This sermon, based on Matthew 17: 1-9, was first preached in February 2008 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Painesville Township, Ohio.

If you listen to Jesus, you will always hear Him say, "Do not be afraid."

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This sermon is based on John 1: 43-46. It was first preached in January, 2009.

The intro includes the very real story of how I got into "The Lord of the Rings" in the first place. What I left out is the fact that I drank a huge amount of Pepsi during the first hour of "The Two Towers" and...um...paid the price, because I did not want to get up during the rest of the film and risk missing an important scene. Lesson learned.

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This sermon is based on Matthew 5: 43--46. It was first preached in February of 2011, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zanesville, Ohio.

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This sermon is based on Luke 2: 25-40. It has gone through a couple revisions through the years. I've always been fascinated by the brief appearance of Simeon and wondered what the rest of his life was like on both sides of the event captured in this passage.

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This sermon was delivered in July of 2008. It is based on Matthew 13: 44-46.

Incidentally, that was about 6 years before the debut of the History Channel series "The Curse of Oak Island," which, as of this writing (Jan. 2026) has lasted 260 episodes and is still in production!

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In memory of Rev. Erik John Vincent, this sermon was preached in January 2007.

This message is based on Luke 2: 29-32.

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Welcome to The Sermon Stack, where I reach into a twenty-seven-year stack of sermons and select one to share with you.

This message is based on John 16: 33.

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