Sermons by Pr. Mark D. Lovett
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In Memoriam of + Alvera Bitter +
February 25, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): John 14:1-6 Date of Delivery: February 25, 2017 In the name of the Father and of the+Son and of the Holy SpiritThe Lord has gone to prepare a place for His disciples, for His Church, His people. And He is coming again to take us to Himself.In the meantime, we travel along the Way. And that Way is Christ who was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, died and was buried and on the third day rose again from the dead to open for us ...
Sexagesima Sunday
February 19, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 8:4-15 Date of Delivery: February 19, 2017
Septuagesima Sunday
February 12, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 20:1-16 Date of Delivery: February 12, 2017 In the name of theFatherand of the+Sonand of theHoly Spirit.The beauty of the Law is that it’s fair. The hindrance of the Gospel is that it is unfair.The Law says an eye for an eye. That’s fair. The Law says that to whomever does good, good will be given. That’s fair. We like the Law. It’s fair. Which is why we always gravitate toward the Law. We always gravitate towards what’s ...
In Memoriam of + Ruby Manweiler +
February 09, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): 2 Peter 1:16-21 Date of Delivery: February 9, 2017 In the name of the Father and of the+Son and of the Holy SpiritDearly beloved, we have something more sure. We have the prophetic word, to which we do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place.Death is a dark place. We can talk all we want about celebrating life and remembering the good we had, but for all our bravado and resolve, the tears still flow and sorrow ...
The Sunday of the Transfiguration of our Lord
February 05, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 17:1-9 Date of Delivery: February 5, 2017 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit.After six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light.Isn’t that just like the Lord; to do it in a way that makes His disciples move. He never ...
In Memoriam of + Iven "Ike" Walter"
February 01, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): 2 Timothy 4:7-8 Date of Delivery: February 1, 2017 [Audo only]
Epiphany 4: The Sunday of the Wind and the Waves
January 29, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 8:23-27 Date of Delivery: January 29, 2017 In the name of theFatherand of the +Sonand of theHoly SpiritSurely those men of Galilee were praying fervently for rescue as their little boat was being tossed to andfroby the wind and waves, threatening to be overcome by the sea. Surely they were praying for their lives, for even the unbeliever and heathen prays to the unknown God when disaster is being heaped up on him and he f...
Epiphany 3: the Sunday of the Centurion's Faith
January 22, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 8:1-13 Date of Delivery: January 22, 2017 [Audio only]
The Sunday in the Octave of Epiphany
January 08, 2017 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 2:41-52 Date of Delivery: January 8, 2017 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritWhere does one find Jesus? Where does one look for Him? In His Father's house.Here you a perfect picture of salvation and the kingdom of heaven.Mary and Joseph have lost the Holy Child. But He is not lost. They are. Didn’t you know, He asks them, that I would be in my Father’s house? I am where I am supposed to be. Why a...
Sermon for Christmas Day
December 25, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): John 1:1-14 Date of Delivery: December 25, 2016 [Audo only.]
Advent 4
December 18, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): John 1:19-28 Date of Delivery: December 18, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritSelf-preserving sinners never ask to see or engage the Christ, they always want to argue with the messenger because they always want to self-preserve.That’s what we have in today’s gospel reading from St. John the Evangelist. The delegation sent from the Pharisees and Levites came to question John not to find the Chris...
Advent 3 Midweek: On St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus
December 14, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 1:18-21 Date of Delivery: December 14, 2016
In Memoriam + Gary D. Cropp +
December 12, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 11:2-10 Date of Delivery: December 12, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritOne can hear many things in the question of St. John the Baptist, addressed to the Lord: Are you the one to come or should we wait for another?We can hear hope in St. John’s question. Hope like a football fan cheering on his team that is already winning. Confident in the outcome. Christians are confident in the outc...
Advent 3 - Gaudete
December 11, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 11:2-10 Date of Delivery: December 11, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritIt’s popular to advance the theory that the Old Testament people weren’t expecting God to become man; that over time the Lord God revealed His plan of salvation in ever-increasing ways until finally, the Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem.But that theory is bust. From the beginning the Lord promised that the offspring...
Trinity 26
November 13, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 25:31-46 Date of Delivery: November 13, 2016 [Audio only]
All Saints' Day (observed)
November 06, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 5:1-12 Date of Delivery: November 6, 2016 [Audio only]
Reformation Sunday
October 30, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 11:12-15 Date of Delivery: October 30, 2016
Trinity 22
October 23, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 18:23-35 Date of Delivery: October 23, 2016
Trinity 20
October 09, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 22:1-14 Date of Delivery: October 9, 2016 In the name of theFatherand of the +Sonand of theHoly SpiritThe Banquet Hall is the Church, the people of God. Those who were first invited were the faithless Jews. They were called by God through Abraham down through Moses and the Prophets, but generation after generation rejected the call, the invitation, and even killed the prophets and messengers of God.The King, who is the Lo...
Trinity 19
October 02, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 9:1-8 Date of Delivery: October 2, 2016
trinity 18
September 25, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 22:24-46 Date of Delivery: September 25, 2016 [Audio only.]
Trinity 17
September 18, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 14:1-11 Date of Delivery: September 18, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritIt is written that the Lord leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way (Ps. 25:9).The Lord leads you in what is right and teaches you his way.Why? Because those that exalt themselves He will humble and those that humble themselves, He will exalt. Therefore, seek humility. It is a fruit of the Sp...
Trinity 16
September 11, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 7:11-17 Date of Delivery: September 11, 2016 [Audio only.]
Trinity 15
September 04, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 6:24-34 Date of Delivery: September 4, 2016 [Audio only.]
The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist (Trinity 14)
August 28, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Mark 6:14-29 Date of Delivery: August 28, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy SpiritAfter having been wrongfully thrown in prison, the Lord Jesus’ cousin, John, son of Zachariah the priest and Elizabeth, cousin of the Blessed Virgin, was executed by the removal of his head. Not because of any law he had broken but because of the hatred of another toward him. Hatred always kills. Love gives life.A husban...
Trinity 13
August 21, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 10:213-37 Date of Delivery: August 21, 2016
The Dormition of St. Mary, Theokotos (observed)
August 14, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 1:39-55 Date of Delivery: August 14, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRITThe Church’s calendar is chalked full of saints’ days and days of commemoration and we would do well to recognize them and learn from them. They are our ancestors of the faith. They are our family tree in Christ. And if it’s important to us for our kids to know their grandparents and aunts and uncles, to know the importa...
Trinity 11
August 07, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 18:9-14 Date of Delivery: August 7, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy SpiritGood and upright is the Lord, therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way. (Psalm 25:8-9)What is the way of God? Jesus says, “I AM the Way.” The first Christians were not called “Christians” but they were called “followers of the Way.” A more appropri...
Trinity 10
July 31, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 19:4-48 Date of Delivery: July 31, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit.God’s ways are not like our ways and His thoughts are not like our thoughts. And His anger is not like our anger. When the Lord gets angry He doesn’t then participate in the lust of revenge or the lust of hatred. His wrath is never of self-pity or self-righteousness. His wrath is driven by mercy.Our anger is not driven...
Trinity 8
July 17, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 7:15-23 Date of Delivery: July 17, 2016
Trinity 7
July 10, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Mark 8:1-9 Date of Delivery: July 10, 2016
Trinity 6
July 03, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 5:20-26 Date of Delivery: July 3, 2016 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit.Here are two teachings from Scripture: 1) Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. And, 2) the righteous shall live by faith.If you’re trying to live the righteous life by what you do and say, then you have failed before you began. That’s what the sc...
Trinity 5
June 26, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 5:1-11 Date of Delivery: June 26, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.I have toiled all night and come up empty handed.It’s not hard to imagine that Peter and his fellow fishermen let down their nets with heavy sigs and forlorn attitudes. It’s not hard to imagine that they thought, “Why? What good will this do?”Faith is not absent simply because frustration is present. Mother’s may well be f...
Trinity 4
June 19, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 6:36-42 Date of Delivery: June 19, 2016
Trinity 3
June 12, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Rev. Fr. Michael Brockman Scripture Passage(s): Luke 15:1-10 Date of Delivery: June 12, 2016
Trinity 2
June 05, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 14:16-24 Date of Delivery: June 5, 2016
Trinity 1
May 29, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 16:19-31 Date of Delivery: May 29, 2016
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)
April 03, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): John 20:19-31 Date of Delivery: April 3, 2016
Palm Sunday
March 20, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 26 - 27 Date of Delivery: March 20, 2016
Judica (Lent 5)
March 13, 2016 17:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): John 8:46-59 Date of Delivery: March 13, 2016
Reminiscere (Lent 2 - 2016)
February 21, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 15:21-28 Date of Delivery: February 21, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.It’s only at the end of the struggle that the Lord blesses the faithful. It was only after Jacob had wrestled all night with the Angel of the Lord, who is the Second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, and not just some angel, as the text makes clear, that the Lord then blesses him. It is only after being ignor...
Invocavit Midweek
February 17, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 12:38-50 Date of Delivery: February 17, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.This is an evil generation. But then, so was the last generation. In fact, every generation since Adam has been an evil generation. The inclination of men’s heart is evil, even from their youth. There’s no golden age of any society or of any generation. Everyone born of flesh is flesh and belongs to the flesh, and...
Invocavit (Lent 1 - 2016)
February 14, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 4:1-11 Date of Delivery: February 14, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.With Jesus the devil does not get what he wanted.The title “devil” means “slanderer”. The devil attempted to slander Jesus by causing Him to sin. This is what the devil does. He did it to Eve in the garden. Eve had the word of God yet the devil preached a false sermon and Eve succumbed to temptation. That’s how it a...
Quinquagesima (2016)
February 08, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Vicar Adam Barkley Scripture Passage(s): Luke 18:31-43 Date of Delivery: February 8, 2016
Sexagesima (2016)
January 31, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Luke 8:4-15 Date of Delivery: January 31, 2016 (This sermon was origianally preached on Sexagesima Sunday, 2014,by the Reverend Fr. David H. Petersen of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, IN.)
Septuagesima (2016)
January 24, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 20:1-16 Date of Delivery: January 24, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the + SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.The point of our Lord’s parable about the workers in the vineyard hired at the beginning, middle, and end of the day is obvious. It’s a parable about the mercy of the Lord. He gives equally to all, without qualification of when they first believed or how hard they work or what their job is in the vineyard.There’s n...
The Transfiguration of our Lord
January 17, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 17:1-9 Date of Delivery: January 17, 2016
The Baptism of Our Lord (transferred)
January 10, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 3:13-17 Date of Delivery: January 10, 2016
Christmas 2
January 03, 2016 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 2:13-23 Date of Delivery: January 3, 2016 In the name of the FATHER and of the +SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT.What is true about the Christ is also true about His Christians: He was not where He was or do what He did for His own sake but for the sake of others. The Lord Jesus was not born for His sake but for the sake of others. He did not suffer and die and rise again for His sake but for the sake of others. He did not suff...
The Sunday in the Octave of Christmas
December 27, 2015 18:00Speaker or Performer: Pr. Mark D. Lovett Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 1:18-25 Date of Delivery: December 27, 2015