Many protestant groups in America reject infant Baptism, such as the Baptists, Pentecostals, and so-called non-denominational churches. I would like to explain from Scripture why Christians should get their babies baptized. Grace Before we can address whether babies should be baptized, we need to understand what the Bible teaches about grace. Grace is a…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 5, 2024 In Numbers 21, the people of Israel grumbled against God and against Moses in the wilderness, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them and killed many of them. Since the people were too afraid to cry out to God directly,…
Cantate Sunday (Easter 5)| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 28, 2024 “Now to my Father I depart, From earth to heav’n ascending, And, heavn’ly wisdom to impart, The Holy Spirit sending; In trouble He will comfort you And teach you always to be true And into truth shall guide you.”…
(Improved Audio) It is a good interview though and very educational.
“Baptism doesn’t save, because faith alone saves.” I’ve heard this many times. It is an axiom, almost a mantra of many evangelical Christians, whose theology has descended from Reformed theologian Ulrich Zwingli as well as the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century. And it sounds so convincing to many, because Scripture clearly says that a…
Sermon for Jubilate Sunday| April 21, 2025| 1 Peter 2:11-20| Rev. Rolf Preus Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe,…
The Gospel: The Most Important Teaching in Scripture Summary of the Distinction between Law and Gospel Scripture uses the word Gospel in two ways. The Gospel Teaches that Christ Made Atonement for Our Sins on the Cross 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;like a lamb that is led to…
Miscericordias Domini Sunday (Easter 3)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus|April 14, 2024 “I am the Good Shepherd,” declares Jesus. Well, what is Jesus declaring about Himself? Who is the Good Shepherd? Throughout Scripture it is the LORD God, who is declared to be the Good Shepherd. King David declares in Psalm 23, “The LORD…
The Bible can be divided into two main teachings: the Law and the Gospel. The Law is the love that God commands of us, summarized in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments can be summarized further into two commandments. In Matthew 22, Jesus answers a lawyer’s question of what the great commandment in the…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 7, 2024 In 1 Timothy 3:15, St. Paul calls the Church the Household of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Church (Hebrews 3:6). When Christ rose from the dead, He did not appear to Pontious Pilate or Caiaphas the…