Lutheran Logomaniac

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Septuagesima (February 8, 2009)
Matt. 20:1-16

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TITLE: “Grace Abounds…More Than Fairness”

A Sermon on Faith and Good Works

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the parable of the men working in the vineyards from St. Matthew chapter twenty.

This morning’s parable is about the grace of God and the fairness of God. The grace of God is that He sent His Son to die in our place, to forgive our sins, and to draw us into His loving embrace. Our life in God is not measured in comparison to others. There are no degrees of sonship in God’s family. You are either in or out. Either you are a child of God or you are a child of the devil. Fortunately for us, you are in by virtue of your baptism into Christ. As St. Paul writes in Galatians 3, “…for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Galatians 3:26-27 ESV) continue reading…

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Septuagesima (January 20, 2008)
Matt. 20:1-16
On the Baptism of Beata Susan Peperkorn
For an audio MP3 of this sermon, CLICK HERE

TITLE: “The Naked God and the Covered God”

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the parable of the men working in the vineyards from St. Matthew chapter twenty.

What are we to do with a text like this? We have the complaining, grumbling Israelites, the complaining, grumbling workers, and in our Epistle we find St. Paul encouraging the Corinthians not to grow weary in the race of the faith. It seems as though complaining and grumbling is what we do best. continue reading…

[This is from last year, but I thought I'd post it for those who are looking for something to preach about this coming Sunday. -LL]

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Septuagesima (February 4, 2007)
Matt. 20:1-16

TITLE: “God Plants You in His Vineyard”

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the parable of the men working in the vineyards from St. Matthew chapter twenty.

Just so that we’re clear up front, the point of this text is that God has placed you in the vineyard, His own Garden of Eden remade in His Son. continue reading…