Advent 4| John 1:19-28 (29)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 22, 2024 John the Baptist refused to speak of himself when asked by the priests and Levites who he was. He wanted only to tell them that He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of…
Advent 3 (Gaudete)| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 15, 2024 Jesus tells us that John is more than a prophet; he is the messenger God sent to prepare the way for Christ. John indeed was a tremendous preacher, who led many people to Christ. However, John has not preached…
Advent 2| Luke 21:25-36| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 8, 2024 St. Paul tells us that whatever was written in former days, was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope (Romans 15:4). And so, by being students of Holy Scripture, we…
Holy Gospel: Matthew 21:1-9 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them…
Second to Last Sunday| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 17, 2024 The day is surely coming when all peoples of every nation upon the earth will stand before Christ for final judgment. The dead will be raised. The living will be gathered. Every last soul will stand before Him as…
Trinity 24| Matthew 9:18-26| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church|November 10, 2024 I want to tell you this morning of a beautiful faith of a beloved daughter of God. Faith is the belief and trust that a person has in the heart. And the Holy Spirit gave us a vivid picture of this woman’s…
All Saints Day Sermon| Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 3, 2024 All Saints Day is a celebration of the Church Triumphant. John tells us of his vision in Revelation 7, where he sees an innumerable crowd clothed in white robes, praising and worshipping Christ the…
Reformation SundayRomans 3:19-28Pastor James PreusTrinity Lutheran ChurchOctober 27, 2024 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary…
Trinity 21 John 4:46-54 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church October 20, 2024 Jesus returned to Cana in Galilee. You know that town from the story of Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine. When a nobleman from Capernaum heard that Jesus was in Galilee, he went to Cana to ask Jesus to…
Trinity 20| Matthew 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 13, 2024 “Many are called, but few are chosen.” These words of Jesus could also be translated, “Many are invited, but few are elected.” Our nation is currently going through election season, where we will elect officials at the state and federal level….