Author: David M. Frye

  • Like Those in Flight

    “This is how you are to eat [the lamb]: with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand, you shall eat like those who are in flight. It is the Passover of the LORD.” (Exodus 12:11, NAB)

  • Living as Christians: Justice

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Midweek services from Ash Wednesday through Maundy Thursday will explore the theme, “Living as Christians.” + + + Readings Micah 6:6–8 Psalm 82 Romans 7:15–19 Matthew 22:34–40 + + + Prayer You call us to return to…

  • Saving the Humble

    “Humble people you save; haughty eyes you bring low.” (Psalm 18:28, NAB)

  • The Crown of Life

    “Remain faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” (Revelation 2:10c, NAB)

  • To the Gentiles Too

    “God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too.” (Acts 11:18b, NAB)

  • Let My People Go

    “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Let my people go, that they may celebrate a feast to me in the desert.” (Exodus 5:1b, NAB)

  • Sustenance in the Wilderness

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20–21, 2010, for the First Sunday in Lent. + + + Readings Deuteronomy 26:1–11 Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16 (antiphon v. 11) Romans 10:8b–13 Luke 4:1–13 + + + Prayer You call us to return to you, Lord God,…

  • Living as Christians: Evil

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. Midweek services from Ash Wednesday through Maundy Thursday will explore the theme, “Living as Christians.” + + + Readings Joel 2:1–2, 12–17 Psalm 51:1–17 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10 Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 + + + Prayer You call…

  • The Name

    “God replied [to Moses], ‘I am who I am.’ Then he added, ‘This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.’” (Exodus 3:14, NAB)

  • Flowing From Crags

    “He split rock in the desert, gave water to drink, abounding as the deep. He made streams flow from crags, drew out rivers of water.” (Psalm 78:15–16, NAB)