Sermons from February 2026

A sermon based on Matthew 4:1-11, Rev. Dr. Jon Diefenthaler, Sr Pastor Emeritus, Our Savior Lutheran Church “Spiritual warfare” is a subject that many of us would prefer not to recognize or discuss. Each year, however, the First Sunday in Lent serves to warn us that trying to do this is not a good thing. Today’s Gospel text is Matthew 4:1-11. It is one of three accounts in the New Testament of the epic battle between Jesus and Satan during…

A sermon based on Matthew 17:1-9, Rev. Dr. Jon Diefenthaler, Sr Pastor Emeritus, Our Savior Lutheran Church The Epiphany season that began with the twinkling of a star that led the Wise Men to the newborn Jesus ends with a blinding vision of him as a grown-up adult. The “Transfiguration of Our Lord” is the name we give to it. The original NT Greek word for it is the same one from which we get the word “metamorphosis.” It means…

A sermon based on Matthew 5:1-12, Rev. J. Orlando Flahn Our human nature craves for happiness; we yearn to be happy, and we think we should be happy. That’s how we’re designed: we want to try to find fun, fulfillment, contentment, and happiness in something, and often in the wrong places and things due to our human brokenness. Our consumer culture seeks for anything we believe will make us happy. Yet, in our brokenness, we realize none of these things…