Sermon Archive
Welcome to our sermon archive, we hope you enjoy reading through our past sermons and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.
“God have mercy on me, a sinner”
In the gospel reading, Jesus addresses a parable: ‘To some who were confident of their own (!) righteousness and looked down on everyone else.’ The Pharisee is confident of his… Read more
Who will grant us justice?
The readings for today create the impression that if we do our part, God will bless us. We have a sense of ‘persevere and God will bless you’ in these… Read more
Fideism verses true faith
The gospel reading for today, Luke 17:1-5, 6-10 addresses a temptation that all Christians face: fideism. Fideism is ‘faith in faith’, in other words the attempt to measure one’s faith…. Read more
Trusting God’s character
In today’s passage from Exodus, we witness an extraordinary exchange between God and Moses. When God decides he is going to destroy Israel for worshiping a golden calf, Moses appeals… Read more
Last Words
Muhammad in his last sermon on Mt Arafat, forbade his followers to shed the blood of each other. Of his enemies he said, “I descended by Allah with the sword… Read more
Being a Sending Church
Immanuel Woden Valley Lutheran Church is a sending church of the LCA. This means we are focused on the mission of Christ to go into the world and tell people… Read more
What do you see?
When a crippled woman who was bent over terribly, came into the synagogue, Luke’s Gospel chapter 13 records, that “Jesus saw her, …..”. When you see a stranger, what do… Read more
Faith is found in strange places
God faith works faith in unlikely people and in unlikely places. Do we really believe the previous statement? How often do we think that God only works amongst the saintly?… Read more
Where is your Treasure?
As children we dream of finding treasure. We dig in our back yard or we search on the beach. We search with friends and we search alone. Often just to… Read more
Christ is all and is in all
Lord, in between my first breath and my last— before you call me home— you give me time. Time to work hard, time to pray well, time to play and… Read more
