Sermons

archives 2020 Sermons by Pastor Knaus

I misspoke at 1:39, the location of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), NOT the Little Dipper, viewed at night indicates the season.

Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 2020 Vespers
Psalm 70
To the choirmaster. Of David, for the memorial offering.
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
2 Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life!
Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
3 Let them turn back because of their shame who say, “Aha, Aha!”
4 May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you!
May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”
5 But I am poor and needy;hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;O Lord, do not delay!

All Saints, Sunday, Nov. 1st 2020
"Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. " Revelation 7:13, 14

Oct. 18th Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist

Oct. 14th Vespers Sermon on Ps. 96

Oct. 11th, 2020 Sermon on Matthew 22:1-14 The parable of the Wedding Feast

Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. Revelation 19:7,8

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (Sept. 6, 1711 – Oct. 7, 1787), A German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary, requested by Pennsylvania colonists. Founded the first Lutheran church body in North America.

Oct. 4th, 2020 sermon on
Matthew 21:33-46
The Parable of the Tenants

Sept. 30th, 2020 Sermon for the commemoration of St. Jerome

9/27/20 Sermon on Christ’s authority.
Matthew 21:23-32
23When Jesus entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” 27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went. 30And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. 31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. 32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.”

September 20, 2020
Sermon on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
God is incomprehensibly generous toward us and his son Jesus Christ.
Matthew 20:1-16