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Devotions for Worship
by Pastor Eric Tritten
Podcast by Pastor Eric Tritten
Episodes
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A Life Worthy of the Gospel
This sermon is the first in a series on stewardship and Paul's letter to the Philippians. This sermon draws on Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30, and asks, "What does it mean to live a life worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ?"
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611 part 2 for September 20, 2026
This class had some technical difficulties and was recorded in two parts. This is part two. This session finishes the First Commandment and covers the Second Commandment.
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611 - part 1 forSeptember 20, 2026
This class had some technical difficulties and was recorded in two parts. This is part one. This session finishes the First Commandment and covers the Second Commandment.
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611 for September 13, 2026
This is the first class of the session and begins to cover the Ten Commandments and the First Commandment.
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Be Reconciled
This sermon is based on the account of the life of Joseph, the son of Jacob. He was truly mistreated and sinned against, yet God enabled him to be a man of forgiveness and reconciliation. Such a man is a picture of Jesus' ministry as He reconciles us to God, and an example for us to follow.
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Blessed
This sermon is based on Psalm 32:1-7 and it talks about what it means to be be blessed and urges us to turn to God for His forgiveness in Christ quickly because we have confidence in His forgiveness.
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Lutheran Worship - August 30, 2026
How does the Sunday Service intersect with the current events of the world? We take a look at that question and discuss ways that the Divine Service is above current events, and ways that it is placed within current events.
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Take Up Your Cross
This sermon is based on Matthew 16:21-28. When Jesus described what it meant to be the Christ, Peter objected that things like suffering, betrayal, and dying should ever happen to Jesus. Jesus, then, rebuked Peter for having the things of men in mind, instead of the things of God. People still...
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Lutheran Worship - August 23 2026
In this session, Pastor Tritten discusses why we have sermons and why preaching matters. He talks about the distinctives of Lutheran preaching, and asserts that all Christian preaching must proclaim Christ's salvation. He also spends some time sharing his process for preparing sermons.
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Remember Where You Came From
This sermon, based on Isaiah 51:1-6, reminds us that because of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection we have a blessed past and a glorious future.
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Lutheran Worship - August 16, 2026
In this session, Pastor Tritten talks a little about the history of hymnals in the LCMS and then gives a "tour" of our current hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book.
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Welcoming the Unwelcome
This sermon is based on the difficult text, Matthew 15:21-28, in which Jesus interacts in ways that are cold and harsh with a Canaanite woman before He heals her daughter. It is hard to be unwelcomed, yet sin makes us unwelcome in God's presence. It is only through Jesus' death and resurrection...
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Gods Treasure
This sermon continues a series of sermons on Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13. We begin with the parable about a man who finds treasure hidden in the field and the one about the pearl merchant. In both parables we focus on Jesus and the kingdom of heaven. Then the parable of the net funds its…
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Lutheran Worship - July 19, 2026
In this session, Pastor Tritten talks about the controversial topic of head coverings for women, and the use of hymns and music in worship.
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No Substitute for Good Seed
This sermon is based on the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds in Matthew 13. Once again we see how the Kingdom of Heaven work with what seems like crazy hope and patience to bring the hope of Jesus' salvation to the world.
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Sowing Seeds
This sermon is on the Parable of the Sower and Jesus' explanation of the parable in Matthew 13. The parable describes the way God's Word goes out with abundant hope and ways people receive it. The parable also gives us opportunity to examine our lives for times that we receive God's Word…
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Lutheran Worship - July 12, 2026
This session began with a discussion of the communion ware we use at Gloria Dei, which moved into discussion of communion practices. The session continued with a look at vestments and other liturgical clothing.
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Lutheran Worship - June 21, 2026
It this session, we look at what the architecture of our churches communicate and consider God's will for incorporating beauty into our worship spaces.
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Make A Joyful Noise
This sermon on Psalm 100 reminds us that God's creation and salvation are at the heart of our rejoicing and singing.
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Lutheran Worship - June 14, 2026
Pastor Tritten concludes our tour through the Divine Service by working our way through the Service of the Sacrament.
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Lutheran Worship - June 7, 2026
Pastor Tritten continues our tour through the Divine Service, working from the Gloria in Excelsis to the Service of the Sacrament.
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Return to the Lord
God used His prophet Hosea (5:15-6:6) to confront His people with a sad truth: they were better at saying the right thing than doing the right thing. This is a warning for us today. However, we need to know that the "doing" God is looking for begins in our hearts and is rooted in the First...
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In the Name
This sermon for Trinity Sunday looks at the important ways God uses His names to reveal His triune nature and how we relate to each person of the Trinity while recognizing the unity of God's nature and work.
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Lutheran Worship - May 31, 2026
This study begins a tour of Divine Service 1 from the Lutheran Service Book. The puropse of this tour is to help us to understand the purpose, history, and Biblical foundation under the public worship of our congregation.
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God’s Spirit on His People
This sermon begins by remembering the account of Numbers 11:24-30, when God took His Spirit and put it on seventy elders of Israel to relieve Moses's burden. At the time, Moses wished that all of God's people were prophets and and that God would place His Spirit on all of them. That is what God…
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Lutheran Worship - May 24, 2026
How should a church organize its year? How should we think about the ways we order our themes and messages? Pastor Tritten talks about the history of lectionaries and how we use the calendar to remember important moments and teachings from Jesus' life and ministry.
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Bible Class: Lutheran Worship - May 17, 2026
This introductory session on Lutheran Worship looks at some of the foundational ideas behind what it means to gather for "worship" with other believers. What drives the experience and expression of worship? What are it's priorities? What is it's object, place, way, and focus? This session begins...
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Share Christ’s Suffering
In 1 Peter 4:12-19 and 5:6-11, the apostle urges us to not be surprised by trials and suffering when they come our way as we follow Jesus. It might be surprising to a modern reader of Peter's letter in the United States how much Peter talks about suffering, but he also talks about the hope that…
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Suffering While Saved.m4a
In this sermon, Pastor Tritten explores St. Peter's message in his first epistle, 1 Peter 3:13-22, where Peter asks who will harm us for doing good. Well, the devil and world often resist Christians when we try to do good. How then should we respond?
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Die and Live - A Confirmation Sermon
This sermon is based on 1 Peter 2:19-25 where Peter urges Christians to endure suffering for Christ's sake. It was given on Confirmation Sunday when we ask our confirmands, "Do you intend to suffer all, even death, rather than turn away from this faith?" It's a hard word, but an important one, as...
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A New Identity
This sermon is based on 1 Peter 2:2-10. Pastor Tritten points out that we often look to exterior and interior sources to help us to understand our identity, but both fall short. Only Jesus can create our identity internally and externally. He changes who we are to become people of the kingdom of...
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Ransomed
This sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, is part of a series on 1 Peter. Focused on 1 Peter 1:17-25, where Peter speaks of God having ransomed us, Pastor Tritten focuses on four prepositions to say we have been ransomed from, with, for, and by. Each preposition reveals another aspect of God's...
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Born Again
This sermon, based on 1 Peter 1:3-9, reminds us that we are born again in Jesus’ resurrection. This new life changes your relationship with the world as you live in repentance and nourish your soul in God’s grace.
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First Importance - Easter
In 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul tells us that he delivered the message of Jesus' death and resurrection as of "first importance." Pastor Tritten compared that statement to the lede (lead) in a newspaper article and urged the congregation to not bury the lede. However, the world, represented by four...
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Behold the Cross
This is the Good Friday sermon. Pastor Tritten takes us back to Psalm 22 and encourages us to look to the cross, and particularly the man who died there, for our salvation.
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The Cross: Fruit From The Tree
In this sermon, Pastor Tritten talks about the Last Supper, drawing on Matthew 26:17-30, but he focuses on v. 29 where Jesus says he will not "drink again from the fruit of the vine." When does he next drink from the fruit of the vine? What does that mean for the kingdom of heaven? What does it...
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Helped - Palm Sunday
This sermon is based on Isaiah 50:4-9 and focuses on the repeated line, "The Lord God helps me." The sermon looks at a couple questions. First, who is the "me" that the Lord God helps? And second, what does it mean for the Lord God to "help"?
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Dead - Lent 5
Ezekiel 37 records the strange but famous vision of the Valley of Dry Bones. We usually think of this as a vision that God gave to Ezekiel, but in v. 11 it becomes clear this was Israel's vision of how they saw themselves and God is responding to it to pour hope and life upon those who are…
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The Cross: Our Forgiveness
This sermon, based on Colossians 2:8-15, heeds St. Paul's warning to beware of thoughts, ideas, and behaviors that would take us captive and lead us away from the forgiveness Christ won for us on the cross.
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Blind - Lent 4
This sermon, based on Isaiah 42, summarizes God's story of salvation in the Old Testament. Pastor Tritten has been working with the idea that the Bible is the story of creatures in rebellion against our Creator, and our God who is determined to save His people. In this sermon, Pastor Tritten…
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The Cross: Our Peace - Lenten Midweek
In this Wednesday evening sermon from March 11, 2026, Pastor Tritten draws on Ephesians 2:11-22 to show us how God gives us peace through Jesus' cross.
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Known - Lent 3.m4a
In this sermon, based on Exodus 17:1-7, where God provides water from the rock, and John 4, where Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman at the well, Pastor Tritten points out that while we are fully known to God in our sin and rebellion, He continues to choose to make Himself known in Christ as the...
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The Cross: Our Boast - Lenten Midweek.m4a
Pastor Tritten leads us to look at Galatians 6:11-16 where St. Paul takes up his pen to write with large letters about the gospel and the cross of Christ. He is clear of only boast is in the cross!
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Blessed - Lent 2.m4a
This sermon from March 1, 2026 is based on Genesis 12:1-9 and the calling of Abram, while it also draws from John 3's account of Jesus and Nicodemus. We, like Abram, and called to follow by faith, and by faith we receive Jesus' righteousness which He delivers to all who believe in Him as the one...
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The Cross The Power of God - Lenten Midweek.m4a
In this sermon, based on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, Pastor Tritten talks about the cross as the strange place (from a worldly point of view) that God reveals His power to save His people.
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Fallen - Lent 1
This sermon starts focusing on Genesis 3 and the temptation and fall of the first man and woman. Pastor Tritten takes exception to the term "Fall" because of the choices that were made, but also points out that God responds with a promise of a savior. The sermon then focuses on Matthew 4:1-9 and...
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The Cross - Ash Wednesday
This sermon, based on Luke 9:21-27, focuses our attention on the cross of Christ. The cross was (and is) central to Jesus' purpose. It was the tool He used to redeem us from sin and death. Jesus' cross is why we deny ourselves, take up our crosses daily, and follow Him.
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Transfiguration - Joining Jesus in the Valley
Jesus' transfiguration in Matthew 17 is a true mountain top experience. As important and impressive as such moments are, Jesus didn't stay on the mountain top, but led His disciples back to the valley. It is tempting for modern Christians to seek out our own mountain top experience, but Jesus is...
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Joining Jesus in His Kingdom
This sermon is based on Matthew 5:13-20. In it, Pastor Tritten talks about what God's Kingdom is, how it comes, and what it has to do with the law and the prophets. He also shows us a greater righteousness than the scribes' and Pharisees' through Jesus' death and resurrection.
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Colossians - January 4
Pastor Tritten continues our study of Paul's letter to the Colossians.
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