Trinity 14, 2019| Luke 17:11-19| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church “Were there not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” These words of our Lord seem peculiar in a couple of ways. First, why is Jesus disappointed that only one…
Trinity 12| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| August 27, 2023 What’s the difference between a Christian and a heathen? Well? How do you tell the difference? Two men eat lunch, one is a heathen the other, a Christian. How do you tell them apart? The heathen eat just like the Christians do. Two men…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14| Pastor James Preus| August 20, 2023 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” This oft-repeated proverb of Jesus summarizes how one goes to heaven or hell. To exalt oneself means to lift oneself up high. No one is more highly…
Trinity 10, 2019| Luke 19:41-48| Pastor James Preus Jesus wept over Jerusalem as he made a horrifying prediction concerning this ancient city, beloved by God. Jesus spoke of an event that would happen less than 40 years later, when Roman troops would surround the city and besiege it for months causing mass starvation, then…
Trinity 9| Investing in God’s Kingdom| Luke 16:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 6, 2023 “The master commended the unrighteous steward for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves…
Trinity 8, 2018| Matthew 7:15-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church When I was a young boy, maybe six-years-old, my mother dressed my sister and me snug in our winter wear, so snug hardly an inch of skin was showing on our entire bodies and the snow pants and coats were so bulky that…
Trinity 7| Mark 8:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 23, 2023 Seven loaves of bread are not enough to feed 4,000 men! These seven loaves of bread were probably intended to feed Jesus and His twelve disciples. They wouldn’t be able to feed many more. There is only a finite amount of…
Trinity 6| Matthew 5:17-26| Pastor James Preus| July 16, 2023 “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” What does Jesus mean by righteousness? Righteousness is an attribute of God. It is the order by which He runs the universe….
Luke 5:1-11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on [Jesus] to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats,…
Trinity 4| Luke 6:36-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 2, 2023 You can’t give what you don’t have. If you are to be merciful, you must first receive mercy. Many misunderstand Jesus’ words, “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful,” to mean that you must prove yourself merciful before God can…