From a sermon on Psalm 26 entitled, “Pride & Prejudice & Jesus.”

The idea is that we’re sinners but sometimes accused of things we didn’t do. That doesn’t make us innocent, and let’s face it, past actions may be the reason we’re assumed guilty.

An image of the Bible under a microscope for sermons and articles on examining Scripture.

Originally created for a sermon based on Jeremiah 28:5-9: “You Can Falsify the Bible”.

Our Lent series this year was based on the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer and how they match up with Jesus’s words from the cross.

Here’s the worksheet/order we used (PDF).

We also had a theme hymn, “Father God, Who Art in Heaven,” that uses the same first and last stanza each week with a different 2nd stanza each week based on the corresponding petition/words. It can be used as a general Lord’s Prayer hymn apart from the series. (Lyrics based on series order) See below for lyrics based on Lord’s Prayer order.

The Lutheran Service Builder file is in the order of the petitions.

Father God, Who Art in Heaven 

Tune: Das grosse Cantional (Christ, the Life of All the Living)

1                   Father God, Who art in heaven,
Your name ever hallow’d be
Let Your kingdom come among us
Earth, like heaven, Your will see
As we pardon, so release us,
From our sins and evil free us.
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

2                   Let Your name be ever holy
Ever kept in purity
Since by Word and water solely
You have named us family
Help us show in daily living
All the mercy You are giving
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

3                   Let Your kingdom come among us
May your Spirit help us know:
Since You’ve taken our sin from us
We to Paradise may go
As a citizen of heaven,
Let my life be loving leaven
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

4                   As Your will is done in heaven,
Here among us so be done
Keep us firm, conviction strengthen,
Ever turn us to Your Son
Let our trust be ne’er diminished
Give us faith that “It is finished!”
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

5                   Give us each our daily manna
Help us see Your providence
For Your mercy, loud hosanna
Always let our thanks commence
Though You suffered dehydration,
Let us trust complete salvation
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

6                   Father God, Who art in heaven,
Turn Your eyes from all our sin
We know not the depths we’ve fallen
Purify our hearts within
Let the mercy from Your Word flow,
And our lives your saving grace show
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

7                   O my God, do not forsake me
Hold me close in every hour
Let no evil overtake me
Keep me from the tempter’s power
Though this world and flesh may charm me,
May they not prevail to harm me
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

8                   Let us all commend our spirits
To our Father’s loving hands
So that we may all inherit
Joyously a blessed end
Save us, Lord, from all our sorrows
Give us joy for all tomorrows
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity.

9                   Father God, Who art in heaven,
Hear the prayers Your children cry
To the cross may our lives beckon
And display Christ crucified
Let us always know Your favor
For through Christ, our only Savior,
Kingdom, power, glory be Thine unto eternity!

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This is a pair of images from a sermon on Philippians 2:5-11, “The Mind of God.” One depicts Jesus thinking of the world while hanging on the cross. The other depicts the world thinking of Jesus. Image of Jesus by artist Justin Long, used by permission.

I created this artwork for a sermon on Philippians 2:5-11 exploring the mind of God. It’s based on the idea that Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel depiction of God in “The Creation of Adam” depicts a human brain.

For a sermon based on the 1st Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, Hallowed Be Thy Name, from the Prayer is Crucial series, an image of Jesus on the cross with the INRI replaced with YHWY.

Here’s an image I created for a sermon on Romans 6:1-11 to show that other things get outdated, but our Baptism is new every day.

Title: Buried Alive

Description: We’ve been given eternal life, but we still live in the world of the temporary. How can we experience the eternal now?

I recently wrote an article on the Incarnation and the Real Presence relative to the Passover, and I took some photos that might be useful to those who’d like to tie “The Word became flesh” to “This is My body.”

Find variants with both paten & chalice here.

A Photoshop composite for a sermon from Matthew 5:1-12 (Sermon on the Mount, Beatitudes)

When everything crumbles: When everything falls apart around you, when you have nothing left, is it possible to feel blessed in the middle of that?

Cross in Rubble (from Rikuzentakata_filled_with_the_rubble by Mitsukuni Sato, Creative Commons Attribution License)

A wrestling championship belt around a Bible

From a sermon based on Genesis 32.22-30