(I preached this sermon at Christ Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, PA on August 30, 2026 in response to Exodus 20:12-16. You can also listen to the audio at the following link.) There is a fight going on right now in several states over whether the Ten Commandments should hang...

I’m in the midst of a four part sermon series on the Ten Commandments. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to given that the Commandments are the center of a political fight going on in various parts of the country right now. But I decided to go ahead with...

Based on Exodus 20:12-16 We now move from the first group of commandments, which are about our relationship with God, to the second set of commandments, which are about our relationship with our neighbor.  The order matters.  Our foundation starts with our relationship with God.  It is only with a right...

(I preached this sermon at Christ Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, on Sunday August 23, 2026. It is in response to Exodus 20:3-11. You can listen to the audio of the sermon by clicking this link.) Last week we spent an entire sermon on one chapter, Exodus 19, before we...

An argument can be made for opposites. The argument is easy to make. We live in a culture that breathes the air of opposites. There’s option A or B. There’s up or down. There’s left or right. Two teams play against each other, only one will win. Two political...

Based on Exodus 20:3-11 As we move from the foundation of the Ten Commandments into the Commandments themselves, we see a pattern.  The first group of commandments are about our relationship with God.  This relates to the foundation of the commandments – God is the one who frees Israel and loves...

(I preached this sermon at Christ Lutheran Church in Harrisburg on Sunday, August 16, 2026. You can listen to the audio by going to this link. The sermon was in response to Exodus 19 and 20:1-2) Every nation writes something down to explain itself to itself. The Declaration of...

There is a psychological pressure that exists which can be summed up as “never enough.” You may know the feeling. Some might express it as the sense that no matter what they do, it will never be enough. There will always be an expectation of something more. People encounter...

Based on Exodus 19; 20:1–2 The Narrative Lectionary gives us an opportunity to dive into the Ten Commandments for the next four Sundays.  The first Sunday will allow us to look at the context and set up for the Ten Commandments and why they exist and the motivation behind them.  The following...

(I preached this sermon on Sunday August 2, 2026 at Christ Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, PA. It is based on 2 Timothy 2:8-15. You can listen to the audio version of the sermon at this link.) It took Lutherans and Catholics five hundred years to agree on what the...