Trinity Lutheran Church Sermons

Palm Sunday 2026. Hosanna! The King Comes. From Palms to Promise

This episode reflects on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem: palms, cloaks, and the crowd’s cry of “Hosanna," as the coronation of a king who conquers through humility and the cross.

It connects that victory to baptism, celebrating little Kincaid’s new life in Christ and inviting listeners to join the unending procession of praise and salvation.

Confession is Christ's Gift

Beloved in Christ, this episode dives into Martin Luther’s Large Catechism on confession and absolution, showing how confession is a voluntary, healing gift from Christ—not papal coercion.

We unpack Luther’s two-part confession (our honest lament and God’s absolving word), the three ways confession shapes Christian life (daily to God, to our neighbor, and private pastoral confession), and a pastor’s pastoral encouragement to reclaim this treasure for forgiveness, peace, and renewed faith.

Judica 2026. God's Lamb in the Temple

Grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. This episode reflects on Jesus standing sinless in the temple, exposed to God’s holy light yet uncondemned as the spotless Lamb who takes our place.

Drawing the connection to Mount Moriah and Abraham’s faith, it shows how Isaac’s near-sacrifice foreshadows Christ’s substitutionary death and victorious resurrection, and emphasizes that Jesus is the Word and the life.

The message closes with the promise of eternal life for those who keep Christ’s word, and a call to repent, receive baptism and the sacraments, and rest in God’s unchangeable verdict of forgiveness and righteousness in Christ.

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism

Dear Brethren in Christ, this episode explores Martin Luther’s teaching on baptism: what it is, what it gives, who receives it, why infants may be baptized, and how believers should use it daily.

Grounded in Scripture and Luther’s Large Catechism, the message emphasizes that baptism is God’s work, water joined to his Word, by which Christ’s death and resurrection are applied, bringing forgiveness, new life, and the Holy Spirit.

Listeners are urged to remember and return to their baptism throughout life, trusting the promise of salvation and practicing daily repentance and renewal in Christ.

Laetare Sunday: Rejoice — Christ, Our Daily Bread

This episode explores Laetare (Rejoice) Sunday, focusing on God’s daily provision in Exodus 16 and Jesus feeding the 5,000 in John 6 as signs of his compassionate care.

It contrasts perishable pursuits with the enduring gift of Christ, teaching that faith in Jesus, the true Bread of Life, brings contentment and everlasting sustenance.

The sermon warns against turning God’s gifts into idols, calls listeners to repent of complaint, and invites them to receive Christ in the sacrament and live by trust, not striving.

The Lord's Prayer: Our Daily Cry

Grace, mercy, and peace be yours from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

This episode explains how Jesus gives us the exact words to pray and walks through the Lord’s Prayer, petition by petition, applying each to real daily struggles, doubts, and temptations.

It emphasizes God as our loving Father, the assurance of forgiveness through Christ, and the hope of His reign, provision, and protection in our daily lives.

Lent 3, Oculi, 2026. Eyes Toward the Lord: The Finger of God in a World of Deception

This sermon keeps our eyes fixed on Jesus amid cultural confusion and deception, recounting the healing of a mute man, the scribes' false accusations, and how Christ’s authority—"the finger of God"—breaks the power of darkness.

It unmasks four persistent lies the enemy whispers about identity, works, and righteousness, points to the gospel of grace and atonement, and calls believers to receive Christ’s freeing work and return to the world to bear his light and set captives free.

I Believe: A Lenten Walk Through the Apostles' Creed

This re-recorded sermon, delivered from a van due to technical difficulties, walks the listener through the Apostles' Creed during Lent, focusing on the personal confession "I believe."

Each article — God the Father (creation), God the Son (redemption), and God the Holy Spirit (sanctification) — is explored as a present, personal promise that sustains, saves, and sanctifies the believer.

Lent 2, 2026. The Canaanite's Crumbs: Faith That Moves the Master

A sermon on the Canaanite woman in Tyre and Sidon, showing how faith is created and sustained by the Word, how Jesus' seeming silence and hard words refine faith, and how even the "crumbs" of Christ's mercy heal and set captives free.

An encouragement to cling to God's promises amid silence and struggle, affirming Christ's victory over the devil and the certainty of his grace for sinners who trust him.

Curb, Mirror, Guide: The Three Uses of God's Law

This episode explains the threefold use of God’s law: as a curb that restrains sin in the world, as a mirror that reveals our sin and drives us to Christ, and as a guide that shapes the grateful life of the forgiven.

Using Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments, the speaker shows how the law humbles us, points us to the cross where forgiveness is given, and then becomes the joyful rule of life for those renewed by the gospel.