Second to Last Sunday in the Church Year (Trinity 26)| Matthew 25:31-46| Pastor James Preus| November 19, 2023 “And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.” This is what we confess every Sunday in the Nicene Creed. Jesus indeed is coming….
Third to Last Sunday| 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18| Matthew 24:15-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church St. Paul offers to the church in Thessalonica and to us comfort concerning our dead. He does not want us to be ignorant about our loved ones who’ve died, so that we do not mourn as the unbelievers do….
All Saints Day (Observed)| Matthew 5:1-12 and Revelation 7:9-17| Pastor James Preus| November 5, 2023 Every one of us is living on the edge of eternity. No one knows when he will die, but we do know that our existence is not over when we die. God has endowed each of you with a…
Reformation Sunday| Rev. 14:6-7; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-38| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 29, 2023 The Reformation of the Church happened during one of the most exciting times in world history, the age of exploration and discovery. In 1492, Columbus discovered the Caribbean Islands, stepping foot on land that no European had…
Trinity 19| Mathew 9:5 and Ephesians 4:17-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 15, 2023 “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?” asks Jesus before causing the paralyzed man to walk. But you’ll notice that Jesus never answers the question. Which is easier? Well, the…
Trinity 18| Matthew 22:34-46| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 8, 2023 On the Tuesday before He was crucified, just two days after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus taught His last recorded lesson in the temple. And in this final lesson in the temple, Jesus teaches us what every Christian must know…
Trinity 17| Luke 14:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 1, 2023 The leaders of the Pharisees invite Jesus over for dinner on the Sabbath, and in attendance is a man suffering from dropsy, a disease, which causes his body to bloat up. These Pharisees are experts in the law. And they…
Trinity 16| Luke 7:11-17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 24, 2023 Jesus enters a sad scene. A funeral procession for a young man, who left his mother childless, and she was a widow. Widows often form stronger bonds with their sons after their husbands die. And even more so with this widow,…
Trinity 15| Matthew 6:24-34| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 17, 2023 The First Commandment is, “You shall have no other gods.” Our Small Catechism explains the First Commandment, “We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. Martin Luther explains in the Large Catechism that whatever you fear, love, and…
Trinity 13| Luke 10:23-37| Pastor James Preus| September 3, 2023 Immediately before Jesus declares His disciples blessed for seeing and hearing what many prophets and kings desired to see and hear and before He told the story of the Good Samaritan to the self-righteous lawyer, He prayed this to His Father, “I thank You,…