Good Friday| John 18-19| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 3, 2026 The Seventh Petition But deliver us from evil. What does this mean? We pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heaven would rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation, and finally, when our last…
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…
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…
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…
Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-29| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 8, 2026 The kingdom Satan founded Shall now be overthrown, For Christ its fall hath sounded, And through His pow’r alone Shall Satan meet his doom, And be for aye confounded; He from the souls he wounded Shall flee in fear and…
Reminiscere (Lent 2)| Matthew 15:21-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 1, 2026 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.17 I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.19 But…
Invocavit (Lent 1)| Matthew 4:1-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 22, 2026 In John chapter 8, Jesus addresses some Jews who were hostile to His teaching, “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and your…
Quinquagesima| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 15, 2026 “And Jesus said to him, “Recover your sight. Your faith has saved you.” Luke 8:42 We are saved through faith alone. Yet, when we speak of saving faith, we speak of two things, both of which are taught in our Gospel lesson….
Sexagesima Sunday| Luke 8:4-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 8, 2026 Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing,shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:5-6 Last week we learned how we are saved entirely by God’s…