Response by Joe Abrahamson on Grammar of Genesis 1:1-3 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die,…
Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 15, 2025 Is Baptism Law or Gospel? The conflict about Baptism among Christians centers around this question. The Bible is divided into two fundamental teachings: The Law and the Gospel. The Law is what God commands of us, summarized in the Ten Commandments….
Introduction When I was a teenager, my brothers and I would complain about how disgusting homosexuality was and our grandmother would chastise us. Not, because she thought we shouldn’t find homosexuality disgusting, but because she didn’t want us to bring up the filthy topic. “I go years with ever thinking about homosexuals. Why do…
Pentecost 2018| John 14:13-31| Acts 2:1-24| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 20, 2018 When you think of Pentecost, what do you think of? A rushing wind? Tongues of fire dancing on the heads of Christ’s disciples? Uneducated Galileans speaking in languages they’ve never learned? Yes, these things did indeed happen on that…
Ascension (Observed)| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 1, 2025 In the words of a creed, we find the fundamentals, the bedrock of a person’s faith. The word creed comes from the Latin for “I believe.” When a person is baptized, He is joined to a confession of faith. From the…
Rogate Sermon| John 16:23-30| Praying in Jesus’ Name| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church In our Gospel lesson, Jesus commands His disciples to pray. We pray to God for two reasons. First, God commands us to pray to Him. Second, God promises to hear us and to answer us. Martin Luther explains the conclusion…
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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….
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…
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…
