Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Olive Branch, MS

September 1, 2024 - Trinity 14 Sermon

Old Testament: Proverbs 4:10–23
Psalm: Psalm 119:9–16; antiphon: v. 12
Epistle: Galatians 5:16–24
Gospel: Luke 17:11–19
Introit: Psalm 84:1–2a, 4, 10b, 11b; antiphon: vv. 9–10a
Gradual: Psalm 92:1–2
Verse: Psalm 65:1

The Cry of Faith: Lord, Have Mercy
 
The ten lepers cried out from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:11–19). Their condition cut them off from God and others. So also do the works of the flesh cut us off from God and others. “Those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Gal. 5:16–24). Thus we cry out with the lepers, “Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy,” eagerly seeking His good gifts. Jesus said to the lepers, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. So too, we walk by faith and not by sight, being confident of Jesus’ help before we see any evidence of it, trusting that Jesus’ cleansing words of forgiveness will restore us to wholeness in the resurrection. Let us be as the one leper who returned to the true High Priest to give Him thanks and glory. For Jesus bore our infirmities in His sacrifice at Calvary. His words are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh (Prov. 4:10–23).

August 29, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford MS - Exodus 3:1-15

Exodus 3:1-15

August 28, 2024 - Apologetics 101 - Veracity of the Bible

The Veracity of the Scriptures

August 25, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford MS - Evangelism Part 4

How to Evangelize 

August 25, 2024 - Trinity 13 Sermon

Old Testament: 2 Chronicles 28:8–15
Psalm: Psalm 32; antiphon: v. 2
Epistle: Galatians 3:15–22
Gospel: Luke 10:23–37
Introit: Psalm 74:1–2, 19b, 21b; antiphon: vv. 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a
Gradual: Psalm 77:14–15
Verse: Psalm 88:1

Jesus Is Our Good Samaritan
 
The Law cannot help us or give us life. Rather, it confines everyone under sin as wounded and naked before God (Gal. 3:15–22). So it is that two figures of the Law, the priest and the Levite, passed by the injured man on the side of the road (Luke 10:23–37). Only the promised Seed of Abraham can rescue us and make us righteous before God. Only the Samaritan, our Lord Jesus, had compassion, as did the Samaritans of old (2 Chronicles 28:8–15). He came down to us in our lost and dying condition, pouring on the oil and wine of the Sacraments. He placed us on His own animal, bearing our sin and brokenness in His body on the cross to restore us. Jesus brought us to the inn, that is, the Church, and gave the innkeeper two denarii, that His double forgiveness might continue to be ministered to us. In this way the Lord, by whose Law we are torn and stricken, heals us and revives us by His Gospel and raises us up with Himself.

August 22, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Exodus 2

Exodus 2 

August 21, 2024 - Apologetics 101 - Existence of God

Arguments concerning the Existence of God

August 18, 2024 - Peace Lutheran Oxford, MS - Evangelism Part 3

Vicar Bennett presents on How to Evangelize

August 18, 2024 - Presentation at Immanuel Baptist Olive Branch, MS

LCMS Pastor Sawyer Meyers presents on Lutheranism to Immanuel Baptist Church - Olive Branch, MS

August 18, 2024 - Trinity 12 Sermon

Color: Green

Old Testament: Isaiah 29:17–24
Psalm: Psalm 146; antiphon: v. 8
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3:4–11
Epistle: Romans 10:9–17
Gospel: Mark 7:31–37
Introit: Psalm 70:2b, 4a, 5b; antiphon: vv. 1–2a
Gradual: Psalm 34:1–2
Verse: Psalm 81:1

Faith Comes from Hearing
 
A man who was deaf and therefore also had an impediment in his speech was brought to Jesus (Mark 7:31–37). In the same way, all are by nature deaf toward God and therefore also unable to confess the faith rightly. For “faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Rom. 10:9–17). Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears, and He spat and touched His tongue. Even so in Holy Baptism, water sanctified by the words of Jesus’ mouth is applied to us; and the finger of God, that is, the life–giving Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:4–11) is put into our ears in the hearing of the baptismal Gospel. Jesus’ sighing “Ephphatha” opened the man’s ears, and his tongue was loosed to speak plainly as Isaiah prophesied of the Messiah, “In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book” (Is. 29:18–24) So also, He who sighed and breathed His last on the cross for us has given us to hear and believe in Him and has opened our lips that our mouths may declare His praise.