Trinity 14| Luke 17:11-19| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 1, 2024 In the Small Catechism, Luther explains the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer, “Give us this day our daily bread,” with these words, “God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people, but we pray…
Trinity 13| Luke 10:23-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 25, 2024 We Lutherans have been raised and catechized to understand the distinction between the Law and the Gospel. The Law commands works, while the Gospel offers God’s grace for Christ’s sake to be received through faith. The Law convicts you of sin,…
Trinity 12| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 18, 2024 In this Gospel lesson, Christ reveals that God wants to be gracious to us through His Word and Sacraments, so that we may find comfort and peace in them. However, the church has become divided on the topic of sacraments, how…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14; Genesis 4:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 11, 2024 There are only two religions in the world. There is the religion of grace and the religion of works. The religion of works teaches that a person is justified before God by his works. The religion of grace teaches…
Trinity 10| Luke 19:41-48| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 4, 2024 The United States of America will be destroyed. I am not speaking hyperbole. The destruction of Jerusalem, which Christ predicted and which came to pass just forty years later, foretells the destruction of every nation. Israel was God’s chosen people. Jerusalem…
Trinity 9| Luke 16:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 28, 2024 Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (Luke 16:13) A couple…
Pentecost, 1997 By Rev. Rolf Preus St. John’s Lutheran Church, Racine, WI
Trinity 8 Matthew 7:15-23 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church July 21, 2028 People like to hear the words of St. Paul from Romans 8 that the Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, that we have the right to call God Himself our Father. Yet, people don’t like…
Trinity 7| Mark 8:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 14, 2024 Why did God cause the people of Israel to wander around in the wilderness for forty years, without the ability to plant crops, eating manna from heaven, which He provided each morning? God tells Israel why through Moses in Deuteronomy chapter…
Trinity 4| Luke 6:36-42| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 23, 2024 The Law is the eternal immutable will of God. That means that the Law is what God has always and will always desire to be done. The Law cannot change and it cannot be abolished. The Law of God can be…