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!
December 2017
- The everlasting joy of the bridegroom and bride
- Jesus Will Come
- Rejoicing in the Lord for the garments of salvation
- Jesus Comes Now
- For the forgiveness of sins
- Wayne’s feasting, you can, too
- Jesus Came Once
- The Coming King and His Kingdom
November 2017
- Blessed sheep inherit God’s Kingdom of eternal life
- The Lord welcomes good and faithful servants into His joys
- Ready to meet the Bridegroom
- God makes us saints in blood-whitened robes
October 2017
- The Eternal Gospel and our response to it
- Commandments and the Christ
- Giving the Image of God
- God the Father graciously invites all to His Son’s Feast
- Fruits in their seasons
- God enables us to know about His authority
September 2017
- The Goodness of God
- Forgiveness Seventy Times Seven
- Jesus is among us to forgive us
- Wait for it!
August 2017
- The Father reveals the Son for forgiveness
- One in Christ Jesus
- Jesus saves us from doubt and fear
- Come to the Banquet!
July 2017
- God Is No Double Predestinarian!
- Whose child are you?
- Seed of the Kingdom
- Jesus gives us eternal rest
- Worthiness & Rewards
June 2017
- The one who endures to the end will be saved
- Confess Jesus— It’s Good For Your Soul!
- The Kingdom Is at Hand—The King Is Come!
- The Trinity, Authority, and Us
- Spirit, Water, Life
May 2017
- Our Lord Himself visits us
- That we may be one
- Peace for troubled and fearful hearts
- Jesus is taken up but is still doing and teaching
- The Holy Spirit leads us to love Jesus and keep His commandments
- A place for you
- Jesus, the Gate, grants shepherds and sheep entrance and exit
April 2017
- Jesus on the Way and in the Bread
- Disbelief and Belief
- Loving the Lord and Pastoring His Flock
- Running to Jesus
- Easter Fear, Joy, and Telling
- The Seven Words from the Cross
- Eating the Passover
- Calling-out and Confessing
- Scripture Fulfilled
- Lazarus’s, Jesus’s, and Our Resurrections
March 2017
- An Out-of-this-world Kingdom
- Displaying the Works of God
- Peter’s Denial
- God seeks thirsty worshippers to give living water
- Judas’s Betrayal
- Reborn from above to enter God’s Kingdom
- Satan’s Role
- Adam and Jesus in us
- But the Spirit recreates and renews you
February 2017
- The Transfigured Jesus casts out our fear
- Perfectionism
- You have heard, but Jesus says
- Jesus fulfills the Law and the Prophets for us
January 2017
- Jesus blesses those who come to Him
- Jesus is the Great Light Who has dawned for our darkness
- Sermon for 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
- Fulfilling all righteousness
- God uses His Word and miraculous means to lead us to Jesus
- Jesus was circumcised and named for us
December 2016
- The mystery of the Word become flesh revealed
- Tree of Life
- Jesus is God with us to save us
- Tree of the Cross
- Hearing about the Christ
- Tree of the Lord’s Planting
- Gathered or Burned
November 2016
- Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
- The Coming One saves us
- God moves us to give thanks
- Jesus remembers us, and so we will be with Him in Paradise
- Gained Lives and Completed Redemption
- Sermon for the Festival of All Saints
October 2016
- Free From … Free To
- Sought and Saved
- Justified and Receiving the Kingdom
- Jesus, The Righteous Judge, Gives Justice to His Elect
- Cleansed to Praise
- Invited to Come and Recline
- Do not be anxious about anything, . . .
September 2016
- Anguish and Comfort
- Received into Eternal Dwellings
- Joy over Repentance
- Discipleship’s Costs and Benefits
August 2016
- Three Scenes at a Sabbath Seder
- Striving to enter the Kingdom’s narrow door
- Adopted as sons by the Holy Spirit
- Division on Earth and Peace in Heaven
