Carlyle Messiah Lutheran

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

  The sermon text is from Luke 4:1-13 previously read.

            I think it odd considering how messed up our world is that surveys of those who claim to be Christians show that most so-called Christians believe in heaven and angels, [...]

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 5:  When Simon Peter saw the miraculous catch of fish, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord;  I am a sinful man!”  For he and [...]

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

 Jeremiah 1:4-10:  The Word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you wer born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”  [...]

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

            The sermon text is from Luke 4:16-30.

            Our text begins simply enough, “On the Sabbath day Jesus went into the synagogue as was His custom.”  Isn’t it amazing that for Jesus observing the Sabbath day in [...]

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

            Advent is all about anticipation and expectation and preparation for Jesus’ Second Coming or Advent, holding in our hearts the saving work He began at Bethlehem as God’s promise that for us who know Christ through [...]

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

What are your special memories of this time of year?  Did you grow up, like me, being bundled up and led to church on cold December Wednesday evenings – watching each week as the Advent wreath [...]

A Father’s love…. By Pastor Steve Sommerer

Calm fell over the hospital room as John Sr. sank stiffly into the chair beside his son John Junior’s bed.  Daughter-in-law Mary had just left to tuck his three young grandsons into their beds at home.  For a week, the family had been keeping prayerful vigil, expecting at any [...]

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

            Today is the last Sunday of the Church Year – Christ the King Sunday or The Sunday of the Fulfillment.  From the time our crucified and risen Lord and Savior ascended to the right hand of [...]

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

            The sermon text is from Hebrews 10:11-25 (excerpt):  Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.  But when This [...]

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

The sermon text is from Romans 3:19-28 previously read.

I probably would be better not admitting this, but occasionally I get a kick out of courtroom television shows like Judge Judy or Judge Mathis.  It’s not that I take [...]