The Lord’s Passion and the Lord’s Prayer: The Sixth Petition Matthew 6:13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 25, 2026 The Sixth Petition And lead us not into temptation. What does this mean? God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the…
Palm Sunday| Philippians 2:5-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 29, 2025 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11) This statement of Jesus summarizes the Christian religion. Those who exalt themselves in pride will be brought low. And those who lower themselves will…
Rev. Rolf Preus| Palm Sunday| March 23, 2026| St. Matthew 21:5 Today is the first day of Holy Week. Jesus rides into Jerusalem. He is hailed as the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of David, the King. “All glory, laud, and honor” are given to him as is fitting for a king. The great…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 25, 2026| Luke 23:44-47 Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit…
Rev. Rolf Preus| The Fifth Sunday in Lent| March 22, 2026| John 8:58 “Jesus said to them, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.’” During this latest war in the Middle East, there has been considerable debate in our country about America’s relationship with Israel. Not just a political debate, but a theological…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 22, 2026 Jesus said to the Jews, “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” The Jews scoffed at this statement, because Jesus was only about thirty-years-old and the patriarch Abraham had died…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 18, 2026| John 19:28-30 “After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He…
Rev. Rolf Preus| The Fourth Sunday in Lent| March 15, 2026| Galatians 4:26 “But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.” We pray to our Father in heaven every day. Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father.” We call God Father because by the merits of his Son Jesus…
Laetare Sunday| Galatians 4:21-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 15, 2026 “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave…
Rev. Rolf Preus| March 11, 2026| Matthew 27:45-49 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood there,…