Carlyle Messiah Lutheran

            Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

            The sermon text is from Luke 11:1-13.

            When you read the Gospel of Luke pay close attention to sequence.  Immediately before our text, Jesus rebuked Martha for thinking the important thing was her getting dinner [...]

            Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

            The sermon text is from Luke 10:38-42.

            I have a confession to make…  I’m ashamed to say when I was a kid and I got to church on days when there was a baptism, my heart [...]

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

The sermon text is from Galatians 5:1, 13-25.

Our text seems fitting as we approach Independence Day on July 4.  We are so blessed to live in the United States.  We may sometimes take for granted that the freedoms [...]

            Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

            The sermon text is from Galatians 3:23-4:7 previously read.

            When my brother’s identical twin boys were young, they wore all the same clothes.  You couldn’t tell them apart.  Everything one would wear the other had to [...]

            Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer.  Amen.

The sermon text is from Luke 7:11-17…  Jesus’ heart went out to her and He said, “Don’t cry.”  Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it [...]

            Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen.

            Today, we remember the awesome outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.  Ten days after Jesus ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit like flames of fire descended on the disciples and they preached in different [...]

Christ is risen!  He is risen indeed!  Alleluia!        

The sermon text for this morning is from the 10th chapter of John:  Jesus answered, “ I did tell you, but you do not believe.  The miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.  My [...]

Christ has risen!  He has risen, indeed.  Alleluia!

            The sermon text is from John 16:12-22.  Jesus said, “Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”

            The Holy Spirit inspired King Solomon to pen these words:  “To everything there is [...]

Christ has risen!  He has risen, indeed.  Alleluia!

            The sermon text is from John 21:1-14.

            You’ve probably heard the old story about Joe and Larry who were out on the lake early one morning.  The fish were hitting so well they fished till late morning when a hearse led a funeral procession over the [...]

Christ has risen!  He has risen, indeed.  Alleluia!

            The sermon text for this Easter Sunday is from Luke 24:1-12 previously read.

            We all remember the January 12 earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 230,000 people.  One of those assumed dead was a 28 year old, rice vendor named Evan Muncie.  His family gave up [...]