Advent 1 (Ad Te Levavi)| Matthew 21:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 28, 2021 “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!” These words shouted by the crowds in Jerusalem are a paraphrase from Psalm 118. Psalm 118, along with all the Psalms…
Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 27| Matthew 25:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 21, 2021 After Jesus ascended into heaven, and Jesus’ disciples were still gazing into the sky where he departed, two angels appeared and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken…
Trinity 24| Matthew 9:18-26| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 14, 2021 Our Gospel lesson for today teaches us three things about saving faith. First, saving faith trusts in Christ Jesus alone. Faith is often generalized as a belief, hope, or trust that is in a person. But what that person believes, hopes,…
All Saints Day (Observed)| Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 7, 2021 “Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.”, so wisely spoke the otherwise foolish King Ahab of Israel to King Ben-hadad of Syria after the latter boasted in…
Last Sunday of the Church Year| Matthew 25:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 22, 2020 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” This is an earnest warning from our Lord Jesus. Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead. Some will be found unprepared and will…
The Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 25, 2018| Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and…
The Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 20, 2016| Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and…
The Last Sunday of the Church Year| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 22, 2015| St. Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their…
The Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 24, 2013| St. Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps…