Trinity 4| Luke 6:36-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 2, 2023 You can’t give what you don’t have. If you are to be merciful, you must first receive mercy. Many misunderstand Jesus’ words, “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful,” to mean that you must prove yourself merciful before God can…
Presentation of the Augsburg Confession| Matthew 10:32-33| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 25, 2023 “So everyone who confesses Me before men, I also will confess before My Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father who is in heaven.” Today, we celebrate…
Romans 5:6-15 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified…
Trinity 1| 1 John 4:16-21| Trinity Lutheran Church| Pastor James Preus| June 11, 2023 “God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” These are true and immensely important words written by the Apostle John; however, unless you know what love is, you can never understand what…
Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 4, 2023 Jesus cannot get any clearer, if you are to be saved and enter the Kingdom of God, you must be born again? Your first birth does you no good. You must die and come to life again. You must become a…
Pentecost Sunday| Acts 2:1-21| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 28, 2023 Pentecost celebrates the work of the Holy Spirit. What is the work of the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit sanctifies us. What does it mean to sanctify? To sanctify means to make holy. But what does it mean to make holy?…
Ascension Day (Observed) and Confirmation Sunday| Mark 16:14-20 and Acts 1:1-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 21, 2023 Imagine you lived two thousand years ago in a village in Israel, going about your daily work. And then, you saw a great crowd come into your village. The multitude was following a man,…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 14, 2023 “Amen, Amen, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He will give it to you. … Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” So promises our Lord Jesus Christ. But what…
Gospel: John 16:5-15 5[Jesus said:] “But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I…
Jubilate Sunday| John 16:16-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 30, 2023 “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, by the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.” This is what Jesus means when He says, “A little while, and you will…
