Sermons

John 4:5-15 (Third Sunday in Lent—Series A) “The Gift of God in Living Water” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT March 8, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is from the Gospel Reading recorded in John 4:   5 Then [Jesus] came into a village of the Samaritans called Sychar near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph, 6 and Jacob's well was there. Therefore, Jesus, being exhauste

Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 (Second Sunday in Lent—Series A) “Children of Abraham Who Receive the Gifts of the Promise” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT March 1, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Epistle Reading recorded in Romans 4:   1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, found and then lived out? 2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by wo

Matthew 4:1-11 (First Sunday in Lent—Series A) “Christ, Our Redeemer, Lived and Died in Your Place” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT February 22, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   The text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Matthew 4:   1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hung

Matthew 17:1-9 (The Transfiguration of Our Lord—Series A) “Christ’s Glory is Your Glory” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT February 15, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text today is the Gospel Reading from Matthew 17:   1 And after six days, Jesus took Peter and James and John his brother and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, an

Micah 6:1-8 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany—Series A) “Judged Not Guilty and Empowered to Serve the Lord” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield CT February 1, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Old Testament Lesson today recorded in the prophet Micah, chapter 6:   1 Hear what the LORD says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2  Hear, you

Matthew 4:12-25 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany—Series A) “Alight in Christ’s Priorities” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT January 25, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Matthew 4: 12 Now when [Jesus] heard that John had been arrested, He went away into Galilee. 13 And after He had left Nazareth He came and lived in Capernaum by the sea in the reg

John 1:29-34 (Second Sunday after the Epiphany—Series A) “How We Know the Lamb of God” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT January 18, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is from today’s Gospel Reading from John 1: 29 On the next day [John] saw Jesus coming toward him and he said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 30 He is the One of whom I said, ‘After me com

Isaiah 42:1-9 (The Baptism of Our Lord—Series A) “The Servant Brings the Verdict” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT January 11, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Old Testament reading from Isaiah 42: 1 Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One in whom I delight. I have put My Spirit upon Him. He will bring forth the verdict to the nations. 2 He will not cry out and He

Luke 2:40-52 (Second Sunday after Christmas—Series A) “Obedient . . . for Us” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT January 4, 2026   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Luke 2: 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.  42 And whe

Matthew 2:13-23 (First Sunday after Christmas—Series A) “The King, Our Substitute, Who Fulfills God’s Word” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 28, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Matthew 2: 13 And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up and take the child and His mother and flee

John 1:6-14 (The Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas Day) “Jesus, the True Light and Life for the World” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 25, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is from the Christmas Gospel recorded in John 1: 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came for a witness, so that he might bear witness concerning the Light, so that everyone might

1 John 4:7-16 (The Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas Eve) “Love Came Down at Christmas” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 24, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Epistle Reading recorded in 1 John 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God because God is

Romans 1:1-7 (Fourth Sunday in Advent—Series A) “Jesus—True God, True Man—Truly Immanuel” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 21, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Epistle Reading recorded in Romans 1: 1 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures

Advent Midweek 3 (Our Coming King) “He Shall Come to Judge” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 17, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.             Our Advent series based on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed comes to a close today as we consider that Jesus Christ, our Lord, will come to judge the living and the dead.           In 1522, Martin Luther wrote a Personal Prayer Book

Matthew 11:2-15 (Third Sunday in Advent—Series A) “Do you See It? Really? ” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 14, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Matthew 11: 2 Now John, when he had heard in prison the works of the Christ, sent through his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are you the Coming One or should we look for another?” 4 And Jesus an

Advent Midweek 2 (Our Coming King) “True God and True Man” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 10, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.             Our Advent series this year is based on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed. Over these Advent Wednesdays, we are looking at various aspects of Jesus, Our Coming King. Today we consider that Jesus is “True God and True Man.”           We

Matthew 3:1-12 (Second Sunday in Advent—Series A) “A Day of Infamy?” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 7, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Gospel Reading recorded in Matthew 3: 1 And in those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea, 2 saying, “Repent, for the reign of heaven stands near.” 3 For this is what was spoken of through Isaiah the

Advent Midweek 1 (Our Coming King) “My Lord Who Has Redeemed Me” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT December 3, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.             Our Advent series this year is based on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed. Over these next three Wednesdays, we will look at various aspects of Jesus, Our Coming King. Today we consider “My Lord Who Has Redeemed Me.” Next week, “T

Isaiah 2:1-5 (First Sunday in Advent—Series A) “Beginning at the End ” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield, CT November 30, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is the Old Testament Reading recorded in Isaiah, chapter 2: 1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz visioned concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it will be in the latter days that the mountain of the house of Yahweh will be establ

Psalm 104:24-31 (Introit—Thanksgiving Eve) “Giving Thanks All Year Long” Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Enfield CT November 26, 2025   Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.   The text for Thanksgiving Eve is the Introit from Psalm 104:24-31.   24 How many are your works, O Yahweh; in wisdom you have made all of them. The earth is full of your creatures. 25 This sea there, great and broad, teems with innumerable