Luke 2:21| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| January 2, 2021 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. The Old Testament Law can be divided into three categories: the moral, the civil, and…
Christmas Eve| Luke 2:10-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 24, 2021 10And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. 11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is…
Advent 4| John 1:29| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 19, 2021 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 When John the Baptist declared that he was the voice of one crying out in the…
Advent 3| Matthew 11:2-10| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 12, 2021 “These are the signs that you shall mark; The swaddling clothes and manger dark. There you will find the infant laid By whom the heav’ns and earth were made.” So paraphrased Martin Luther the words of the angel to the shepherds in his great…
Advent 2| Luke 21:25-36; Romans 15:4-13 Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| December 5, 2021 “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”, wrote St. Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the 15th chapter of his letter…
Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 27| Matthew 25:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 21, 2021 After Jesus ascended into heaven, and Jesus’ disciples were still gazing into the sky where he departed, two angels appeared and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken…
Trinity 24| Matthew 9:18-26| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 14, 2021 Our Gospel lesson for today teaches us three things about saving faith. First, saving faith trusts in Christ Jesus alone. Faith is often generalized as a belief, hope, or trust that is in a person. But what that person believes, hopes,…
All Saints Day (Observed)| Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 7, 2021 “Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.”, so wisely spoke the otherwise foolish King Ahab of Israel to King Ben-hadad of Syria after the latter boasted in…
Last Sunday of the Church Year| Matthew 25:1-13| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 22, 2020 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” This is an earnest warning from our Lord Jesus. Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead. Some will be found unprepared and will…
The Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| November 25, 2018| Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and…