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

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year CLuke 10:1-11, 16-20Jesus sent his seventy disciples ahead of him, to prepare his way and proclaim the Realm of God, equipping them only with trust in God and in people.

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year CLuke 8:26-39The United States government is keeping children in cages at our Southern border, tearing families apart and inflicting untold horror on children as a coercive deterrent to convince other Central American families not to seek asylum here. The gospel of Jesus Christ stands in opposition to this cruel, normalized evil.

Holy Trinity, Lectionary Year CPsalm 8What do we know about God? What does God know about us?

Pentecost, Lectionary Year BActs 2:1-21The Holy Spirit is doing things, right now, today. Pentecost is still happening, if we have eyes to see it.

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CRevelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21Today's lesson from Revelation includes the last words of the last book in the Bible. What can this ending teach us about the overarching story of the Bible?

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CRevelation 21:10, 22—22:5Revelation! Last week's sermon promised that the this week's sermon would help dig us out of the mess of being people trying to follow Jesus in a world of violence and cruelty. No better place to find God's good news for us than these final chapters of Revelation.

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CJohn 13:31-35Love one another. In this world? Really?

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CActs 9:36-43Today we talked about Tabitha's faithful witness, and about the women in our church and in our lives that have shaped our faith.

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CActs 9:1-20, John 21.1-19Paul was Saul, and Peter was Simon. What does it mean to have a new identity in light of the resurrection of Jesus?

Second Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year CJohn 20:19-31Another week, another terrorist attack on a house of worship. Anti-Semitism has a long history among white Christians, as white Christians we must do more to stop anti-Semitism long before it leads to violence and death. What can our Gospel story of Jesus' appearances to the disciples tell us about how to face this situation?

Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter SundayLuke 24:1-12Jesus is risen! The women and other disciples who first heard this good news did not react with the same enthusiasm we express today. What can we learn from their response on that first Easter morning?

Maundy ThursdayJohn 13:1-17, 31b-35What does foot washing have to do with the new commandment Jesus gives his disciples?

Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday, Lectionary Year CLuke 23We read Luke's version of Jesus' passion story in parts, with voices split among the assembly. This is our story because Jesus has made his story our story.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year CJohn 12:1-8Mary uses her hair to wash Jesus' feet with an unreasonable amount of expensive perfume. Why did she do this? Was it as strange to them as it sounds to us?

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year C2 Corinthians 5:16-21In Jesus Christ, God makes all this new. What does this look like in our lives? What does this mean for the church?

Second Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year CGenesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Luke 13:31-35God's promise to Abram in Genesis 15 is one of the great moments in the history of God's people. Unfortunately this week we could not talk about God's promise without reference to the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and about the American-born white supremacy that inspired those attacks. How do we hear God's promise alongside such race- and religion-based violence?

Ash WednesdayIsaiah 58:1-12We have much repentance to do. And remember what God can do with a broken vessel.

Transfiguration of Our Lord, Lectionary Year CLuke 9:28-43aHow do we see God's glory in the Transfiguration? How do we see God's glory in Jesus' healing of a child? How do we see God's glory today?

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year CLuke 6:27-38Some of Jesus' most famous words - "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you... Do not judge, and you will not be judged," make for one of his most challenging lessons in Luke's Gospel.

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year CLuke 6:17-26Jesus' blessings and woes in Luke's Gospel catch us by surprise, just as they did Jesus' original audience.