Trinity 12| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 18, 2024 In this Gospel lesson, Christ reveals that God wants to be gracious to us through His Word and Sacraments, so that we may find comfort and peace in them. However, the church has become divided on the topic of sacraments, how…
Trinity 12| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| August 27, 2023 What’s the difference between a Christian and a heathen? Well? How do you tell the difference? Two men eat lunch, one is a heathen the other, a Christian. How do you tell them apart? The heathen eat just like the Christians do. Two men…
Trinity 12| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 4, 2022 “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” In Genesis one, after each thing that God creates, Moses writes, “And God saw that it was good.” At the end of the sixth…
Trinity Twelve Sermon 2011| Rolf D. Preus| September 11, 2011| St. Mark 7:31-37 Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him…
Trinity 12, 2019| Mark 7:31-37| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| September 8, 2019 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And…
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| September 17, 2006| St. Luke 17:11-19 No Audio The English word “worship” has been used in our churches to describe what happens on a Sunday morning when we gather together as Christ’s church. We talk about a worship service. We speak of going to church to worship God. Worship…
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity| August 26, 2012| St. Mark 7:31-37| Rolf D. Preus Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech,…
Trinity 12| 2 Corinthians 3:4-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 30, 2020 St. Paul tells us that ministers of the new covenant are made competent by God. God makes them sufficient by the message that he gives them to preach. This is commonly misunderstood today. I’ve preached much on the importance of…
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| September 7, 2014| 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the…
Trinity Twelve Sermon| August 30, 2009 “And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the…