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A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches The Fifth Sunday in Lent—April 6, 2003 Text: Jeremiah 31.31-34 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7)—June 22, 2003 Text: Mark 4:35-41 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The disciples were in some serious trouble, and…

A homily preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2003 When you’re a preacher, you start to notice signs of God’s presence in the funniest places. Could be as simple as a stick lying just so on the ground. Other days it’s your pooch, and the…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches First Sunday in Lent – March 5, 2006 Text: Mark 1:12-13 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. What a difference one word can make! The Gospels of Matthew, Mark,…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches The Fourth Sunday in Lent -- March 30, 2003 Text: Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 12, 2006 Text: Mark 1:40-45 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In our readings this morning we have two stories told…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Second Sunday after the Epiphany – January 15, 2006 Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. For the last three years, the Women of the ELCA have…

A sermon by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Fourth Sunday of Easter—May 11, 2003 Text: Psalm 23 Friends in Christ, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The 23rd Psalm is one of the most beloved passages in the Bible. No doubt many…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches First Sunday in Advent – November 27, 2005 Text: Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In every good story there comes a moment, just before the climax, when everything…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches The Nativity of Our Lord – December 25, 2005 Text: John 1:1-14 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. It all began with a Word. Not just any word, of course, but…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Christ the King – November 23, 2003 Text: John 18.33-37 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is Christ the King Sunday. It is the last day in the church’s…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 22, 2006 Text: Mark 1:16-18 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. “Come with me,” Jesus said to Simon and Andrew, “and…

A sermon by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Easter Sunrise—April 20, 2003 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the risen Lord Jesus the Christ. Amen. “There’s no stopping Jesus…you can only hope to contain him!” You can almost imagine the coaches…

A sermon by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Easter Sunday—April 20, 2003 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the risen Lord Jesus the Christ. Amen. When I was in college, the Red River flooded. It flooded big time. You remember that flood.…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Second Sunday in Lent – March 12, 2006 Text: Mark 8:32; Genesis 17:17 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I’d like to share with you a quick story. It was late…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Baptism of Our Lord – January 8, 2006 Text: Genesis 1:1-5 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In the beginning, the Bible tells us, God created everything. Heavens…

A meditation by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Ash Wednesday – March 1, 2006 Text: Joel 2:12-13 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Tonight, with bread and wine and ashes, we begin again our Lenten journey to the…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Third Sunday in Advent – December 11, 2005 Text: John 1:19-28 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I was thinking the other day about what a detail-oriented person…

A sermon preached by Bob Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany—February 16, 2003 Text: 2 Kings 5.1-14 10 Elisha sent a messenger to [Naaman], saying, “Go, wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.” … 14 So…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Fourth Sunday of Easter – May 7, 2006 Text: John 10:11-18 (As transcribed from a recording made at St. Rose Care Center, Lamoure, ND.) Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches All Saints Sunday – November 2, 2003 Text: Revelation 21.5 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Mother Teresa is on the fast track to sainthood. Or so I was reading…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Second Sunday in Advent – December 4, 2005 Text: Isaiah 40:3-5 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. “A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First and Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Holy Trinity—June 15, 2003 Texts: Isaiah 6:1-4; Romans 8:14-17a Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace in the name of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Last weekend I picked up a new DVD while I was…

A sermon preached by Pastor Robert Schaefer First & Spring Creek Lutheran Churches Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 5, 2006 Text: 1 Corinthians 9:16 Friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. “Woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!” Paul…