A Famine Not of Bread

  Click here to listen to this sermon. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” ( Matthew 17:4). Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ!   Lord, it is good to be here. It is good to be here at St. John’s/St. Paul’s/Zion Lutheran Church. It’s good to be here to worship with you. It’s good to be here to hear God’s Word with you… to sing God’s praises with you… to come to the Lord’s Table with you… to share a Sabbath rest with you. Rest is good. Rest is important. Rest is necessary for our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. But rest is hard to come by, isn’t it? There is so much these days to keep us busy. If I projected a community calendar up on the wall here, we’d all see how busy we all are. There are meetings, community events and family activities. Add to all this busyness our children’s schedules: play dates, basketba...

Click here to listen to this sermon. Mp3 files are available upon request. “W e ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with Him on the holy mountain. And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts” ( 2 Peter 1:18-19). Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!   How many times have you had to make an important decision and wished that God would speak to you and tell you what to do? How many times have you wished that God would give you some sort of sign about what you should do? How many times has He? I can think of at least a couple of occasions where I thought God was speaking to me, but as things turned out, it was not His voice at all. But on this day on the Mount of Transfiguration, it was most definitely the voice of God the Father. He says, “This is My beloved Son,...