Sermons from the Divine Service
We are the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, a member congregation of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. We believe, teach and confess that Jesus is the Son of God who has purchased and won forgiveness of sins, life and salvation by His precious blood shed for all mankind on the cross.
You are welcome to join us for Divine Service at 36 Cool Street in Waterville, Maine.
Phone: 207-872-5208
Email: info@lcrwaterville.org
Website: www.lcrwaterville.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lcrwtvl
Sunday Morning Schedule:
8:30am – Sunday School
10:00am – Divine Service
11:30am – Fellowship
In Christ,
Pastor Akers
Episodes
107 episodes
6/28/2026 - Trinity 4 (Luke 6:36-42)
Christ’s Mercy Is Ours to Show to Others. “Be merciful, even as your Father also is merciful” (Luke 6:36–42). The old Adam in us wants to condemn and seek vengeance. But to condemn, to avenge yourself, is to put yourself in the ...
6/21/2026 - Trinity 3 (Luke 15:1-10)
Jesus Receives Sinners. “This man receives sinners and eats with them” (Luke 15:2). The Pharisees’ statement of judgment against Jesus is in fact a proclamation of Gospel truth. For our God is one who delights in mercy, who cast...
6/14/2026 - Trinity 2 (Luke 14:15-24)
The Gospel Call Goes Out to All. Wisdom has issued an invitation to the divine feast: “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight” (Proverbs 9:5–6)....
6/7/2026 - Trinity 1 (Luke 16:19-31)
Faith Trusts in Christ for Life Eternal. When the beggar Lazarus died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. For he was truly a man of faith. The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” The unnamed rich man, on the other...
5/31/2026 - Feast of the Holy Trinity (John 3:1-17)
The Holy Trinity Reveals Himself to Sinners. When Isaiah beheld the glory of the Lord, he cried out “Woe is me!” For the sinner cannot stand in the presence of a holy God and live (Isaiah 6:1–7). But God the Father lifted up His...
5/24/2026 - Day of Pentecost (John 14:23-31)
The Holy Spirit Gives Peace. Following the flood, Noah’s descendants failed to spread out and fill the earth as God had spoken. Rather, they exalted themselves; with “one language and the same words”(Genesis 11:1) they spoke pro...
5/17/2026 - Easter 7 (John 15:26-16:4)
The Holy Spirit Gives Peace. Following the flood, Noah’s descendants failed to spread out and fill the earth as God had spoken. Rather, they exalted themselves; with “one language and the same words”(Genesis 11:1) they spoke pro...
5/14/2026 - Ascension (Luke 24:44–53)
Jesus Is Ascended, but Not Absent. On the fortieth day after His resurrection, our Lord ascended to the right hand of the Father. But although Jesus is hidden from your eyes, He is not absent from you. For He now fills all things in heav...
5/10/2026 - Easter 6 (John 16:23–33)
The Father Answers Our Prayers Because of Jesus. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you” (John 16:23). To pray in Jesus’ name is to pray as one who has been baptized. For i...
5/3/2026 - Easter 5 (John 16:5-15)
Jesus Promises to Send His Holy Spirit, the Helper. Though Jesus has departed from us visibly to the right hand of the Father who sent Him, yet this is to our advantage. For Jesus—who is Lord over all creation, who intercedes for us befo...
4/26/2026 - Easter 4 (John 16:16–22)
Those Who Wait on the Lord Shall Rejoice. The people of God are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, looking ahead to a destination yet to come (1 Peter 2:11–20). Though we are now children of God, the fullness of what we shall be has ...
4/19/2026 - Easter 3 (John 10:11-16)
The Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep. Our Lord Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 10:11–16). He is not like the hireling, who cares nothing for the sheep and only for himself, who flees when he sees the wolf coming. Rather, Jesus is the G...
4/12/2026 - Easter 2 (John 20:19–31)
The Wounds of Christ Give Us Life. “For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood” (1 John 5:7). These three point to Christ and flow from Christ. Jesus shows His disciples His hands side, from which b...
4/5/2026 - The Resurrection of Our Lord (Mark 16:1-8)
Christ’s Resurrection Means That We Will One Day Be Raised. “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). By the shed blood of Christ, the Lamb of God, eternal death has passed over us. Now we pass with C...
3/29/2026 - Palm Sunday (Matthew 26:1-27:66)
The Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glory. “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Luke 19:29–40). To fulfill Scripture, our Lord rides into Jerusalem on a humble donkey so that He might die u...
3/22/2026 - Judica (John 8:42-59)
Jesus Is Our Redemption. In the temple Jesus said, “If anyone keeps my word, he will never see death” (John 8:51). For Jesus came to taste death for us—to drink the cup of suffering to the dregs in order that we might be released from it...
3/15/2026 - Laetare (John 6:1-15)
The Lord Feeds His People. The Lord provided bread from heaven for His people in the wilderness (Exodus 16:2–21). Now He who is Himself the living bread from heaven miraculously provides bread for the five thousand (John 6:1–15). This ta...
3/8/2026 - Oculi (Luke 11:14-28)
Jesus Overcomes the Strong Man. Our Lord Jesus is accused of doing evil when in fact He is doing good. He casts out a demon from a mute man so that he is able to speak (Luke 11:14–28). But some said Jesus did this by the power of Beelzeb...
3/1/2026 - Reminiscere (Matthew 15:21-28)
Holding God to His Word. Jacob wrestled with God; he would not let Him go until he received a blessing from Him (Genesis 32:22–32). So it was with the Canaanite woman. Though Jesus seemed to ignore and reject her, she continued to call u...
2/22/2026 - Invocabit (Matthew 4:1-11)
Jesus Does Battle in Our Place. In the Garden, man exalts himself to be a god in place of God (Genesis 3:1–21). He succumbs to the temptation of the devil, and eating of the forbidden fruit, he receives death. But in the sin-cursed wilde...
2/15/2026 - Quinquagesima (Luke 18:31–43)
Faith Alone. The seeing are blind, while the one who is blind can see (Luke 18:31–43). Jesus tells the twelve that He is going up to Jerusalem to suffer and die and rise again, but they cannot understand or grasp what He is saying. The m...
2/8/26 - Sexagesima (Luke 8:4-15)
Scripture Alone. The Sower sows the seed of His Word (Luke 8:4–15). But the planting of Christ is attacked by the devil, the world, and the flesh. Satan snatches the Word away from hard hearts. The riches and pleasures of this life choke...
2/1/26 - Septuagesima (Matthew 20:1-16)
Grace Alone. The people of Israel departed from the Lord’s provision for them. They were dissatisfied with His provision, and so were sent away from the promised land into exile (Daniel 9:2-10). In the same way, the first laborers in the...
1/25/26 - The Transfiguration of Our Lord (Matthew 17:1-9)
Jesus Is Transfigured and Manifests His Glory. The Lord appeared to Moses in the light of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1–14). Later Moses’ face would shine with the light of God’s glory when he came down from Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29–35)....
1/18/2026 - The Second Sunday After the Epiphany (John 2:1-11)
Jesus’ First Miracle Reveals God’s Glory. The coming of the Messianic kingdom means the restoration of creation. The sign of this restoration is that “the mountains shall drip sweet wine” (Amos 9:11–15). When the elements of a f...