Septuagesima Sunday| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 16, 2025 The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who hires laborers for his vineyard. The vineyard is the Christian Church on earth. The laborers are Christians, who are called into the vineyard to work. If you are a…
Years ago, I listened to a sermon by my Dad, where he used this acronym to explain what grace is. At the time, I didn’t see how useful the acronym was, because I took for granted what grace means. Yet, I’ve come to learn that grace is very misunderstood. And so, when I was…
Transfiguration| Matthew 17:1-9 Pastor James Preus| February 9, 2025 Jesus did not want the news of His transfiguration to be known until after His resurrection. But after His resurrection, He wanted a trustworthy account to be given of it. So, He did not take all twelve of His disciples up the very high mountain…
Lumen Gentium Specifically paragraph 16. 16. Finally, those who have not yet received the Gospel are related in various ways to the people of God.(18*) In the first place we must recall the people to whom the testament and the promises were given and from whom Christ was born according to the flesh.(125) On…
Epiphany 4| Matthew 8:23-27| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 2, 2025 23 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; 24 they saw the deeds of the Lord, His wondrous works in the deep. 25 For He commanded and raised the stormy wind, …
Acts 9:1-22| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 26, 2025 Last Monday, much of our nation was captivated by the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This historical event easily overshadowed other news stories that day, including the death of former Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards from brain cancer. Richards famously oversaw Planned Parenthood…
Episode 29 of the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast Second Table of the Law: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two…
Baptism of Our Lord| Matthew 3:13-17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 12, 2025 “And you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) spoke the angel to Joseph before Christ was born. The next time the Evangelist Matthew uses that name Jesus is here…
Article IV of the Augsburg Confession states:
Question: Is everyone equal in heaven? Are there rewards in heaven in addition to justification and eternal life? Does God reward people for good works? If you were to do a poll among Lutherans, many of them would say, “No. We are all equal in heaven. God does not reward us for our good…