Sermon

Recently we visited our daughter and her family. In an article I read the sentence: "Freedom is not the absence of compulsion, but the ability to renounce love for one's neighbor" (Factum 4 / 09 / 49). Freedom is more than the absence of constraints! We've already heard some sermons on freedom, or have already studied this topic myself. The special thing about this statement for me, however, is that freedom is associated with renunciation ...

Today's society, especially in the industrialized world, is under increasing pressure: the majority of people are constantly beset by something. People suffer from time constraints, pressure to perform (work, school, society), financial difficulties, general insecurity, terrorism, war, weather disasters, loneliness, hopelessness, etc., etc. Stress and depression have become everyday words, problems, diseases ...

For years, I hold back to eat pork. In a supermarket I bought a "veal bratwurst". Someone told me, "There's pork in that veal bratwurst!" I could hardly believe it. In the fine print, however, it was black and white. "Der Kassensturz" (a Swiss TV show) has tested the veal bratwurst and writes: Veal sausages are very popular at barbecues. But not every sausage that looks like a veal bratwurst ...

Today, on Christmas, we are dealing with "the armor of God" in Ephesians. You will be surprised how it deals directly with Jesus, our Savior. Paul wrote this letter in prison in Rome. He was aware of his weakness and put all his trust in Jesus. "Last: Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His strength. Put on the armor of God so you can stand against the cunning attacks of the devil "...

I ask myself a question about today's sermon: "Do I live for God or in Jesus?" The answer to these words has changed my life and it can change your life too. It is a question of whether I try to live completely lawfully for God or whether I accept God's unconditional grace as an undeserved gift from Jesus. To put it clearly - I live in, with and through Jesus. It is impossible to cover all aspects of grace in this one sermon ...

Jesus was dead, he was resurrected! He is risen! Jesus lives! Job was aware of this truth and proclaimed: “I know that my Redeemer lives!” This is the main idea and central theme of this sermon. Job was a pious and righteous man. He avoided evil like no other person of his time. Nevertheless, God let him fall into a great test. By Satan's hand his seven sons and three daughters died and all his possessions were lost to him...

The momentous feast of Pentecost reminds us that the first Christian community was sealed with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has given the believers of that time and us a truly new identity. This new identity is what I’m talking about today. Some people ask themselves: Can I hear the voice of God, the voice of Jesus, or the testimony of the Holy Spirit? We find an answer in Romans: Romans 8,15-16 «For you have...

Many years ago I had heard a message for the first time that has often comforted me since then. I also look at it today as a very important message of the Bible. It is the message that God is saving all humanity. God has prepared a way in which all people can attain salvation. He is now implementing his plan. First of all, we want to look up God's way to salvation ...

This morning I stood in front of my mirror and asked the question: mirroring, mirroring on the wall, who is the most beautiful in the whole country? Then the mirror said to me: Can you please go aside? I ask you a question: «Do you believe what you see or do you trust blindly? Today we take a close look at faith. I would like to express one fact clearly: God lives, he exists, believe it or not! God is not dependent on your faith. ...

The Old Testament is a story of frustrated hope. It begins with the revelation that human beings were created in the image of God. But it wasn't long before people sinned and were driven from Paradise. But with the word of judgment came a word of promise - God told Satan that one of Eve's descendants would crush his head 3,15). A liberator would come. Eva probably hoped ...

This sermon begins with the need to understand that all people have been sinners since Adam's time. In order to be fully delivered from sin and death, we need a mediator to deliver us from sin and death. Jesus is our perfect mediator because he freed us from death through his sacrificial death. Through His resurrection, He gave us new life and reconciled us to Heavenly Father. Who Jesus as his personal mediator to the Father...

The Gospel of John tells an interesting story, which occurred at about the beginning of Jesus' ministry on earth: He went to a wedding, where he turned water into wine. This story is unusual in some respects: what happens is a bit of a miracle, more like a magic trick than a messianic work. Although it prevented a somewhat embarrassing situation, but did not turn so directly against ...