What Luther’s Small Catechism Says about Baptism What is Baptism? Baptism is not just plain water, but it is the water included in God’s command and combined with God’s word. Which is this word of God? Christ our Lord says in the last chapter of Matthew: “Therefore go and make disciples of all…
Pentecost 2024| John 14:23-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 19, 2024 If you asked people today if they love Jesus, most will say, “yes.” I think that is safe to say. Yet, how do they love Jesus? The truth is, many claim to love Jesus, when their actions show that they do…
Tradition’s Relationship with Scripture Alone In our first episode, where I discussed how Lutherans interpret the Bible, I explained that the formal principle, that is, the source of all our teaching concerning faith and living a moral life is Holy Scripture. Holy Scripture alone determines what we ought to believe regarding salvation and how…
Ascension Observed| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 12, 2024 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed…
Many protestant groups in America reject infant Baptism, such as the Baptists, Pentecostals, and so-called non-denominational churches. I would like to explain from Scripture why Christians should get their babies baptized. Grace Before we can address whether babies should be baptized, we need to understand what the Bible teaches about grace. Grace is a…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 5, 2024 In Numbers 21, the people of Israel grumbled against God and against Moses in the wilderness, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them and killed many of them. Since the people were too afraid to cry out to God directly,…
Cantate Sunday (Easter 5)| John 16:5-15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 28, 2024 “Now to my Father I depart, From earth to heav’n ascending, And, heavn’ly wisdom to impart, The Holy Spirit sending; In trouble He will comfort you And teach you always to be true And into truth shall guide you.”…
Sorry that there is feedback in the audio. This was my first interview and I just couldn’t figure out how to edit out the background noise. It is a good interview though and very educational.
“Baptism doesn’t save, because faith alone saves.” I’ve heard this many times. It is an axiom, almost a mantra of many evangelical Christians, whose theology has descended from Reformed theologian Ulrich Zwingli as well as the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century. And it sounds so convincing to many, because Scripture clearly says that a…
Miscericordias Domini Sunday (Easter 3)| John 10:11-16| Pastor James Preus|April 14, 2024 “I am the Good Shepherd,” declares Jesus. Well, what is Jesus declaring about Himself? Who is the Good Shepherd? Throughout Scripture it is the LORD God, who is declared to be the Good Shepherd. King David declares in Psalm 23, “The LORD…