The Sermon Stack

This message was broadcast on KFUO, the flagship radio station of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, in 2016.The devotion is based on Matthew 9: 36.For more info, visit: https://stmarkchester.org

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. For more info, visit: https://stmarkchester.org

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. For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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. For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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.For more info, visit: https://stmarkchester.org

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. For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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." For more info, please visit: https://stmarkchester.org

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.For more info, visit http://stmarkchester.org

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.For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

This sermon dates back to an old thumb drive that collects my sermons from 2003--2009, and it's kind of amazing that a number of the home improvement shows that I reference are still around, in some form. The Scripture this message references is Matthew 7: 21-27.For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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."For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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.For more info, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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. For more info, visit: https//:stmarkchester.org

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.To learn more, visit https://stmarkchester.org

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!For more info, visit www.stmarkchester.org

In memory of Rev. Erik John Vincent, this sermon was preached in January 2007.This message is based on Luke 2: 29-32.For more info, visit www.stmarkchester.org

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. If you'd like to find out more about the good news of Jesus and the congregation at which I serve, please visit www.stmarkchester.org