Sexagesima| Luke 8:4-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 12, 2023 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that…
Quinquagesima 2019| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 3, 2019 Natural science seeks to determine how the world and universe around us work through observation and experimentation. The natural scientist uses his senses to observe and test nature in order to come to conclusions. When I was a young student my…
Septuagesima| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 5, 2023 Jesus’ parable for this Sunday teaches us of the first conflict in the Christian Church. As you know, God chose Abraham, Isaac, and Israel out of all the people in the world to make for Himself a special nation, which would be…
Matthew 17:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 29, 2023 When we consider the transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ, that magnificent moment when His divine nature was not hidden and His three closest disciples witnessed Him in all His splendor as He spoke with Moses and Elijah, and God the Father declared…
Epiphany 3| 2 Kings 5:1-14| Matthew 8:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 22, 2023 Throughout the Bible, God’s people are engaged in military conflicts with other nations. The land given to them by God is frequently invaded by pagan nations. Scripture is filled with tales of heroes of the faith conquering enemies…
Epiphany 2| John 2:1-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 15, 2023 “This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him.” John 2:11 When Jesus turned water into wine, He manifested His glory, that is, His divine glory. That means, that…
Epiphany 2023 (Observed)| Matthew 2:1-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 8, 2023 The Epiphany story of the wise men, or literally translated magi visiting Jesus is filled with the unexpected. It is unexpected that Gentiles, foreigners from the east would come to Jerusalem seeking to worship the “King of the Jews.” It…
Christmas Day 2022| John 1:1-18| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God….
Christmas Eve 2022| Luke 2:14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men.” Luke 2:13-14 Peace on earth. What peace on earth? Wars continue to…
Advent 4| John 1:19-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 18, 2022 No, no, no. That’s what John answers to the messengers of the Pharisees. “I’m not the Christ.” Well, we knew that already. “I’m not Elijah.” Wait, but doesn’t Jesus tell us that John is Elijah? (Matthew 11:13 and 17:11-13) Indeed, he…