Ascension (Observed)| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 1, 2025 In the words of a creed, we find the fundamentals, the bedrock of a person’s faith. The word creed comes from the Latin for “I believe.” When a person is baptized, He is joined to a confession of faith. From the…
Sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus on Isaiah 53:4-6. Audio only.
Quinquagesima| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 2, 2025 “Your faith has saved you.” Jesus said to the blind man. This is one of Jesus’ most oft repeated statements, “Your faith has saved you.” (Matthew 9:22; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; 17:19; 18:42) While often, the statement is translated, “Your faith has…
Epiphany 2| John 2:1-11; Ephesians 5:22-33| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 19, 2025 “This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him.” His disciples believed in Him. What did His disciples believe? They believed that Jesus is the heavenly…
Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks…
After recording this episode, I discovered that Charles Porterfield Krauth’s “Conservative Reformation” is available free online at lutheranlibrary.org as a pdf. You can find it here. You can also purchase “Conservative Reformation” from CPH . Course of Error in the Church By Charles Porterfield Krauth When error is admitted into the Church, it will…
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church the Pope is “The successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Rome and Pontiff of the universal Catholic Church. The pope exercises a primacy of authority as Vicar of Christ and shepherd of the whole Church; he receives the divine assistance promised by Christ to the…
You can watch the original presentation of this paper here. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Homeschool Conference: O, Blest the House Pastor James Preus May 11, 2024 Now, the astute devotee of Luther’s Small Catechism, of which I expect to find many in this room, will recognize the title of this second session from the…
What Luther’s Small Catechism Says about Baptism What is Baptism? Baptism is not just plain water, but it is the water included in God’s command and combined with God’s word. Which is this word of God? Christ our Lord says in the last chapter of Matthew: “Therefore go and make disciples of all…