“Baptized into Temptation With Christ” – Mark 9:1-15

via via the power of IFTTT   Lent 1, (February 22, 2015) Holy Cross Lutheran Church Rocklin, California Rev. Todd A. Peperkorn (Mark 1:9-15) TITLE: “Baptized Into Temptation with Christ” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the Gospel just read from […]

Advent Donkey Preachers

We’ve all heard how if He could use a donkey then perhaps even me. Commendable humility, but don’t stop there looking at your humility–there’s more to being His donkey than that, gloriously much more. You are His donkey as you are no one else’s. Now there’s freedom! Let no one take it from you or […]

Advent Longing

It is always dangerous to say that a season is my favorite time of the year.  But there it is.  Right now Advent is my favorite time of the year.  The hymns are sublime, the Gospel is clear and beautiful.  The hope of the One to Come washes over you like a flood. The longing […]

Introducing Lessons for Lambs

[Reposted from historiclectionary.com. -LL] I am very pleased to announce the newest addition to historiclectionary.com.  Lessons for Lambs is a series of 65 bulletin inserts that follow all of the Sundays of the one-year lectionary.  They are two pages, designed to be folded in half as a little booklet. Lessons for Lambs is the brain child […]

Mourning and Dancing (Reformation 2010)

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin Our Savior Lutheran Church, Momence, Illinois Reformation (October 31, 2010) Matthew 11:12-19 The Audio File is Here TITLE: “Mourning and Dancing” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.  Our text for the Festival of the Reformation is from St. […]