Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 22, 2026 Jesus said to the Jews, “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” The Jews scoffed at this statement, because Jesus was only about thirty-years-old and the patriarch Abraham had died…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 18, 2026| John 19:28-30 “After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He…
Rev. Rolf Preus| The Fourth Sunday in Lent| March 15, 2026| Galatians 4:26 “But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.” We pray to our Father in heaven every day. Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father.” We call God Father because by the merits of his Son Jesus…
Laetare Sunday| Galatians 4:21-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 15, 2026 “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 11, 2026| Matthew 27:45-49 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood there,…
The Third Sunday in Lent| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 8, 2026| Luke 11:14-28 Good and evil are not just ideas. God is real. The devil is real. God is not the personification of good. He is good. The devil is not the personification of evil. He is evil. All good in this world comes…
Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-29| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 8, 2026 The kingdom Satan founded Shall now be overthrown, For Christ its fall hath sounded, And through His pow’r alone Shall Satan meet his doom, And be for aye confounded; He from the souls he wounded Shall flee in fear and…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 4, 2026| Luke 23:39-43 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive…
The Second Sunday in Lent| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 1, 2026| St. Matthew 15:21-28 Today’s Gospel Lesson tests our faith. We learn from childhood that God loves everyone. “For God so loved the world,” Jesus said. He’s the Savior of the world. He died for all. He wants everyone to believe in him. He…
Reminiscere (Lent 2)| Matthew 15:21-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 1, 2026 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.17 I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.19 But…