Pastor Eric's Podcast

Small town sermons on the Gospel, God's law, and the power of Grace. Eric Damon is pastor of Grace Lutheran in Manorville, PA and Emmanuel Heilman in Ford City, PA. Both are member churches of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). These are Sunday sermons

Episodes

10th Sunday after Pentecost (August 2, 2026)

Matthew 14:13-21The feeding of the 5,000+ is an object lesson in abundance vs. scarcity, but this sermon looks at what it might say about how smaller congregtions go about being Church together

August 02, 2026 • 12:04

9th Sunday after Pentecost. July 26, 2026

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52The mustard seed is a well known analogy for the abundance of the Kingdom of Heaven. This sermon looks at something else Jesus might also be saying with that parable.

July 26, 2026 • 11:16

6th Sunday after Pentecost. July 5, 2026

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30This sermon looks at the burden Jesus asks us to bear compared to the diffculty of trying to please the world. Just be YOU

July 05, 2026 • 10:05

5th Sunday after Pentecost

Romans 6:12-23This sermon looks at our culture's acceptance of certain sin, and it looks at what it means to say that if we are slaves to sin, we are free with regards to righteousness.

June 28, 2026 • 11:27

4th Sunday after Pentecost (June 21, 2026)

Matthew 10:24-39The original audience of Matthew's gospel did not know anything like peace in their daily lives. This sermon looks at how that may have affected the way they heard the words "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword"

June 21, 2026 • 13:33

3rd Sunday after Pentecost. June 14, 2026

Matthew 9:9-13,18-26Christianity is for Losers, and Jesus gives his dsciples instructions about how to cope with that. This sermon looks at what it means to get started in that work.

June 14, 2026 • 16:16

Holy Trinity Sunday. May 31, 2026

Matthew 28:16-20This sermon looks at the task of asking questions, making disciples, and what question the doctrine of the Trinity might be answering.

May 31, 2026 • 10:51