CategoryTraditional Sermons

Read a new sermon each week from one of our Traditional Services.

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What are your demons?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 5 After crossing over the water, Jesus stepped out of the boat, and was met by a man full of demons. They shouted at him, and their name was Legion. Now there’s a bad start to your day, accosted by a naked demon possessed man named Legion. Legion is a military word…

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Are you active or passive?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 3 This past Monday you may recall that the church office was closed for Memorial Day, and I took the opportunity to travel to a baseball game with my family. The day was spent watching America’s pastime, navigating a toddler through a stadium and seeing David Ortiz hit a home run. It…

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Let the oppressed go free

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 2 The year was 1937, before the start of the 2nd World War when Pastor Martin Niemöller, a German Lutheran Pastor, was put in a concentration camp. He, along with Dietrich Bonhoeffer was part of the Confessing Church, an underground church that opposed the Nazi Regime and its takeover of the Christian…

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What Is Your Name?

Traditional Sermon Pentecost 13 What is your name?  (That’s a rhetorical question, of course.)  You know what your name is, right? … if not, then raise your hand, and we’ll ask the people around you to help you out.  Yes, names are the glue of our relationships with each other.  They help us identify and…

Who Do You Rely On?

Traditional Sermonpentecost 2 Our reading this morning: Genesis 12 This morning begins our Narrative Lectionary series for the summer and today we are beginning in the beginning with the book of Genesis, at the story of Abram. It is important to remember that these stories that we will be focusing on the next several weeks…