Trinity 10| Luke 19:41-48| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 24, 2025 Do you know when most modern New Testament scholars think the Gospels were written? Most biblical scholars today think that the Gospels were written after 70 AD. That’s an interesting date. Why do you think they chose that date? Because in…
Trinity 9| Luke 16:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 17, 2025 Can you imagine being this unjust steward, accused of wasting his master’s property, and now in just a little while, he is going to be thrown out of the life he has enjoyed so much? How desperate his situation is! Well,…
Trinity 8| Matthew 7:15-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 10, 2025 Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets, who will come to us in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. He tells us that we will recognize them by their fruits. False prophets are those who preach falsely about God’s…
Trinity 6| Romans 6:1-2; Matthews 5:20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 27, 2025 “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” Of course not! But why does Paul ask such a question? To answer that, we need to zoom out a bit for context. The…
Wittenberg Retreat Matins John 21:1-14 Pastor James Preus April 25, 2025 Our text for today in John 21, where Jesus appears to His disciples for the third time since His resurrection from the dead bears a striking resemblance to when Jesus first called Peter and the other disciples into ministry back in Luke chapter…
Matthew 16:13-19 (Acts 15:1-12; Galatians 2:1-10)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 29, 2025 The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul is one of the oldest feast days in the church. The early church records that St. Peter and St. Paul were executed in Rome under Emperor Nero on the same day,…
Trinity 1| Luke 16:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 22, 2025 Jesus’ story about the rich man and the poor man Lazarus teaches us four important lessons, which are taught throughout Scripture. First, heaven and hell are real. And everyone will go to either heaven or hell when he dies and will…
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….
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…
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…