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…
Trinity 7| Mark 8:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 23, 2023 Seven loaves of bread are not enough to feed 4,000 men! These seven loaves of bread were probably intended to feed Jesus and His twelve disciples. They wouldn’t be able to feed many more. There is only a finite amount of…
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 14, 2023 “Amen, Amen, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He will give it to you. … Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” So promises our Lord Jesus Christ. But what…
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…