Carlyle Messiah Lutheran

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

            Pentecost is sometimes called the birthday of the Church, because on that day 3000 were born again by the power of God the Holy Spirit.  That first Pentecost travelers from all over the world were [...]

Christ has risen indeed!  Alleluia! 

            The sermon text is from John 17:  Jesus said:  “Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your Name – the Name that You gave Me – so that they may be one as We are one.  I have given them Your Word and the world has hated them, [...]

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

            The sermon text is from John 20:19-31 previously read. 

            “Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven.  If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”  With those words Jesus bestows the Holy Spirit.  He trained the disciples for three years [...]

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

            The sermon text is from Matthew 28:1-10 previously read. 

            Can anyone guess what is the most visited grave in Illinois?  (You guessed it!  Abraham Lincoln in Springfield.)  For extra credit, any idea whose grave is the most visited grave in this country?  (That’s right, Elvis, in [...]

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. 

            This Lenten season we’ve been considering the Lord’s Prayer and tonight we pray: “Lord, deliver us from evil 

            How appropriate that this should be our prayer tonight!  Jesus taught His Church to pray for God’s deliverance, when what [...]

SERMON MAUNDY THURSDAY 2011

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

            Our meditation for this evening is based on the Lord’s Prayer: Lead us not into temptation.  Amen. 

I think if the devil understood who Jesus was and why He chose to lay down His life for us, [...]

            Hosanna!  (Lord, save us.)  Blessed is Jesus who comes in the Name of the Lord.  Amen. 

            The sermon text is from the Gospel appointed for Palm Sunday from John 12:12-19 previously read.  

            We began this morning reading the Palm Sunday Gospel.  Our Sunday school kids waved palm branches as we entered the sanctuary, reminding [...]

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

            The sermon text is from John 11:1-45 previously read.

Do you remember how as kids we’d go out to ride bikes and as you climbed the hill you struggled and slowed down until you crested the [...]

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

            The sermon text is from John chapter 9:1-41 previously read.             

Do you catch the worldview behind the disciples’ question: “Who sinned this man or his parents that he was born blind?”  They assumed when something bad [...]

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

The sermon text is from John 4:5-26 previously read. 

            From Jerusalem to Galilee was a pretty long walk, and unless you take an even longer detour the only way was through Samaria, so our text says: “Jesus, [...]