Episode 36: The Pope Died: A Lutheran Response
Pope Francis died. What hopes do Lutherans have for the next pope? Does it matter?
Who Killed Jesus?
Good Friday| Luke 22-23; Isaiah 52:13-53:12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 18, 2025 Who killed Jesus? Well, the Romans did, right? Pilate may have washed his hands saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” (Matthew 27:24), yet he himself said that he had authority to put Christ to death or set…
How Jesus Washes Us Today
Maundy Thursday| John 13:1-15, 34-35 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-32| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 17, 2025 “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Jesus said to Peter when he refused to let Him wash his feet. Those are sobering words. If Jesus does not wash your feet,…
Meeting Christ in Humility
Palm Sunday| Philippians 2:5-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 13, 2025 St. Paul teaches us to think like Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ is true God, yet He humbled Himself and took on the form of a slave, suffering and dying on the cross. Therefore, God highly exalted Him above every name, so…
Son of God or Demoniac
Judica (Lent 5) Sermon| John 8:46-59; Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 6, 2025 Jesus is either the true Son of God, whose teaching gives eternal life, or He is a demon possessed imposter, whose teachings should be rejected. Some try to play the middle ground and say that Jesus was…
Episode 35: Should Christians Celebrate the Passover Seder?
Seder: from the Hebrew for Order. Refers to the service of Passover. Haggadah: From the Hebrew for telling forth. Exodus 13:8: You shall tell your sons on that day… https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-haggadah https://www.sefaria.org/Pesach_Haggadah%2C_Magid%2C_In_the_Beginning_Our_Fathers_Were_Idol_Worshipers.2?lang=bi Introduction to Christian Seder Prof. Daniel Gard on the Christian Seder https://lutherorthodoxy.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-passover-seder-and-lutheran.html A Jewish Rabbi on Christians Practicing the Sedar Passover seders are…
Daily Bread and the Bread of Life
Laetare Sunday (Lent 4)| John 6:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 30, 2025 At the beginning of John 6, a crowd of 5,000 men, not including their wives and children, advance on Jesus to make Him their king by force, because they loved Him so much for feeding them bread and fish…
Episode 34: A Case for Indoctrination and Morals
The Problem Positive Secular Examples of Indoctrination Biblical Argument for Indoctrination Deuteronomy 6: 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[b] 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children,…
Soldiers in Christ’s Kingdom
Oculi Sermon (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 23, 2025 “But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you,” says Jesus. The finger of God is the Holy Spirit. When a work is done by…
How to Wrestle God and Win
Reminiscere Sunday (Lent 2)| Genesis 32:22-32 and Matthew 15:21-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 16, 2025 Last week, Jesus taught us how to wrestle with Satan and win. This week Jesus teaches us how to wrestle with God and win. In our Old Testament lesson from Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles with a…