God in the Dock April 14, 2017 Good Friday George Martin Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa MN (Please note: This is the 3rd in a Sermon Series that began with Good Friday, and then Holy Saturday. All were indebted to the work of Alan E. Lewis (Between Cross and Resurrection) and Hans vonBalthasar (Mysterium Pascale). The main theme is that whenever the story mentions “Jesus” we should immediately conclude that this “the story of God”!) We speak of…
God in the Grave: Easter Saturday Sermon April 15, 2017 Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa MN George Martin (Please note: This is the 3rd in a Sermon Series that began with Good Friday, and then Holy Saturday. All were indebted to the work of Alan E. Lewis (Between Cross and Resurrection) and Hans vonBalthasar (Mysterium Pascale). The main theme is that whenever the story mentions “Jesus” we should immediately conclude that this “the story of God”!) I attended…
God in Time Easter Sermon April 16, 2017 George Martin Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa MN (Please note: This is the 3rd in a Sermon Series that began with Good Friday, and then Holy Saturday. All were indebted to the work of Alan E. Lewis (Between Cross and Resurrection) and Hans vonBalthsar (Mysterium Pascale). The main theme is that whenever the story mentions “Jesus” we should immediately conclude that this “the story of God”!) It’s highly likely that the…
The Insider Problem Sermon for Lent 3A March 26, 2017 George Martin Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa MN I confess that I am and have often been an insider. Now what does that mean? Well, when I went to grade school in Toledo, Ohio in the late 1940s and through the 1950s all of my classmates were looked just like me. The only person of color who I ever saw on a regular basis was my mother’s cleaning lady….
God’s Persistence Sermon for Lent 3, March 19, 2017 Based on John 4:1-41 George Martin Lutheran Church of the Cross We pastors can sometimes be very hard to understand. God knows all too well the times I’ve failed in the pulpit. I‘ve always loved the story of the Scottish pastor of whom it was said that he was invisible on six days of the week, and incomprehensible on the 7th. Today’s sermon is light on theology. It’s story. In particular…
Ash Wednesday “God’s Name is Love” George Martin (3/1/2017—Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa MN) We have a curious set of readings: The Old Testament prophet Joel saw a day of darkness and gloom on the horizon. The Lord was declaring to God’s people, “Return to me.” But come with fasting, with weeping and mourning. Know, Joel said, that you return to your God who is gracious and merciful. Then we heard Matthew using the version by Eugene Peterson in…