Episode 38: 2 Kings 6:1-7: Elisha’s Little Miracle Teaches the Communication of Attributes
2 Kings 6:1-7.
The Preaching of the Holy Spirit
Cantate Sunday (Confirmation)| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 18, 2025 It is common for people to speak about God without specifying which god they mean. But not all gods are the same. The god worshipped in Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism did not send Jesus Christ to die for our sins….
Episode 37: Strict Verse Faithful
If you are a member of a Lutheran congregation in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod or one of the other confessional Lutheran synods, you are bound to hear this from time to time. “Your church is too strict.” But is this a fair judgment? How should you respond when your church is called too…
As a Mother Rejoices
Jubilate Sunday| John 16:16-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 11, 2025 “When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.” Jesus tells…
Good Shepherd Sunday Sermon
Rev. Rolf Preus| May 4, 2025| Trinity Lutheran Church, Ottumwa Iowa| John 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and…
Justification: Am I Good Enough for God (Audio Book) written and read by Rev. Rolf Preus
Rev. Rolf Preus wrote Justification: Am I Good Enough for God in 1999. He read it as an audio book in April of 2025. You can purchase a paper copy of Justification: Am I Good Enough for God at NPH.net.
The Power of the Church and the Necessity of Faith
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 27, 2025 What is the Office of the Keys? Our Small Catechism states, “The Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given to His church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but to withhold…
Celebrating the Festival of Christ’s Passover
Easter Sunday| 1 Corinthians 5:6-8| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 20, 2025 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice…
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…