Thy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Septuagesima
“God isn’t like you. He doesn’t think the way you think. His ways are not your ways. And He doesn’t owe you, or anyone, anything. For reasons all His own, however, He loves and welcomes you into His...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Maundy Thursday
“The fruit of the tree is on the paten and in the chalice. The angel of death passes over. He has no claim upon us. We belong to God. We bear His watery name. We eat at His table. We are His people...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: Excerpts for Holy Saturday
“This Jesus, who was crucified, who went as weak as a kitten to the cross, has sapped the devil of all his strength. The trickster has been tricked. He ate the fruit that hung from the tree on...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Septuagesima
“The main point of the parable is that entrance into the kingdom comes by grace. The workers are rewarded for work they did not perform. This is hardly a surprise to us; in fact, we practically expect...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: 20% off during Lent
“[The Lord] sows where no reasonable sower would sow: on the trodden path, in rocky and thorny ground. And His Word does what no ordinary sower could expect of his seed. It transforms the ground. It...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Ash Wednesday
“Your ashes are smeared today. There is no beauty in them. The world cannot see anything in them but an ugly smudge of dirt and death. But for those with the eyes of faith, they are in the form of a...
View ArticleAn excerpt from Thy Kingdom Come: “Thou art the Christ”
“That is the right answer in all difficulties, sorrow, and temptation: ‘I believe that Thou art the Christ.’ That is the right answer in confusion as well. ‘Do you believe that Lazarus, who is dead,...
View ArticleThy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Holy Monday
“The Son of Man is glorified by being lifted up from the earth. If you would see Him, if you would behold Jesus, behold Him there. There, and there alone, you might gaze upon God’s glory and not be...
View ArticleGod With Us: Daily readings for Advent
God With Us by Pr. David H. Petersen contains fifty-nine sermons spanning Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, including daily sermons for all of Advent. Many customers tell us that they’ve given God With...
View ArticleA Sermon for the Fourth Day of Christmas: Holy Innocents
From God With Us by Pr. David H. Petersen. He came unto His own. His own received Him not. It is not merely wicked Herod. It is all of Jerusalem that rejects Him, for all of Jerusalem is deeply...
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