Gospel: John 10:11-16 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2) Sunday| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 16, 2023 When Jesus appeared to His disciples that first Easter evening, He showed them His hands and His side. He did this to prove to them that He was indeed the same Jesus who had been crucified and buried….
1 Corinthians 15:17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 9, 2023 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. (1 Corinthians 15:17) Christ is risen. He is risen, indeed. Alleluia! Faith still has a favorable view in the public opinion. Relatively few people…
Preached by Rev. Rolf Preus, Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Haven, Missouri. 1 Corinthians 11:26 “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” When we think of the Lord’s Supper, we think of receiving. The Lord’s Supper…
Epistle: Philippians 2:5–11 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 26, 2023 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) He entered once for all into the holy…
Laetare Sunday (Lent 4)| John 6:1-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 19, 2023 Jesus asks His disciple Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He asked this to test him. The goal of testing is to strengthen one’s faith. God does not tempt us into sin….
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the absurdity in…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the…
Reminiscere Sunday (Lent 2)| Genesis 32:22-32 (Matthew 15:21-28)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church The story of Jacob wrestling God and the Canaanite woman pleading with Jesus are parallel stories. They seem disturbing to us, because it’s hard to understand why God can be so mean! Yet, if you are a Christian, you are…