Trinity 3| Luke 15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 16, 2024 What does it mean that a shepherd leaves his ninety-nine sheep in the open country to look for the one lost sheep? It means that he values that sheep. What does it mean that a woman sweeps her whole house looking…
Trinity 2 Sermon| Luke 14:12-24| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 9, 2024 The Prophet Isaiah prophesied in chapter 25, “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined….
Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 26, 2024 That God exists is self-evident. There are two natural reasons that we know God exists: the creation and the conscience. The creation declares that God exists. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.” writes…
Pentecost 2024| John 14:23-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 19, 2024 If you asked people today if they love Jesus, most will say, “yes.” I think that is safe to say. Yet, how do they love Jesus? The truth is, many claim to love Jesus, when their actions show that they do…
Ascension Observed| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 12, 2024 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 5, 2024 In Numbers 21, the people of Israel grumbled against God and against Moses in the wilderness, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them and killed many of them. Since the people were too afraid to cry out to God directly,…
Cantate Sunday (Easter 5)| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 28, 2024 “Now to my Father I depart, From earth to heav’n ascending, And, heavn’ly wisdom to impart, The Holy Spirit sending; In trouble He will comfort you And teach you always to be true And into truth shall guide you.”…
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…