Will You Not Do It?

Here is the audio file of the sermon preached here at Trinity Lutheran Church in Layton, Utah for the SIXTH SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY, February 15, 2009:
Epiphany5.WillYouNotDoIt.WMA

Have a blessed week as one washed clean in Baptism and the blood of Christ.

It's Your Future

Having just concluded our annual Tri-Circuit Conference during which we discussed the BRTF presentation as per the ND Convention, I have one recommendation over and above the content and merit of the presentation:

Do everything you can to get your District President to change the format of the presentation so that you are able to discuss the points before taking part in their survey.

It is your District Convention, not the BRTF Convention. As such you can, should, and must set the agenda. This means that you tell them how much time they can have and how that time will be used.

The Task Force has requested two hours on the agenda of each District Convention. The first hour is to make their presentation and have you rate each point as they make them, without discussion or any real time to think about it. The second hour is for discussion.

There is no reason your District shouldn't be able to demand discussion prior to rating the points. We are talking about the future of our synod, not a TV pilot show or a new brand of tooth paste.

If you find any value in this recommendation, please pass it along to your congregations and circuits.

Respectfully submitted,
Rev. Kurt Hering, Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Layton, Utah

Preaching the Kingdom--to Grasshoppers

Here is the audio file of the sermon I preached as guest preacher at Trinity Lutheran Church of St. George, Utah for the FIFTH SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY, February 8, 2009:
Epiphany5.PreachingtheKingdom.mp3

Have a blessed week in the kingdom of God, grasshoppers.

Authority Commands Obedience

Here is the audio file of the sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church of Layton, Utah for the FOURTH SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY, February 1, 2009:
Epiphany4.AuthorityCommandsObedience.WMA

Have a blessed week in the obedience of faith as Christ's forgiven children.

Fantasy Football Combine?

Here's some pre-Super Bowl fun for you. You just might want to pick these guys for your next Fantasy Football league.

Heaven Is Your Home

Here is the audio file of the sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran Church of Layton, Utah for the THIRD SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY, January 25, 2009:
Epiphany3B.HeavenIsYourHome.WMA

In this sermon I have mostly let Luther preach based upon his treatment of the same subject according to Psalm 8:1 in Volume 12 of Luther's Works.

Have a blessed week at home in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Inauguration Day . . .

could never have happened for our first "African-American" president had his mama exercised her Pro-Choice right to kill baby Barack.


Please send this to all your Pro-Choice friends, relatives, and elected officials.

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim 2:1-4, NKJ)