Learning from the Courage of Jesus
Trinity 10| Luke 19:41-48| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 4, 2024 The United States of America will be destroyed. I am not speaking hyperbole. The destruction of Jerusalem, which Christ predicted and which came to pass just forty years later, foretells the destruction of every nation. Israel was God’s chosen people. Jerusalem…
Episode 16: The Early Church on Justification
Lutherans teach Sola Scriptura, Scripture alone. This means that only the Bible is the source and norm of all Christian doctrine. We call this the formal principle. We do not determine what we teach based on church councils, popes, or church fathers. We teach that a sinner is justified by grace through faith alone…
Episode 15: Justification
Article IV of The Augsburg Confession: Our churches also teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works but are freely justified for Christ’s sake through faith when they believe that they are received into favor and that their sins are forgiven on account of Christ, who by…
Episode 14: Closed Communion
The Sacrament of the Altar Part 3: Who receives this sacrament worthily? Fasting and bodily preparation are certainly fine outward training. But that person is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these words: “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.” But anyone who does not believe these…
Episode 13: The Benefits of the Sacrament of the Altar
The Sacrament of the Altar Part 2 What is the benefit of this eating and drinking? These words, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins,” show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life and Salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins,…
Episode 12: What is the Sacrament of the Altar?
The holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is my body, which is given for you. This do in…
Episode 11: The Person of Christ
Nicene Creed …And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for…
Vocations of the Lutheran Homeschool Family Part 2: Consider Your Place in Life: Are you a father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, or worker?
You can watch the original presentation of this paper here. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Homeschool Conference: O, Blest the House Pastor James Preus May 11, 2024 Now, the astute devotee of Luther’s Small Catechism, of which I expect to find many in this room, will recognize the title of this second session from the…
Vocations of the Homeschool Family: Part 1: The Holy Spirit Has Called Me by the Gospel
You can watch the original presentation of this paper here. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Homeschool Conference May 11, 2024 Pastor James Preus To discuss the vocations of the homeschool family, we first need to define vocation. Vocation comes from the Latin word for calling, vocatio. In the New Testament, a calling (κλῆσις, or one…