Solitude

As I’m starting to prepare for Laetare Sunday, I ran across the following quotation from John Chrysostom on John 6:3: He went up onto the mountain because of the miracle he was going to do. The disciples alone ascended with him which implies that the people who stayed behind were at fault for not following. […]

Kept in Christ (Funeral Sermon for Hilma I. Maddern)

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Funeral Service for Hilma I. Maddern Psalm 121:8 March 21, 2011 HilmaMaddernSermon_01 TITLE: “Kept in Christ” Family and friends of Hilma, both those who are here and those who are unable to be here, grace to you and peace form God our Father and from the […]

Resisting Temptation (Lent 1, 2011)

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Invocabit Sunday (Lent 1) Genesis 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 6:1-10, St. Matthew 4:1-11 2011lent1 TITLE: “Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness”[1] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel just read from St. […]

How Christians Should Treat One Another in the Midst of Political Turmoil

Things are heating up politically here in Wisconsin. Republicans against Democrats. Democrats against Republicans. State senators “hiding” in Illinois, the governor answering prank calls, tens of thousands of people protesting in Madison, yes, the political machines are moving, and there isn’t any sign of it slowing down soon. What I have been observing on all […]