Ascension Day (Observed)| Acts 1:1-11; Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| May 16, 2013 Last Thursday marked the fortieth day of Easter. St. Luke tells us that Jesus, after his death and resurrection, showed himself alive to his disciples for forty days before He was taken up into heaven. Yet, for most people Thursday passed by…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-33| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 9, 2021 This Sunday is named Rogate from the Latin word for pray. In our Gospel lesson, Jesus teaches us how to pray, specifically, how to ask God for what we need. Jesus tells his disciples to pray directly to God the Father and that whatever they ask…
Cantate| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 2, 2021 “I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true…
Jubilate Sunday| John 16:16-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 25, 2021 Seven times in our Gospel lesson we hear our Lord say, “A little while.” Seven is a holy number. It symbolizes God’s providence and loving care. Three is the number of God, who is three persons, yet one God. Four is…
Miscericordias Domini (Easter 3)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 18, 2021 To emphasize the importance of a job, when a job is more than a job, such as teaching, police work, farming, and health care, people say, “Oh, it’s not a job; it’s a calling.” Referring to a job as a…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 11, 2021 Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed. Alleluia! Last Easter Sunday, the following was posted on the Twitter account of the Georgia Senator and pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Raphael Warnock, “The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus…
Good Shepherd Sunday| April 15, 2018| Rev. Rolf Preus| John 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf…
Easter Sunday| Mark 16:6-7| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 4, 2021 “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee….
Easter Vigil| Romans 4:25| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 3, 2021 “Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” If you ask any three-year-old child, who regularly goes to church, why Jesus died on the cross, you will hear something like, “to take away my sins.” This is the simplest answer that…
Good Friday| Luke 23:32-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 2, 2021 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with Jesus. 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one…