Trinity 3| Luke 15| Pastor James Preus| July 3, 2022 Luke chapter 15 is one of the most beloved chapters in the entire Bible. These three parables communicate God’s immense grace and desire to save sinners. Even the one sentence the Pharisees and scribes speak in this chapter is pure Gospel, “This man receives…
Gospel: Luke 14:12-24 12 [Jesus] said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast,…
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 19 [Jesus said] “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table….
Trinity Sunday| Romans 11:33-36| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 12, 2022 Once a year on Trinity Sunday the Church confesses the Athanasian Creed. You’re familiar with the Apostles’ Creed. The Apostles’ Creed was confessed when you were Baptized. You were taught it in Catechism Class. It should be a part of your…
Pentecost 2022| Acts 2:1-21; John 14:23-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 5, 2022 What was the greatest miracle the Holy Spirit did on Pentecost? There were many. On Pentecost the Holy Spirit rushed upon the disciples and caused divided tongues of fire to rest on each of the heads in whom the…
Ascension Observed| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| May 29, 2022 St. Luke tells us in Acts 1 that when Jesus ascended into heaven, a cloud took him out of their sight. I wonder then. Where did he go? Had the cloud not obscured their vision, for how long would they have seen Jesus ascend?…
Rogate Sunday (Easter 6)| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 6, 2018 “Our Father who art in heaven. What does this mean? With these words God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence…
Easter 5 Cantate (Confirmation Sunday)| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 15, 2022 Jesus tells his disciples that it is to their advantage that he goes away, because if he does not go, the Helper will not come, but if he goes, he will send him to them. The Helper, as…
Easter 4 Jubilate Sunday| John 16:21| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 8, 2022 (Mothers’ Day) ‘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…
Easter 3 (Misericordias Domini Sunday)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 1, 2022 Jesus said, “I am the Good Shepherd.” This is a significant statement. In Ezekiel 34, the LORD God says, “I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep.” And in Psalm 23, David confesses, “The LORD is my…