Edmund Steimle: Sentimentality or Religion
In his sermon on James 1:22-27, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says the Christian religion is far more than a set of principles for living.
Edmund Steimle: Ride On to Die
Jesus’s entrance into Jerusalem was met with crowds shouting Hosanna, says Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle in his Palm Sunday sermon. People thought he was coming to rule. He knew that he was riding on to die.
Edmund Steimle: No Idle Tale
In his Easter sermon, Lutheran preacher Dr. Edmund Steimle asks, Were the women at the tomb just hysterical? The resurrection is no idle tale. It is the true power for the brave.
Edmund Steimle: When the Lord Smiles on You
In his sermon on Luke 5:1-11, acclaimed Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says any human suffering does not mean that God is not smiling on us. God smiling on us means we are able to get out of ourselves and serve others.
Edmund Steimle: Love Never Fails
In his sermon on "one of the most magnificent passages about God ever written," 1 Corinthians 13, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says we need to know the love on a cross will not fail to be at the very heart and center of our religion.
Edmund Steimle: The Peril of Ordinary Days
Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle focuses on Jesus's temptation in the wilderness, noting that we all have experiences of feeling let down. The dangerous day for one’s faith, whether yours or our Lord’s, are the dull, drab days.
Edmund Steimle: When God Is Deaf
In his sermon about the Canaanite woman's plight in Matthew 15:21-28, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says we all sometimes feel God is deaf to our prayers and so it was in the Bible. Nevertheless, we must not be a stranger to God. We must persist.
Edmund Steimle: The Empty House
In his sermon on Jesus's weird story in Luke 11:17-26, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says the aching void in our world is fairly crying for religion, for the Christian religion, for Christ. He wants to live in our empty house.
Edmund Steimle: God's Way Out
In his sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says that the “what if’s” of life keep mocking the dream in our hearts. Paul told the Corinthians there was no temptation taken you but such as is common to all.
Edmund Steimle: God of the Mountain and the Plain
Dr. Edmund Steimle offers a powerful message on the Transfiguration, calling us to a faith that combines the glory of the mountaintop with life on the plain below.
Edmund Steimle: God's Judgment...and Ours
In his sermon on Matthew 20:1-16, the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Lutheran preacher Edmund Steimle says God’s judgments are radically different from the highest standards of justice in our courts. We judge horizontally and God judges vertically. Why? Because God is love.
Edmund Steimle: The One-Talent Man
In his first Protestant Hour sermon, acclaimed preacher Edmund Steimle explores Jesus's parable of the talents and asks, Why did Jesus point a finger at the man who dug a hole in the ground and buried his treasure? It is all part of Jesus’s indefatigable campaign to reverse our ordinary scale of values.