Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 15:26-16:4 for Exaudi, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 29, 2022.

Sermon Notes

Listen carefully throughout the sermon to answer the main question: What does it mean to bear witness about Jesus Christ?

Why is it important that the disciples knew Jesus from the beginning?

What happened to Christ that also happens to His disciples?

Does it also happen to you because you believe in Jesus?

The disciples were witnesses in a special, eyewitness way. How are you a witness of Christ Jesus today?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on Ascension Day, May 26, 2022.

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 16:23-24 for Rogate, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2022.

Sermon Notes

How many times is “Father” used of God in the…

Old Testament?

New Testament?

In 1534 Martin Luther reminded God’s children that “there is always enough trouble… to urge us to prayer.” Is that still true in 2022?

Who is the liar and murderer behind the world’s opposition to God’s Word?

Do the evils in the world rob you of joy? Do they prompt you to pray? Have you ever thought about how regularly praying for a godly solution to the evils would fill you with joy?

Are you praying to your Father in your name or in Christ’s name? Whose will are you trying to have done by your prayers?

Because of the Gospel that Christ overcame the world, what are you like when you pray?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 16:8-11 for Cantate, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 15, 2022.

Sermon Notes

What does the word cantate mean?

Why do we sing?

Who are the only ones who don’t have reason to sing? Why?

Where does every good gift come from? (James 1:17)

We sing both when sinned against and when we sin against others. Why?

What does the Spirit of truth declare?

Who is judged?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 16:16 for Jubilate, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2022.

Sermon Notes

What good would sight be without the ability to contemplate what is seen? 

The following words are used in John 16:16. How are they translated? What do they mean?

Theōreō

Horaō

When Jesus was crucified and buried, what did the disciples think?

When did Christians stop experiencing life with Jesus as His disciples had experienced during His earthly ministry?

What is foreshadowed by the seeing | not seeing | seeing pattern of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection? 

Who has Jesus sent to us now that He has gone back to His Father? Why did He send Him?

Who will you see in a little while? As a result, who will you be like?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on Isaiah 30:18-21 for the Feast of St. Philip and St. James, Apostles, May 1, 2022.

Sermon Notes

What did Jesus say to Philip when He found him? (John 1:43)

In the Bible the apostles and the prophets speak to us from the past  saying “… your Teacher will not ­­­­­­­__________ himself anymore, but your eyes shall _______ your Teacher,” (Is. 30:20) Who is our revealed Teacher?

What did Jesus say when Philip asked Him to show the disciples the Father? (John 14:9b)

What words recorded in Isaiah 30:21 sum up the apostolic teaching about Jesus Christ crucified for our forgiveness of sins?

What does Jesus say of Himself in John 14:6?

Because the apostles’ teaching was preserved in Holy Scripture, we know which way to walk. Which way?

Who has enabled us to walk in His Way?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 20:19-31 for the Second Sunday of Easter (Quasimodo Geniti), April 24, 2022.

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Sermon Notes

What was Ezekiel’s answer when God asked him if dead bones can live? (Ezekiel 37:3)

Which is greater, the testimony of God or the testimony of men? (1 John 5:9). What does Number 23:19 have to say about why this is?

What is the most obvious connection between Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 20:19-31?

The Scriptures reveal that God is…

• Omniscient: All knowing
• Omnipresent: Present everywhere
• Omnipotent: All powerful

Why doesn’t John tell us more about the disciples’ response to Jesus entering the room despite the locked doors?

If the Lord delays His return, what will happen to every baptized Christian?

What part of your life are you not approaching with faith? How do you right this wrong?

Pastor Bramwell preached the following sermons during Holy Week, 2022.

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Maundy Thursday

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Good Friday

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Holy Saturday

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The Resurrection of Our Lord – Sunrise

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The Resurrection of Our Lord – The Divine Service

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on Matthew 27:38 and 44 for Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Sermon Notes

Our sermon text tells us both robbers reviled Jesus. Luke’s Gospel goes into more detail. What does one of them eventually do, and what is the outcome?

What has Jesus promised us today?

Eschatological: adjective

1. a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind
2. a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind

What two words describe the two robbers?

Which one best represents you?

What other two men do these robbers remind us of (Luke 18)?

How do we become like the one who is with Jesus in Paradise?

Pastor Bramwell preached this sermon on John 8:42-59 and Genesis 22:1-14 for Judica Sunday (Fifth Sunday in Lent), April 3, 2022.

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Sermon Notes

In today’s Gospel reading Jesus and His opponents get into a hard-hitting discussion in which He tells them they’re the devil’s children. Why doesn’t Jesus shy away from saying hard things to His opponents?

Who picked up the stones in John 8:59? What did Jesus do?

God is hiding in the Genesis 22 text. Where is Christ hidden? Where is His Father hidden?

What does the Church teach week in and week out?

What has the blood of Christ done for you?

Out of what darkness has Jesus called you?

Who is your Father?