Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 31, 2026 “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!” (Romans 11:33) So, exclaims St. Paul in Romans chapter 11 after teaching of the mystery of salvation. God imprisons…
Rogate (Easter 6)| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 10, 2026 “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one…
Jubilate (Easter 4)| John 16:16-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 26, 2026 “To the woman [God] said, ‘I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.’” (Genesis 3:16a) Thus spoke the Lord to Eve after the fall into sin. And so, it has been for womankind ever…
Good Shepherd Sunday| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 19, 2026 Psalm 23 (KJV) The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His…
Quasimodo Geniti Sunday (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 12, 2026 45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Matthew 24:45-46 When…
Easter Sunday| Mark 16:1-8| Pastor James Preus| April 5, 2026 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Amen. Throughout the season of Lent, we have been going over the Lord’s Prayer and the Lord’s Passion during the midweek services, including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, each service learning about a petition…
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…