Zechariah 9:9-10
Phillipians 2:5-11
Matthew 21:1-11
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…
Palm Sunday| Philippians 2:5-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 13, 2025 St. Paul teaches us to think like Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ is true God, yet He humbled Himself and took on the form of a slave, suffering and dying on the cross. Therefore, God highly exalted Him above every name, so…
Palm Sunday| Zechariah 9:9-12 (Matthew 21:1-9)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 24, 2024 When Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey, He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Zechariah 550 years earlier in chapter 9 of his book. So, let us examine what the Holy Spirit caused Zechariah to write, which…
Epistle: Philippians 2:5–11 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found…
Palm Sunday| Matthew 21:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 10, 2022 I am Jesus’ little donkey… It doesn’t have quite the same ring as I am Jesus’ Little Lamb. Yet, I would like each of you to consider yourself not only as Jesus’ little lamb, but as Jesus’ little donkey. Next to…
Palm Sunday| Philippians 2:5-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 31, 2021 “Have this mind among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus.” St. Paul tells us to have the mind of Christ. Of course, Christ Jesus is the Lord of heaven, who sits at God the Father’s right hand with all powers and…
Palm Sunday Sermon| April 4, 2004 | Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 21:1-11 While the prophet Zechariah made it clear, it was not clear to the disciples. Every previous time that Jesus had come into Jerusalem He had gone on foot. They could see no reason why this time would be any different. They knew that…
Palm Sunday Sermon| March 20, 2005| Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 21:1-11 A lectionary is a list of Scripture readings assigned for every Sunday and festival day of the church year. The church followed the same lectionary for about fifteen hundred years until sometime during the 1970s when a three-year series was introduced. I followed…
Palm Sunday| March 28, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 21:1-11 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose…