Cantate| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 2, 2021 “I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true…
Jubilate Sunday| John 16:16-23| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 25, 2021 Seven times in our Gospel lesson we hear our Lord say, “A little while.” Seven is a holy number. It symbolizes God’s providence and loving care. Three is the number of God, who is three persons, yet one God. Four is…
Miscericordias Domini (Easter 3)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 18, 2021 To emphasize the importance of a job, when a job is more than a job, such as teaching, police work, farming, and health care, people say, “Oh, it’s not a job; it’s a calling.” Referring to a job as a…
Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2)| John 20:19-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 11, 2021 Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed. Alleluia! Last Easter Sunday, the following was posted on the Twitter account of the Georgia Senator and pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Raphael Warnock, “The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus…
Easter Sunday| Mark 16:6-7| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 4, 2021 “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee….
Easter Vigil| Romans 4:25| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 3, 2021 “Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” If you ask any three-year-old child, who regularly goes to church, why Jesus died on the cross, you will hear something like, “to take away my sins.” This is the simplest answer that…
Good Friday| Luke 23:32-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 2, 2021 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with Jesus. 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one…
Palm Sunday| Philippians 2:5-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 31, 2021 “Have this mind among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus.” St. Paul tells us to have the mind of Christ. Of course, Christ Jesus is the Lord of heaven, who sits at God the Father’s right hand with all powers and…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 21, 2021 The Jews, who argued with Jesus in our Gospel lesson called Abraham their father. But Jesus pointed out to them that they are not Abraham’s children, because they do not do the works of Abraham. St. Paul in his epistles to the…
Laetare (Lent 4) Sunday| Galatians 4:21-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 14, 2021 “Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?” St. Paul writes this to the Christians in Galatia, who had been persuaded by false teachers that they had to fulfill the works of…