St. Michael and All Angels| Revelation 12:7-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 28, 2025 Epistle: Revelation 12:7-12 7Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8but he was defeated and there was no longer any place for them in…
Feast of St. Matthew| Matthew 9:9-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 21, 2025 Today, September 21, the Church observes the Feast of St. Matthew. Matthew was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, who also went by the name Levi. He is the author of the Gospel known by his name, and so is…
Trinity 13| Luke 10:21-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 14, 2025 The Fifth Commandment is:You shall not murder.What does this mean?We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need. The Fifth Commandment is…
Trinity 12| 2 Corinthians 3:4-1| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 7, 2025 In our Gospel lesson today, a deaf and mute man was brought before Jesus, and they begged Jesus to heal him. Jesus took the man aside privately, put His fingers in the man’s ears, spit and touched his tongue, and…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 31, 2025 Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled. What does Jesus mean by those words? Jesus answers that question with His parable about the Pharisee and the tax-collector. The Pharisee exalted himself, and so he was humbled, that is, he lifted himself…
Trinity 9| Luke 16:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 17, 2025 Can you imagine being this unjust steward, accused of wasting his master’s property, and now in just a little while, he is going to be thrown out of the life he has enjoyed so much? How desperate his situation is! Well,…
Trinity 8| Matthew 7:15-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 10, 2025 Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets, who will come to us in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. He tells us that we will recognize them by their fruits. False prophets are those who preach falsely about God’s…
Trinity 6| Romans 6:1-2; Matthews 5:20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 27, 2025 “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” Of course not! But why does Paul ask such a question? To answer that, we need to zoom out a bit for context. The…
Wittenberg Retreat Matins John 21:1-14 Pastor James Preus April 25, 2025 Our text for today in John 21, where Jesus appears to His disciples for the third time since His resurrection from the dead bears a striking resemblance to when Jesus first called Peter and the other disciples into ministry back in Luke chapter…
Matthew 16:13-19 (Acts 15:1-12; Galatians 2:1-10)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 29, 2025 The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul is one of the oldest feast days in the church. The early church records that St. Peter and St. Paul were executed in Rome under Emperor Nero on the same day,…