The Bible can be divided into two main teachings: the Law and the Gospel. The Law is the love that God commands of us, summarized in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments can be summarized further into two commandments. In Matthew 22, Jesus answers a lawyer’s question of what the great commandment in the…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 7, 2024 In 1 Timothy 3:15, St. Paul calls the Church the Household of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Church (Hebrews 3:6). When Christ rose from the dead, He did not appear to Pontious Pilate or Caiaphas the…
There are dozens of churches in my town. There are literally thousands of denominations to choose from. How can you possibly know which is the right one? Some say Baptism saves, others say Baptism is just an act of obedience. Some say we are saved by faith alone, others say we are saved by…
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Easter Sunday| Mark 16:1-7| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 31, 2024 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went…
Good Friday| Mark 15:6-15| Pastor James Preus| March 29, 2024 6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8And the crowd came up and began to ask…
Maundy Thursday| 1 Corinthians 11:23-32| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 28, 2024 “Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which He was betrayed took bread.” Nothing was hidden from Christ. He knew in just a few short hours, He would be delivered into the hands of evil men, beaten, crucified, and…
Palm Sunday| Zechariah 9:9-12 (Matthew 21:1-9)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 24, 2024 When Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey, He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Zechariah 550 years earlier in chapter 9 of his book. So, let us examine what the Holy Spirit caused Zechariah to write, which…
Judica Sunday| John 8:46-59| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 17, 2024 Our Gospel lesson today is a portion of one of the most contentious arguments Jesus ever had with the Jewish leaders. They call Him a Samaritan and say that He has a demon, while they claim to be Abraham’s children and…
Laetare Sunday (Lent 4)| John 6:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 10, 2024 “When the people saw the sign that He had done, they said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!’” What did the people mean by this? They were referring to the prophesy of Moses…
