Septuagesima 2007

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[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]

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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 →

Bobby Fischer is dead in Iceland

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According to an article in the NY Times, Bobby Fischer is dead.

He was a strange man, probably bipolar (that’s not the strange part), who renounced the United States as a Jewish dictatorship and who applauded the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

First Things has a nice little editorial on the reclusive chess genius.

According to many, he was the greatest chess player the world had ever known.  Certainly he was among the top five.  He was the subject of movies, multiple books, and will be studied for generations.

His religious views were probably as obscure as his life.  He was a member of the Worldwide Church of God for a while.  Probably the most memorable quotations of Fischer was,

“I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.”

It is a great tragedy that such a brilliant mind could not see the truth of the Gospel.  I pray he repented before his death, and will look forward to studying his games for years to come.

-LL

The Baptism of Our Lord – 2008

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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Epiphany 1 – Alt (January 13, 2008)
The Baptism of Our Lord
Matthew 3:13-17
For an audio MP3 of this sermon, CLICK HERE

[This sermon really only exists in audio format.]

TITLE: “The Least and the Most”

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the Baptism of Our Lord from Matthew chapter 3, as well as St. Paul’s words from I Corinthians, “Let him who boast, boast in the Lord.”