Sermon for Jubilate Sunday| April 21, 2025| 1 Peter 2:11-20| Rev. Rolf Preus Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe,…
Miscericordias Domini Sunday (Easter 3)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus|April 14, 2024 “I am the Good Shepherd,” declares Jesus. Well, what is Jesus declaring about Himself? Who is the Good Shepherd? Throughout Scripture it is the LORD God, who is declared to be the Good Shepherd. King David declares in Psalm 23, “The LORD…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 7, 2024 In 1 Timothy 3:15, St. Paul calls the Church the Household of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Church (Hebrews 3:6). When Christ rose from the dead, He did not appear to Pontious Pilate or Caiaphas the…
Good Friday| Mark 15:6-15| Pastor James Preus| March 29, 2024 6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8And the crowd came up and began to ask…
Maundy Thursday| 1 Corinthians 11:23-32| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 28, 2024 “Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which He was betrayed took bread.” Nothing was hidden from Christ. He knew in just a few short hours, He would be delivered into the hands of evil men, beaten, crucified, and…
Palm Sunday| Zechariah 9:9-12 (Matthew 21:1-9)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 24, 2024 When Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey, He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Zechariah 550 years earlier in chapter 9 of his book. So, let us examine what the Holy Spirit caused Zechariah to write, which…
Judica Sunday| John 8:46-59| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 17, 2024 Our Gospel lesson today is a portion of one of the most contentious arguments Jesus ever had with the Jewish leaders. They call Him a Samaritan and say that He has a demon, while they claim to be Abraham’s children and…
Laetare Sunday (Lent 4)| John 6:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 10, 2024 “When the people saw the sign that He had done, they said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!’” What did the people mean by this? They were referring to the prophesy of Moses…
Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| March 3, 2024 When you were baptized, you were asked the following questions. Do you renounce the devil? Do you renounce all his works? Do you renounce all his ways? And you or your sponsors answered, ‘yes.’ Then, as the pastor spoke the words of Christ…
Reminiscere Sunday (Lent 2)| Matthew 15:21-28| Pastor James Preus| February 25, 2024 Last week, our greatest enemy Satan pretended to be a friend. He offered Jesus food, the help of angels, and the kingdoms of the world and their glory. Yet, it was an attempt to destroy Jesus and us. This week, our greatest…