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In this sermon from the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026 (and also Independence Day weekend), Rev. Ben preaches on freedom, particularly the deeper freedom that we have in Christ — freedom from the tyranny of sin and freedom to love. Zechariah 9:9-12Romans 7:21-8:6Matthew 11:25-30
In this sermon from the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the third section of Jesus’ “Missionary Discourse” in Matthew 10, where the Lord states that He comes not to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. His ministry is divisive because of the all-encompassing demands He places on His followers, demands which we cannot be worthy…
In this sermon from the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben continues the theme from last week’s sermon about what the church is here for. The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone, and this week, Ben focuses on the prophetic calling of the church, to speak the truth…
In this sermon from the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on knowing who we are as the church. Drawing from Exodus 19:1-8 and Matthew 9:35-10:15 in the lectionary, he shows how we, the people of God, are saved in order to be loved, and we are saved in order to be sent. The church is meant to be an…
In this sermon from the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches from the prophet Hosea, and God’s call to confess, repent, and be broken before Him, so that He might heal us. Jesus makes the connection to this passage in our Gospel reading, showing that this is exactly who He has come for. Hosea 5:15-6:6 Matthew 9:9-13
On this Trinity Sunday of 2026, Rev. Ben brings in some extra help from Athanasius (the hamster) to preach on the ways in which we can know God as the Holy Trinity. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Matthew 28, he discusses how we can know God because we are made in His image and baptized into His name, and recommends a spiritual…
Beginning with a reading from Acts 2 in many different languages (Latin, Spanish, Greek, German, Swahili, Slovak, and English with American Sign Language), Rev. Ben preaches on this Pentecost Sunday how the Holy Spirit brings us into union with Jesus individually, and therefore we can have unity with one another. Our unity in the Spirit is a true unity, unlike the unity…
In this sermon from the 6th Sunday of Easter in 2026, Rev. Ben continues to preach through 1 Peter, and on this passage he speaks on our call to engage a hostile world with the Gospel, where we will encounter resistance and mockery. Peter tells us to not be afraid, but to honor Christ the Lord as holy, and always be prepared…
In this sermon on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2026, Rev. Ben preached from 1 Peter 2 this word of proclamation and exhortation, where the apostle Peter wrote about who we are in Christ, and how we are to live into that calling. The identity we have received as a gift gives us a deep sense of purpose, which launches us out…
In this sermon on the 3rd Sunday of Easter, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the road to Emmaus event in Luke 24, on why Jesus sometimes hides Himself, and how He makes Himself known through Word and Sacrament. Luke 24:13-35