Bible Text: St Luke 6:36–42 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus speaks the words of our Gospel lesson to Christians. He expects us, our lives, to look different from the lives of unbelievers. We sing in the hymn, “We thank You, Christ: new life is ours, New light, new
Bible Text: St Luke 15:1-32 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus It’s hard to focus on the older brother, because the father’s love and compassion for the younger one is just so beautiful. But the father loves the older brother too. He leaves the party to find him and plead
Bible Text: St Luke 14:15–24 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The master of the feast says, Go out and compel them to come in. Those are striking words and if you understand them they are about as comforting as any words Jesus ever speaks. Because they speak to His
Bible Text: St John 3:1–17 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The seraphim, these bright angelic spirits, cry holy, holy, holy to the Lord of Sabaoth. They cry holy three times, because God is three in one. He’s Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God. This isn’t an academic point,
Bible Text: St John 14:23–31 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus That first Pentecost saw three thousand baptized, three thousand repent of their sins and confess Jesus as their Lord. It is, as far as I know, the biggest mass conversion the world has ever seen. A prominent sociologist, actually
Bible Text: St John 15:26–16:4 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The Holy Spirit has of course always existed. He’s the eternal God. The first verses of Genesis have Him hovering over the face of the deep – creating everything that exists with the Father and the Word. We get
Bible Text: St John 16:23–33 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus tells the story of a persistent widow, who goes to a judge, and he’s a bad judge, he’s a man that doesn’t fear God and doesn’t respect people, but she keeps asking him for help, until finally he
Bible Text: St John 16:16–22 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia. Christ is risen. Dear friends in Christ, especially you Timothy and George and Leuna and Elinor and Rylee and Avamarie and Isabella and Louisa, grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and
Bible Text: St John 10:11–16 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen. This Good Shepherd Gospel you just heard is an Easter Gospel. Jesus says, “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” And then He says
Bible Text: St John 20:19-31 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen. When He first rose from the dead and came to His disciples after His resurrection, Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Why does He breathe on them? We
