Isaiah 40:9-11
2 Thessalonians 1:3-10
Matthew 25:31-46
Second to Last Sunday in Church Year| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 16, 2025 St. Luke records in Acts chapter 9, “But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so…
Second to Last Sunday| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 17, 2024 The day is surely coming when all peoples of every nation upon the earth will stand before Christ for final judgment. The dead will be raised. The living will be gathered. Every last soul will stand before Him as…
Second to Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 26)| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| November 19, 2023 “And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.” This is what we confess every Sunday in the Nicene Creed. Jesus indeed is coming….
Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 13, 2022 The Gospel lesson appointed for the second to last Sunday in the Church Year focuses on the final judgment, which everyone should contemplate with great sobriety. Although many scoff and doubt that Christ will ever…
Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 26)| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 15, 2020 “From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead.” This is what we confess. Jesus Christ will return to judge the living and the dead. The idea of a final…
The Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 13, 2016| Matthew 25:31-46 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one…
The Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 17, 2013| St. Matthew 25:31-46 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them…
Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 25:31-46| November 10 & 14, 2010 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them…
The Second Last Sunday of the Year| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 15, 2009| Matthew 25:31-46 The Bible says that we are justified through faith alone, and not by our works. The Bible also says that on Judgment Day everyone will be judged by his works. Clearly, to be justified and to be judged are…
Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity| November 16, 2008| Rev. Rolf Preus Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25: 34 Judgment Day is necessary. The history of the world is filled…