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  • Jars of Clay

    Jars of Clay
    2026/04/29

    This recording is the actual sound file that was broadcast on KFUO, the flagship radio station of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, in August 2016.

    The message is based on 2 Corinthians 4: 7--11.

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    5 分
  • More Blessed?

    More Blessed?
    2026/04/22

    This sermon, which dates back to April 2013, is based on Acts 20: 35.

    Is it really more blessed to give than to receive? This message answers in the affirmative.

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    9 分
  • Knocking on an Open Door

    Knocking on an Open Door
    2026/04/15

    This sermon comes from the Easter Season of April 2010. The passage on which it is based is John 20: 19--31, the very famous story of "Doubting Thomas." The point of the message is to encourage those with doubts and to describe the true nature of faith.

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    10 分
  • My Treasured Possession

    My Treasured Possession
    2026/04/01

    This sermon was first delivered in June 2008 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Painesville, Ohio. I make reference to my son in the introduction--he was five years old at the time.

    The passage on which the preaching is based is Exodus 19: 5-6.

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    10 分
  • But Now I See

    But Now I See
    2026/03/25

    This sermon dates back to April of 2011. It was preached at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zanesville, Ohio, during my first year of service there.

    The message is based on John 9: 1-41. I read the entire passage here, because it's important to catch the whole narrative.

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    15 分
  • Seeds Start Small

    Seeds Start Small
    2026/03/18

    This sermon is based on Matthew 13: 31-32.

    As I was re-recording this message, I was reminded of something a fellow pastor once said. To a group of us who were talking about the challenges of ministry, he remarked, "Brothers, we are trying to do the impossible. But nothing is impossible with God."

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    8 分
  • Wrestling is Real

    Wrestling is Real
    2026/03/11

    Please forgive the cheeky title. I still like it, though.


    This sermon is based on Genesis 32: 22--31. It was first preached in October of 2010, at St. Paul's, Painesville, Ohio.


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    9 分
  • The Purposes of Prayer

    The Purposes of Prayer
    2026/03/04

    This sermon comes from somewhere around 2005. As stated in the sermon itself, it was first preached at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Painesville, Ohio, where we lived in the parsonage next door.


    The passage discussed is 1 Timothy 2: 1-6.


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    11 分