time (Midweek Advent I, December 6, 2023)
Galatians 4:4-7	Adopted as sons by the Holy Spirit (St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord (transferred), August 17, 2016)
Galatians 4:4-9	Seed of a Virgin (Wednesday of Advent I, December 4, 2013)

Ephesians

Ephesians 1:15-23	Head Over All Things (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 9, 2013) The immeasurable greatness of God’s power toward us (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 10, 2018) Jesus’s Ascension is an example of God’s power for you (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 13, 2021) Ascension power for you (The Ascension of Our Lord, May 9, 2024)
Ephesians 2:11-22	Desire of Nations (Advent IV Midweek, December 21, 2011)
Ephesians 3:14-15	Every family is named from God the Father (Father’s Day, June 18, 2023)
Ephesians 3:14-21	Fullness of God in you (Midweek Advent III, December 20, 2023)

Philippians

Philippians 1:18b-26	Rejoicing at the gain of death (The Committal of Gerald York, June 6, 2016)
Philippians 4:4-7	Do not be anxious about anything, . . . (LWML East Texas Zone Fall Rally, Faith Lutheran Church, Corsicana, TX, October 1, 2016)
Philippians 4:6-20	God moves us to give thanks (Eve of Day of Thanksgiving, November 23, 2016)

Colossians

Colossians 1:15-23	Fullness of God in Christ (Midweek Advent II, December 13, 2023)
Colossians 2:1-23	Wisdom From On High (Advent I Midweek, November 30, 2011)

1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Don is with Jesus, and you can be also (Funeral Service for Don Nicol, 2019 February 07, February 7, 2019)
Comfort concerning Christ’s coming (The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, November 12, 2023)

1 Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11b-16	The good Augsburg Confession (The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, June 25, 2024)
1 Timothy 4:12-16	The beautiful feet of your new, younger under-shepherd (The Installation of Rev. Ryan Ogrodowicz, January 7, 2018)

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 4:11

Very useful for ministry (The Commemoration of St. Mark (Circuit #14 Winkle), April 25, 2024)

Titus

Titus 3:3-8a	The Sacrament of Holy Baptism (Midweek Advent II, December 8, 2021)
Titus 1:1-9	Pastors and Marriage (North Texas Confessional Lutherans Free Conference, January 26, 2013)

Hebrews

Hebrews 1:1-4	Dayspring (Advent III Midweek, December 14, 2011)
Hebrews 10:19-39	Jesus Came Once (Midweek Advent I, December 6, 2017)
Hebrews 12:18-29	Mount Sinai (Midweek Lent III, March 6, 2024)
Hebrews 13:12-14	Kathleen, the Lord’s Lamb (Funeral of Kathleen May Stoldt, Our Redeemer, Longview, February 3, 2015) The Lord, our Good Shepherd, has gathered Sallye into His arms (Funeral Service for Sallye Key, April 16, 2018)
Hebrews 13:20-21	Kathleen, the Lord’s Lamb (Funeral of Kathleen May Stoldt, Our Redeemer, Longview, February 3, 2015) The Lord, our Good Shepherd, has gathered Sallye into His arms (Funeral Service for Sallye Key, April 16, 2018)

1 Peter

1 Peter 3:18-22	The Mountains of Ararat (Midweek Lent I, February 21, 2024)
1 Peter 4:17-18	When the wood is green, when it is dry (Midweek Lent V, March 25, 2015)

2 Peter

2 Peter 2:4-10a

The Mountains of Ararat (Midweek Lent I, February 21, 2024)

1 John

1 John 3:1-3	See the Love (All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2020)
1 John 5:6-12	Jesus Comes Now (Midweek Advent II, December 13, 2017)

Revelation

Revelation 21:1-22:5	Mount Zion (Moriah, Calvary/Golgotha, Jerusalem) (Midweek Lent II, February 28, 2024)
Revelation 1:4-18	Resurrection and Revelation: Jesus is the Firstborn of the Dead (Jesus is the Firstborn of the Dead, April 27, 2025)
Revelation 2:10	Olene has her crown of life (Memorial Service for Olene Herricks, October 2, 2021)
Revelation 3:7-13	Key of David (Advent II Midweek, December 7, 2011) The Sacrament of Holy Absolution (Midweek Advent III, December 15, 2021)
Revelation 5:1-14	Resurrection and Revelation: The Slain Lamb is standing (The Third Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2025)
Revelation 7:2-17	Numbers count, or do they? (All Saints’ Day, November 4, 2018) Saints at War and Saints at Peace (All Saints’ Day (Observed), November 5, 2023) Out of the great tribulation (All Saints’ Day (Observed), November 3, 2024)
Revelation 7:9-17	God makes us saints in blood-whitened robes (Saints’ Day (observed), November 5, 2017) Resurrection and Revelation: The Lamb shepherds the sheep (The Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025)
Revelation 12:7-12	St. Michael and his angels fight for you (St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2024)
Revelation 14:6-7	The Eternal Gospel and our response to it (Reformation Day, October 31, 2017) The angel with an eternal Gospel (Reformation Day, October 30, 2022) We proclaim an Eternal Gospel (Reformation Day, October 31, 2024)
Revelation 19:4-9	Wayne’s feasting, you can, too (The Funeral Service for Wayne Miller, December 9, 2017)
Revelation 21:1-10	Prepared for Glorification (Midweek Advent III, December 18, 2024)
Revelation 21:9-14	Resurrection and Revelation: The Holy City’s inhabitants are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025)
Revelation 21:21-27	Resurrection and Revelation: The Holy City’s inhabitants are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025)
Revelation 22:1-20	Tree of Life (Midweek Advent IV, December 21, 2016) Resurrection and Revelation: Jesus is coming soon (The Seventh Sunday of Easter, June 1, 2025)