Quinquagesima Sunday| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| February 11, 2024 There is a false teaching, which states that you must make a decision for Jesus in order to make Him your Lord and Savior. It is called Decision Theology. At first it sounds good, because of course you should believe in Jesus as your…
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…
Quinquagesima 2019| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 3, 2019 Natural science seeks to determine how the world and universe around us work through observation and experimentation. The natural scientist uses his senses to observe and test nature in order to come to conclusions. When I was a young student my…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 28, 2022 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Few statements so succinctly articulate the Christian religion as well as this. But what does it mean to exalt oneself? And what does…
Quinquagesima| Luke 18:31-43| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 27, 2022 Jesus plainly says to his twelve disciples, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 15, 2021 Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous. What does it mean to be righteous? To be righteous means that you are in a right relationship with God. To be righteous is the same thing…
Trinity 11| Luke 18:9-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 23, 2020 When Jesus saw that some were confident in themselves that they were righteous and held others in contempt, he taught a parable to show who really is righteous before God and who is not. And to the surprise of his listeners,…
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| August 19, 2012| St. Luke 18:9-14 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood…
Trinity Eleven Sermon| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| September 4, 2011| St. Luke 18:9-14 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed…
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| August 23, 2009| Luke 18:9-14 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed…