Pentecost (606)
  1. You find God where you least expect Him. You find Him in humility, in suffering, in a small thing, even a cross.
  2. “Fruit” is the Christian character, the thing that spills out from all who have the spirit of God delivered to them in their baptism.
  3. Jesus will not give you a convenient, comfortable message to preach this Sunday. But, because He fixed His gaze on the cross, He has called you to something greater than convenience.
  4. The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
  5. Preachers are called upon to report the events that took place as Jesus journeyed towards the cross with the intention of reassuring our hearers of the trustworthiness of Christ’s work for their salvation.
  6. The sermon that saves will be the sermon which presents the Gospel and delivers the object of that faith: the Christ who is son, heir, and gifter of that same status for those who receive and believe the Gospel.
  7. The people of Isaiah’s day had rejected God and His presence in the Temple just as much as people live in contempt of God’s Word and sacraments today.
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