Podcasts about fifteenth sunday after pentecost

Rev'd Dr. David Glade September 13, 2026

The Rev. Michael McGhee preached on the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost on September 6th. 

The Rev. Karen Connor McGugan

Rev. Karl Fabrizius

Rev. Karl Fabrizius

Christopher Bahrke gives his sermon on the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

In our penultimate discussion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus lays two paths before us. Join us as we take measure of these "Two Ways."    Text: Matt 7:13-23 

Rev. Justin Hendrix // Ezekiel 33:1-11; Psalm 119:33-48; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 18:15-20

Rev Jeannette shares a powerful message.

St. James Church, Evangelical and Reformed Louisville, KY September 6, 2026

Sermon delivered on the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 2026, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by Rev. Tobias Bayer Epistle: Gal. 5, 25, 26; 6, 1-10 | Gospel: Luke 7, 11-16

Matthew 18:15-20   Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

Sunday, September 6, 2026

We invite you to listen to this sermon from our seminarian Lisa Baird from the 10am service on the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost, September 6, 2026. Next week is Saint Luke's Homecoming, when we return to three Sunday services. 8am, 10am in church and livestreamed, and 5pm Come As You Are CAYA, in church and livestreamed. We hope you'll join us or tune into the service that speaks to you. For more information on Saint Luke's Parish, please visit www.saintlukesdarien.org.

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Paslm 139; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 18:15-20 The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 139 Father Christian Ruch Download

11 And it came to pass afterwards, that he went into a city that is called Naim; and there went with him his disciples, and a great multitude.Et factum est : deinceps ibat in civitatem quae vocatur Naim : et ibant cum eo discipuli ejus et turba copiosa. 12 And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow: and a great multitude of the city was with her.Cum autem appropinquaret portae civitatis, ecce defunctus efferebatur filius unicus matris suae : et haec vidua erat : et turba civitatis multa cum illa. 13 Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.Quam cum vidisset Dominus, misericordia motus super eam, dixit illi : Noli flere. 14 And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it, stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise.Et accessit, et tetigit loculum. ( Hi autem qui portabant, steterunt.) Et ait : Adolescens, tibi dico, surge. 15 And he that was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.Et resedit qui erat mortuus, et coepit loqui. Et dedit illum matri suae. 16 And there came a fear on them all: and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet is risen up among us: and, God hath visited his people.Accepit autem omnes timor : et magnificabant Deum, dicentes : Quia propheta magnus surrexit in nobis : et quia Deus visitavit plebem suam.This the story of the resurrection of the young man of Naim and it shows our Lord's power over death.

The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon from Rev. Sarah Hedgis-Kligerman on September 6, 2026

God's Civil Servants Pastor Chase Greenhagen

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When we say yes to Jesus, we begin to understand that we are in a battle of good vs. evil. We are called to mature selfless love: holding our own feelings while rejoicing or mourning with others, having our own opinions while engaging in healthy relationships with those we disagree with, and faithfully doing good to all who we meet, even when they return evil to us. Dcn. Ralph Roberts invites us to mature self-sacrifice.If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.servantsanglican.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Galatians 2:11-16 "Restore Those Caught in Sin"   Preacher: Pastor Jonathan Fischer

St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Farmersville, OhioSeptember 6, 2026Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostAnnouncementsPreludeOpening Hymn - "God, Whose Almighty Word" - LBW #400Brief Order for Confession and ForgivenessApostolic GreetingKyrieHymn of Praise - "This is the Feast"Prayer of the DayFirst Lesson - Jeremiah 15:15-21Second Lesson - Romans 12:1-8Hymn - "O Master, Let Me Walk with You" - LBW #492Gospel - Matthew 16:21-26Sermon - "Swimming Upstream"Hymn - "The Old Rugged Cross"Nicene CreedPrayers of the ChurchOfferingOffertory - "Let the Vineyards"Offertory PrayerGreat ThanksgivingWords of Institution and Lord's PrayerDistributionPost-Communion LiturgyBenedictionExodus Hymn - "Lift High the Cross" - LBW #377DismissalPostludeFor the video version of today's service, please visit https://youtu.be/JwP-pI9L2SsMay God bless you now and always!

Jesus desires, above all things, for you to be saved. Therefore, confess your sin, for Jesus has made full atonement for all your sins by his sacrificial death on the cross.

Word & Sermon Weekly – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 6, 2026 Ezekiel 33:7–9 Romans 13:1–10 Matthew 18:1–20 Learn more about Zion Lutheran Church and the Christian faith, by subscribing to this podcast, and joining us next Sunday by visiting www.zionhiawatha.org

This conversation explores the themes of new beginnings, the importance of community, and the essence of love within the Christian faith. It reflects on the Prodigal Son's journey as a metaphor for redemption, emphasizes the significance of worship in creating a welcoming environment, and discusses the challenges of modern community dynamics. The conversation also delves into the nature of love as a commitment to being present, advocating for others, and fostering transformation, while addressing the communal responsibility of confronting sin with grace and mercy. In this conversation, the speaker explores the themes of binding and loosing in the context of community, emphasizing the importance of reconciliation, love, and forgiveness. The discussion highlights how Jesus is present in the difficult work of communal discernment and correction, and how the church is called to be a community of mercy, even amidst conflict. The speaker shares personal experiences of receiving and giving correction in love, and the necessity of being a community that supports one another in their spiritual journeys. The conversation culminates in an invitation to come to the table of forgiveness and to celebrate the journey of faith together.

Year A, Proper 18, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Peter Bender of The Concordia Catechetical Academy Concordia Catechetical AcademyThe post Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (Three-Year Lectionary): Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Pr. Peter Bender, 9/3/26 (2431) first appeared on Issues, Etc..

Year C, Proper 18, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Year A, Proper 18, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Year A, Proper 18, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Proper 18 (23) Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A, 2025-2026) Scripture Readings: Exodus 12:1-14, Psalm 149, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20

The Gospel is a practical continuation of last week's way-of-the-cross language. If we are going to follow Jesus together, how do we handle it when we hurt each other? Matthew 18 gives us one of the most concrete passages in the New Testament about how a Christian community handles conflict — a text often preached badly and often skipped altogether.Track One brings us the institution of Passover — the community meal that will define God's people, remembered forever. Track Two brings us Ezekiel as watchman — the prophet made responsible to warn, but not responsible for the response. The Epistle gives us the ethical grounding for all of it: owe no one anything except love, for love is the fulfillment of the law.For preachers continuing a series: last week we heard about taking up the cross and following. This week, the road brings us into a specific and hard question — what does following look like when the person following alongside us has hurt us?Photo curated by Unsplash.comThe ReadingsExodus 12:1–14First Reading (Track One) — Passover InstitutedSummaryGod gives Moses and Aaron detailed instructions for a meal — one that will mark a whole new calendar, and one that will be remembered for generations. Each household takes a year-old lamb without blemish, keeps it until the fourteenth of the month, and then slaughters it at twilight. The blood is put on the doorposts and lintel. The lamb is roasted whole, eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, and the family eats in haste — dressed to travel, sandals on their feet, staff in hand. It is the Passover of the Lord. And this night is to be remembered as a festival forever.Key Ideas for Preaching* The instructions are elaborate and detailed — a whole liturgy for a meal. Israel's freedom will begin with a shared table and a specific practice of remembering. Where in your congregation has the shared table been reduced to a formality, and how might this text restore its weight?* The lamb is to be shared — if your household is too small, join with a neighbor. Even the meal of deliverance requires community. What might it mean for your people to hear that no one is meant to eat this meal alone?* The meal is eaten “in haste, ready to travel.” This is not a celebration of arrival but a meal for the road. God's people are being fed for a journey they have not yet made. Where in your congregation has faith been imagined as arrival, when the biblical picture is more often provision for the road?* Jesus will later use this meal as the frame for his own last supper with his disciples. Christian preachers should honor both readings — the meal as it is celebrated by our Jewish neighbors, and the meal as it has shaped the Christian eucharist — without letting the second erase the first.Significant Cautions* Do not preach the Passover in a way that reduces its meaning for Jewish communities who continue to celebrate it. The Christian tradition of reading Jesus into this meal is real, but it does not replace the meal's own meaning.* The tenth plague, which frames this text, involves the death of every firstborn in Egypt. Do not skip this or celebrate it. It is a hard, painful part of the story that deserves acknowledgment rather than triumphalism.Psalm 149The Psalm (Track One) — The Lord Takes Pleasure in His PeopleSummaryA short psalm of praise for the community of the faithful. Sing a new song. Praise God in the assembly. Let the faithful dance and rejoice, for the Lord takes pleasure in his people and adorns the humble with victory. The closing verses take a sharp turn toward warfare — a two-edged sword, vengeance on the nations, binding kings — that has troubled Christian readers for centuries.Key Ideas for Preaching* “The Lord takes pleasure in his people.” That is one of the most tender lines in the psalter — God as a delighted parent, not a distant judge. Where has your congregation quietly assumed God's default posture toward them was disappointment?* “He adorns the humble with victory.” The word for adorn is not the language of grim reward — it is the language of dressing up, decorating, honoring. God does not merely permit the humble to succeed; God delights in decking them out. What might your sermon do with a God whose delight in the humble is that concrete?Significant Cautions* The closing verses about the two-edged sword and executing vengeance have been used in some of the worst chapters of Christian history — to justify religious violence, crusades, and colonial conquest. Do not preach the joyful opening without acknowledging what the closing verses have done in the world.Ezekiel 33:7–11First Reading (Track Two) — The WatchmanSummaryGod appoints Ezekiel as a watchman for the house of Israel. He is to warn the wicked when he hears God's word — and if he fails to warn them and they die in their iniquity, their blood will be on his hands. But if he warns them and they refuse to turn, he has done his duty. The passage ends with a striking word from God: “As I live, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back, turn back... why will you die, O house of Israel?”Key Ideas for Preaching* The watchman is responsible to warn, not responsible for the response. That is a distinction many faithful people have not been given. Where in your congregation are people carrying the weight of outcomes that were never theirs to control?* “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live.” That is God's own posture. The God we serve is not eager for judgment; God is longing for return. Where in your congregation has God been imagined as more eager to judge than the text actually depicts?* The plea “why will you die?” is the heart of this passage. It is not the voice of a wrathful judge; it is the voice of a heartbroken parent. What might it look like to preach a God who genuinely does not want the people God loves to be destroyed?Significant Cautions* The watchman role has been used throughout Christian history to justify harsh, aggressive, and self-righteous confrontation. That is a distortion. Ezekiel is not being given license to browbeat; he is being given a solemn responsibility of loving witness.* The “blood on your hands” language is meant to weigh on the prophet, not to be used to weigh on ordinary Christians who are silent for good reasons. Be careful.Psalm 119:33–40The Psalm (Track Two) — Turn My Eyes from VanitiesSummaryAnother section of the long acrostic psalm on God's word. The psalmist prays to be taught God's statutes, given understanding to keep them, turned from vanities, and given life. The prayer is not that God's law be made easy but that the psalmist be shaped to receive it.Key Ideas for Preaching* “Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.” That is a beautiful pairing — asking to be turned from what wastes attention and asking, in the same breath, for life. Where in your congregation are people whose eyes have been captured by vanities they cannot easily look away from?* Every verb in this section is a request. The psalmist is not boasting about his obedience; he is asking to be made able to obey. What might it look like to preach a faith that begins with asking, not with claiming?Significant Cautions* The psalm's love for God's law is not legalism. Do not preach against a strawman the psalm never sets up.Romans 13:8–14The Epistle — Love Fulfills the LawSummaryPaul turns to specific ethical instruction. Owe no one anything except the debt to love one another — for the one who loves fulfills the law. The commandments — do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet — are all summed up in one word: love your neighbor as yourself. Then Paul shifts key. You know what time it is, he says. The night is far gone; the day is near. Wake from sleep. Lay aside the works of darkness. Put on the armor of light. Live honorably as in the day. And put on the Lord Jesus Christ.Key Ideas for Preaching* “Owe no one anything except to love one another.” Paul frames love as a debt that cannot be paid off — it is owed continually, freshly, to every neighbor. Where has your congregation quietly imagined love as a finite currency, when Paul describes it as a debt you carry always?* Love, Paul says, is the fulfillment of the law. Not its opposite. Not its softening. Its fulfillment. What does it mean for your sermon to hold together the demands of Christian ethics and the primacy of love, without letting one erase the other?* “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” is one of the most striking phrases in Paul. He treats Christ like a garment we put on each morning. Where in your congregation might people be helped by the practice of consciously beginning the day this way?Significant Cautions* “The night is far gone, the day is near” has been misused as fuel for end-times prediction. Paul is describing a posture of expectant readiness, not a timetable.* The love-fulfills-the-law language has been used to argue against Christian ethical seriousness — “as long as we love, anything goes.” That is not Paul's argument. He names the specific commandments and says love is what actually makes them possible.Matthew 18:15–20The Gospel — If Your Brother Sins Against YouSummaryJesus gives his disciples a specific process for handling harm within the community. If a member sins against you, go first alone and speak with them privately. If they will not listen, take one or two others as witnesses. If they still will not listen, tell the church. And if they still refuse, treat them as a Gentile and a tax collector. Then Jesus repeats the binding and loosing language he gave Peter two chapters ago — but now given to the whole community. And he closes with a promise that has become one of the most quoted verses in the New Testament: “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”Key Ideas for Preaching* Jesus takes it as a given that members of the community will hurt each other. He does not offer a formula for avoiding conflict; he offers a process for handling it faithfully. Where in your congregation has the desire to avoid conflict been mistaken for the practice of peace?* The process starts private. Alone. One-on-one. Not a public accusation. Not a group text. Not a whispered campaign. The person who has been hurt is asked to go to the person who hurt them, face to face. What would your congregation look like if this were the default rather than the exception?* “Treat them as a Gentile and a tax collector” is one of the most misinterpreted lines in the Gospels. Matthew's Jesus eats with Gentiles and tax collectors constantly. He calls a tax collector to be his disciple. The instruction is not “shun them” — it is closer to “regard them as one who is still being invited in.” What might your sermon do with the possibility that this passage is not about excommunication but about the persistence of love?* “Where two or three are gathered in my name” is almost always quoted as a promise for small groups, retreats, and prayer meetings. In context, it is the promise that Christ is present in the community's hardest work — its discernment about hurt and reconciliation. What might it change to hear this verse in its actual context?Significant Cautions* The whole passage has been used throughout Christian history to justify shunning, excommunication, church trials, and harsh discipline. Jesus is not endorsing any of that. The process he outlines is designed to protect the offender's dignity at every step, keeping the circle as small as possible for as long as possible.* The “two or three gathered” verse has been so thoroughly severed from its context that many congregations have never heard it in the passage where it actually appears. If you can restore that connection, do.* Do not use this passage to force conflict-avoidant congregations into confrontation they are not ready for. The text describes what a mature community's process should look like; it does not weaponize confrontation for its own sake.Thematic ConnectionsThe Gospel is the natural center — a specific, practical passage about how a following community handles its own harm.On Track One, Passover pairs with the Gospel in a specific way. Both texts are about how a community holds itself together — one through a shared meal remembered across generations, the other through a shared process for repair. Both assume the community is worth preserving, and that preservation requires practice.On Track Two, Ezekiel's watchman pairs directly with the Gospel's opening instruction to go and tell your brother. Both texts insist that loving witness includes the willingness to speak. And both temper that responsibility with a limit — the watchman is not accountable for the response, and neither is the disciple in Matthew 18.Romans 13 gives us the ground under all of it. Owe no one anything except love. If love is genuinely the fulfillment of the law, then the Matthew process is not a code of church discipline; it is what love looks like when it refuses to give up on someone.For preachers continuing a series: last week's “get behind me” was about following. This week's passage is about what happens when the ones following alongside us hurt us. Next week will bring the parable of the unforgiving servant — a continuation of the same Matthew 18 arc on community life. This is a public episode. 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Church conflict is inevitable, but how should Christians actually handle it? In this episode, hosts Cody Sanders, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner dive into Matthew 18 explained through the lens of accountability, reconciliation, and protecting the vulnerable. They unpack why Jesus pairs this teaching with the parable of the lost sheep and what that reveals about who the text is really trying to protect. The conversation also covers Ezekiel 33's watchman imagery, the Exodus 12 Passover narrative, Psalm 119, and Romans 13's call to put on the armor of light.Whether you're preaching this Sunday or just want a richer grasp of these lectionary texts, this discussion offers practical, pastoral insight you can bring straight into your sermon prep.

The Rev. Dr. Karen Connor McGugan

Luke 16:1-13   Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' Then the manager said to himself, `What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, `How much do you owe my master?' He answered, `A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, `Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' Then he asked another, `And how much do you owe?' He replied, `A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill and make it eighty.' And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

Year C, Proper 20, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Year C, Proper 20, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Pr. Sean Daenzer Director of Worship for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS Worship The post Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (Three Year Lectionary): Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Pr. Sean Daenzer, 9/16/25 (2591) first appeared on Issues, Etc..

Year C, Proper 20, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Year C, Proper 20, Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Join Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for another insightful episode of Sermon Brainwave as they dive deep into the challenging lectionary readings for September 21st, 2025. This week's discussion tackles some of the most complex biblical texts around wealth, justice, and faithful living. Our hosts offer practical preaching insights while acknowledging the complexity of these texts, especially the puzzling parable in Luke 16. They emphasize the importance of understanding Jesus's teachings on wealth within Luke's broader theological framework. Commentaries for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost can be found on the Working Preacher website at https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-25-3/commentary-on-luke-161-13-6. *  *  * Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share to stay connected with more insightful lectionary discussions! Reminder: We have commentaries for the Revised Common Lectionary, the Narrative Lectionary, and Evangelio (Spanish-language Gospel). We're here for you, working preachers! ABOUT SERMON BRAINWAVE: Sermon Brainwave is a production of Luther Seminary's Working Preacher, which has been providing trusted biblical interpretation and preaching inspiration since 2007. Find more episodes and resources by visiting https://www.workingpreacher.org/. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/CHPS3ZknXhk.