What We Preach

Sermons from Christ the King

These sermons are freely available for private study and spiritual edification.

What Does Pentecost Mean for Us Today?

Scripture Verses
  • Act 2:1-21

On Pentecost we see the faithfulness of God on full display: the God who keeps every promise, the Savior who brings salvation to all, and the Spirit who still works through the Word today. In this sermon we look at how the first Pentecost was not simply a moment of fire and languages, but the beginning of God gathering a harvest from every place and every story — and how that same Spirit now fills Christ’s Church, equips His people with different gifts, and continues to create and sustain faith through the living and enduring Word of God.

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What are we to do while waiting for the Ascended Lord to return?

Scripture Verses
  • Acts 1:12-26

In this sermon from Acts 1:12-26, we look at those ten quiet days between Christ’s ascension and Pentecost and discover how the early believers lived in that in‑between time—a time much like our own. As they waited, the Word gathered them, prayer united them, God healed the wound the devil had struck, and their restored fellowship prepared them to bear witness to the risen Lord. Their example shows us how Christ keeps His Church steady and faithful even as we wait nearly two thousand years for His return: by anchoring us in Scripture, shaping our hearts in prayer, mending what sin has broken, and working through ordinary Christians to proclaim the extraordinary news of His resurrection.

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How Does Jesus Respond to Our Fear of Abandonment?

Scripture Verses
  • John 14:15-21

In this sermon we face the fear that sits beneath so many of our worries—the fear of being left alone—and hear Christ answer it with promise after promise. Jesus assures us that He has not left us as orphans: He is present with us, He sends His Spirit to guide and strengthen us, He unites us to Himself and to the Father, He destroys the power of death with His resurrection life, and He anchors us in His abiding Word. In every season, every weakness, and every anxious moment, the Savior who died and rose for us remains with His people.

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How Do We Show That We Are Built on Christ and Serve in His Temple?

Scripture Verses
  • Acts 17:1-12

In this sermon from Acts 17:1-12, we follow Paul, Silas, the Thessalonians, and the Bereans to see what it truly means to be built on Christ the Cornerstone and to serve in His temple. We watch the Word soften some hearts and harden others, learn from those who rejected the Scriptures, and see how believers support one another as priests in God’s house. Most of all, we are shown the noble‑minded, royal heart that eagerly receives and examines God’s Word—anchoring faith in Christ alone.

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How Can the Good Shepherd Let His Sheep Suffer and Be Slaughtered?

Scripture Verses
  • Acts 6:1-9, 7:2a, 51-60

In this sermon we explore the hard question: How can the Good Shepherd allow His sheep to suffer and even be slaughtered? Looking at the story of Stephen—the first Christian martyr—we see how Christ teaches His flock to prioritize His Word, raises up the vulnerable to serve the venerable, leads His people through death into new life, and uses their faithful witness to both soften and harden hearts. Stephen’s peaceful confidence, even as he was violently killed, shows the Shepherd who stands to receive His sheep and calls them home to heavenly pastures where no wolf follows.

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How Does Christ Save Us from This Crooked Generation?

Scripture Verses
  • Acts 2:36-47

This sermon explores how Christ rescues us from a crooked and twisted generation by opening our eyes to our blindness, giving us His gifts instead of burdens, and placing us into a new Spirit‑filled community. From the Emmaus road to Pentecost, we see how God reveals Himself through His Word, Baptism, and the fellowship of believers who gather around the apostles’ teaching. In a world bent by the devil’s lies, Christ straightens us by His grace and unites us as a family that encourages, supports, and reflects His love. Join us as we see how the risen Lord still saves, still gathers, and still transforms His people today.

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Why Isn’t Seeing and Touching the Proof of Our Faith?

Scripture Verses
  • John 20:24-31

In this sermon on Thomas and the risen Christ, we explore why seeing and touching are not the proof of faith—and why Jesus calls you blessed for believing without seeing. From the Trinity to Baptism, from the Lord’s Supper to creation itself, we confront the limits of human reasoning and the way sin twists our logic. Yet Christ meets us exactly where our reasoning collapses, just as he met Thomas, and through his written Word he creates, nourishes, and sustains faith. This message shows how faith sets reason right, how God uses his promises to anchor us in suffering, and how believing becomes a clearer sight than anything our eyes can give. “These are written that you may believe…”—and through that believing, have life in his name.

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Christ's First Three Statements after His Resurrection

Scripture Verses
  • Matthew 28:9-10

In this Easter message, we hear the risen Christ speak his first three words of resurrection comfort: “Greetings,” “Do not be afraid,” and “Go and tell my brothers.” As the women at the tomb discover, Jesus meets sinners with welcome, removes our deepest fears, and sends ordinary believers with his promise. Rooted in Job’s confession—“I know that my Redeemer lives”—this sermon proclaims the victory Christ gives over sin, death, and the grave. Because he lives, we will rise.

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Our Savior's Final Prayer Comforts You

Scripture Verses
  • Luke 23:46

In this Good Friday message, we reflect on Jesus’ final words from the cross and the astonishing truth behind them: the God‑Man chooses the moment of His death, entrusts His entire life and saving work into the Father’s hands, and wins the victory that restores our harmony with God. Through Scripture, real‑life stories, and the comfort of Christ’s finished work, this sermon points us to the Father who now holds us with the same love and certainty with which He received His Son.

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Jesus Speaks a New Commandment Before His Crucifixion

Scripture Verses
  • John 13:1-15,34

In this Maundy Thursday message, we look at Jesus’ “new commandment” and the love that speaks louder than words. From the humility of washing His disciples’ feet to the sacrifice He would make on Good Friday, Christ shows us a servant love that cleanses, empowers, and transforms. This sermon reflects on that love, how it reshapes our hearts, and how it moves us to serve one another with the same grace He has shown to us.

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