Bible Text: Luke 14:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Jesus says, “Take the lowest seat.” It looks a lot like the advice many other wise men and philosophers give. Solomon, the great wise man of the Bible, says, Do not put yourself forward in the
Bible Text: Matthew 18:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: St. Michael and All Angels | The angels are the lovers of humanity just as the devil is the hater of humanity. Angels are pro-human, the devil is anti-human. The angels love us because God loves us. Jesus says,
Bible Text: Matthew 6:24-34 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | When Jesus tells you not to worry about your life, he doesn’t point you to Elijah or Moses or other great and holy men in the Old Testament. He doesn’t say, Look at Elijah, how my
Bible Text: Luke 10:23-37 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | God’s law is simply beautiful. The psalmists says he meditates on it day and night, that he gets up before the sun dawns because he’s so excited about the law that he can’t sleep. God’s law
Bible Text: Mark 7:31-37 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Of all the horrible things the devil has done to us, all the disease and pain and death he’s made us suffer, by far the worst is his making us deaf to God’s Word and silent
Bible Text: Luke 18:9-14 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | When King Solomon first built the temple and dedicated it to the Lord, it was very obvious what the temple was for. Solomon says in his dedication, “When they pray toward this place, hear o Lord
Bible Text: Luke 16:1-13 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous money, so that when it fails they may receive you into eternal homes. Jesus is provoking us with this parable. He points to the zeal and the shrewdness
Bible Text: Matthew 7:15-23 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | The wolf disguises himself as a sheep, Jesus says, but there is one thing a wolf can’t disguise, and that’s his voice. Wolves howl. They don’t know how to bleat. The false prophet, the sham teacher,
Bible Text: Mark 8:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Jesus is in Gentile lands when He feeds the four thousand. It’s a deserted place south of the Sea of Galilee, barren because it’s summertime, and in that part of the world nothing grows in the
Bible Text: Luke 15:1-10 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | God is happy when sinners repent and so we should be happy too. Jesus’ picture of repentance is being lost to God and then being found by God. The shepherd leaves the ninety-nine in the wilderness
