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 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…
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…
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| August 27, 2006| St. Luke 18:9-14 No Audio “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…
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| August 31, 2003| Luke 18:9-14 No Audio What is more important: What God does for us or what we do for God? What God says to us or what we say to God? Obviously, what God does and says matters more than what we do and…
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity| Rolf D. Preus| August 31, 2014| 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you; unless…