Sermons
Like Lutheran preachers before him, Pastor Galler in Epiphany 2013 points to the crucifix in declaring God’s love for the world that sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins.
God’s Word has been preached arguably since the Creator first spoke to His creation in the Garden of Eden. At many times and in many ways, God spoke by the prophets, and in these last days He has spoken by His Son (Hebrews 1:1). In faithful Lutheran churches such as Pilgrim, the living voice of Jesus Christ still preaches, law and Gospel as in the days of His sojourn on earth (Mark 1:14-15), that those who hear the word of Christ might have faith in Him (Romans 10:13-17) and so have eternal life in Him (John 3:16; 20:31).
Below you will find links to all sermons preached at Pilgrim since November 20, 2011. Each link takes you to a page with the full text of the sermon and options to hear audio, when the audio is available. May God, as He promises (Isaiah 55:10-11), bless your reading of and listening to His Word!
March 2022
- The Willing Brood of the Church
- Golden Calf
- Our Spiritual Warfare
- Public and Private Piety
February 2022
- Through Suffering to Glory
- The Most High is kind to the ungrateful and the evil
- Blessed or Cursed
- Confession and Absolution in the Boat of the Church
January 2022
- Jesus heals you!
- Today Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing
- The Work of One through the Many
- God loves and is pleased with you in Christ
- We who are wise worship Christ by seeking forgiveness
- Holy Families and the Father’s House
December 2021
- Departing in peace
- The Word made flesh dwells among us to forgive us
- The Sacrament of Holy Communion
- Even the Unborn Lord brings joy
- The Sacrament of Holy Absolution
- Great Expectations
- The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
- A Baptism of Repentance for the Forgiveness of Sins
- The Read and Preached Word
November 2021
- Days More Important Than Others
- Remembered and Remembering
- Signs and Responses
- True Blessedness
October 2021
- The Son of Man is sinners’ perfect friend
- Bartimaeus and Us
- Mission: Possible
- Labor of Love
- Again to Mark 10:2-16
- Olene has her crown of life
September 2021
- Going to Hell or Entering Life
- Sin’s War and God’s Peace
- The Lord has compassion and helps
- Opened
August 2021
- Jesus makes defiled people holy
- Not vain but true worship
- Coming to the Words of Eternal Life
- Christ came down to raise us up
- The Bread of God gives life to the world
July 2021
- Strains, Pains, and Gains
- Christ satisfies
- Speaking truth to power
- Rejected or received, the Gospel is preached
June 2021
- The difference Jesus makes
- The Augsburg and Our Confession
- Jesus stills our literal and allegorical storms
- God’s Kingdom grows as our dwelling place
- God’s Goal: Family
May 2021
- The Triune God and you
- The Holy Spirit gives you life
- The world hates Christians, but God keeps them.
- Though she died, yet Ann lives!
- Jesus’s Ascension is an example of God’s power for you
- The Greatest Love
- Not disregarded but strengthened
- The True Vine’s abiding branches bear much fruit
April 2021
- Laying down and taking up lives
- The need for the Christ and preaching in His Name
- The resurrected Jesus comes, stands, and speaks peace
- Easter Expectations
- Jesus’s words from the cross speak to you
- Passovers past, present, and future
March 2021
- Cast out from Jesus or drawn to come to Him
- Simon of Cyrene’s Sons, Alexander and Rufus
- Passion and Resurrection Prophecy and Reaction
- Detailed background of Barabbas
- The Current Crisis
- False-testimony details
- Jesus is our sacrifice and temple
- Young man fleeing naked
February 2021
- Christ defines faith in Him
- Doing good for the poor
- Tempted but ministered to
- From fear to faith
- The cosmic victory can be yours!
January 2021
- Immediately Jesus teaches and rebukes, and His fame spreads
- Proclaiming and believing the Gospel
- From invisible to indispensable
- The heavens are torn open for us
- About the Father’s Business
December 2020
- Seeing Salvation and Departing in Peace
- The gift of becoming children of God
- Son of Joseph
- Calling things as they are
- Son of Mary
- Witnessing about the Light
- Son of Man
- Preparing the Lord’s Way
- Son of God
November 2020
- The King Comes . . . How?
- The Difference Maker
- The Coming Lord and His Faithful Servants
- Ready and watching for the Bridegroom
- See the Love
October 2020
- The Lord is with us; we will not fear!
- God and Government
- A Special Invitation
