Sexagesima| Luke 8:4-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 23, 2024 In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to make seven petitions to our heavenly Father. In the first three petitions, we pray for the Word of God. The Small Catechism explains the first petition, “Hallowed be Thy name,” like this, “God’s name…
Septuagesima Sunday| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 16, 2025 The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who hires laborers for his vineyard. The vineyard is the Christian Church on earth. The laborers are Christians, who are called into the vineyard to work. If you are a…
Transfiguration| Matthew 17:1-9 Pastor James Preus| February 9, 2025 Jesus did not want the news of His transfiguration to be known until after His resurrection. But after His resurrection, He wanted a trustworthy account to be given of it. So, He did not take all twelve of His disciples up the very high mountain…
Epiphany 4| Matthew 8:23-27| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 2, 2025 23 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; 24 they saw the deeds of the Lord, His wondrous works in the deep. 25 For He commanded and raised the stormy wind, …
Acts 9:1-22| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 26, 2025 Last Monday, much of our nation was captivated by the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This historical event easily overshadowed other news stories that day, including the death of former Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards from brain cancer. Richards famously oversaw Planned Parenthood…
Baptism of Our Lord| Matthew 3:13-17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 12, 2025 “And you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) spoke the angel to Joseph before Christ was born. The next time the Evangelist Matthew uses that name Jesus is here…
Holy Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)…
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it….
Christmas Eve| Luke 2:19| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 24, 2024 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” The Virgin Mary is a great example to us of sincere faith. So, we should follow her example in treasuring the message of Christmas and pondering it in our…
Advent 4| John 1:19-28 (29)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 22, 2024 John the Baptist refused to speak of himself when asked by the priests and Levites who he was. He wanted only to tell them that He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of…