Trinity 10| Luke 19:41-48| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 16, 2020 Jesus’ prediction of the destruction of the temple was one of his most controversial prophesies. It filled his disciples with wonder and his enemies with ire. The idea that the temple would be destroyed was offensive to the religious elites, because…
Trinity 7| Mark 8:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 18, 2021 Let us pray, “The eyes of all look to you, O Lord, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.” Amen. What is a Sacrament? A Sacrament is a means…
Trinity 6| Matthew 5:17-26| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 23, 2017 It’s a common misconception that Jesus presents a completely different religion than that of the Old Testament. Some Christians might even disregard certain uncomfortable passages in the Bible saying, “Well, that’s the Old Testament. It’s the Pharisees and scribes, who want to harp…
Trinity 4| Luke 6:36-42| Pastor James Preus| June 27, 2021 “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” With these words, our Lord Jesus simply teaches us to behave like Christians. Christians are children of their heavenly Father. Children imitate their fathers. Christians are disciples of their teacher, Jesus Christ. If a disciple is like his teacher, he…
Trinity 9| 1 Corinthians 10: (1-5) 6-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 9, 2020 10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passedthrough the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,…
Trinity 3| Luke 15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 20, 2021 Our Lord Jesus is the greatest teacher who ever walked the earth. And his parables about the lost sheep and the lost coin are among his most well known and loved lessons. If a man has one hundred sheep, but loses…
Trinity 2| Luke 14:12-24| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 13, 2021 When the servant returned to tell his master that those invited had refused the invitation to his banquet, the master got angry. Why is he so angry? I’m sure you’ve all declined invitations to dinners and weddings. And you’ve no doubt had your invitations declined. Do you get angry?…
Trinity 1| Luke 16:19-3| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 6, 2021 “Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.” So answered Abraham to the rich man when from the depths of hell, he…
Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 30, 2021 Nicodemus was a very smart man, a teacher of Israel, a ruler of the Jews, a man who stood out even among the Pharisees. This does not describe someone unless he is both intelligent and hard working. And Nicodemus pursued even more…
Pentecost/Confirmation Sunday| John 15:5; John 14:23-33| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 23, 2021 Joel Alexander Hallgren, your confirmation verse is found just a few verses after the end of our Gospel lesson, John 15:5, Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it…