Lutheran Church Of The Savior Sermon Podcast With Rev. Andrew Tengwall

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year BMark 1:29-39In our Gospel story today, after Jesus heals many and casts out demons at Peter's house, Peter tells Jesus "everyone is searching for you." Today, again, everyone is searching for something. How can we be the body of Christ for one another in times like these?

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year BMark 1:21-28Paul says don't eat meat! I haven't had meat since 2001. Ha! Just kidding. The decisions we make do affect others, and our faith calls us to act with responsibility toward our neighbors.

Third Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year BMark 1:14-20Jesus begins his public ministry in Mark's Gospel with the bold declaration that the time has been fulfilled. In the 100th year of our congregation, Hope Lutheran, we will be looking to God's fulfillment of time and what God will be doing next.

Baptism of Our Lord, Lectionary Year BMark 1:4-11In light of the cross and the noose erected on the grounds of our nation's Capitol building this week, we looked into Dr. James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree to help us make sense of Christianity in America today before diving back into the baptism and repentance of our scripture for today.

Second Sunday of Christmas, Lectionary Year BJohn 1:10-18We begin a new year with the Word made flesh and all that it means for us.

Christmas EveLuke 2:1-20Is this the best Christmas ever?

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year ALuke 1:26-55Mary's conversation with the angel and the song she sings in response to her conversation with her cousin Elizabeth are among the most powerful witnesses of what it means when God intervenes in our world.

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year BIsaiah 40:1-11God's word of comfort to the people exiled to Babylon can be a powerful word to us today.

First Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year BIsaiah 64:1-9A new church year starts with a bang, as Isaiah begs, challenges, reminds, wheedles, cajoles, and otherwise engages God in conversation about what God can do for God's people in their time of need.

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A1 Thessalonians 5:1-11What can we say about these times? More importantly, how can we spend this time in faithfulness to Jesus?

23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AAmos 5:18-24What a week for us to hear Amos' cry that justice should roll down like rivers and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Also, I failed to stop this recording in time, but am too 2020 to edit the recording for you, so you can just stop it when the sermon ends.

All Saints Sunday, Lectionary Year AMatthew 5:1-12In his famous and powerful teaching known as the Beatitudes, Jesus teaches us the values by which we can live in harmony with one another and with God. The news during this election season throws those values into stark relief, and we see that they are so much more than niceness or pleasant platitudes.

Reformation SundayThe freedom we receive in Christ is freedom to love and serve our neighbors.

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 22:15-22Give to God what is God's. Easier said than done, because our relationship to government is complicated as followers of Jesus.

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 22:1-14Isaiah 25:1-9One of Jesus' most frightening parables, paired with one of Isaiah's most beautiful visions for the Reign of God: somehow this helps me understand why people in power may need not be afraid of those they oppress.

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 21:33-46We have reached the time of the church year when our Gospel lessons tell of Jesus in the temple. Tensions are high as Jesus makes his final public arguments about the kingdom of God.

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AEzekiel 18:1-4, 24-32Ezekiel's message to God's people during the time of exile speaks to how we can respond today to our history and current circumstances. This week those circumstances included the charges against the killer of Breonna Taylor, the ongoing pandemic, Rev. Lenny Duncan's call for reparations in the ELCA.

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 21:1-16Are you envious because God is generous? Jesus and Jonah show us who God is.

Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost, Lectionary Year ARomans 14:1-12There is more than one way to follow Jesus, more than one practice that is faithful.

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year ARomans 13:8-14Matthew 18:15-20Today we hear from Jesus and Paul how to live together.