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

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.

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AJeremiah 15:15-21 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Our guest preacher for this week, Shelby Condray, is a renaissance man in San Diego with a theological degree from Boston University and a passion for justice as an expression of the Gospel. His reflections on the shooting of Jacob Blake and the deaths of other Black and brown people at the hands of the state intersect with the prophetic words of Jeremiah, Paul, and Jesus to weave a powerful image of what it means for us to take up our cross. Enjoy.

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AThe transformation we experience in Jesus includes a renewed relationship with God, with our neighbors, and with our own bodies.

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 15:1-28The compassion of Jesus and the Caananite woman's persistence offer us models for how to engage in God's work in our lives.

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 14:13-21Psalm 85: 8-13God promises good for us, and Jesus offers us a model for caring for ourselves in preparation for caring for others.

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 14:13-21, Isaiah 55:1-5Compassion leads Jesus to feed 5000 men (plus women and children!). We trace that compassion from our reading in Isaiah to today.

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 13:31-33, 44-52Romans 8:26-39The kingdom of heaven is like... a lot of things, many of which make sense to us while some do not.

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year ARomans 8:12-25Paul writes the good stuff in Romans, and here it is. God's promise of redemption is for our whole selves and the whole creation.