Bible Text: John 20:1-18 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2022 | Alleluia. Christ is risen! Jesus tells Mary, “Go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” These are His first words
Bible Text: John 18:1-19:42 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | Jesus says to the women who are following him and weeping as He bears his cross to Calvary, “Do not weep for me. Weep for yourselves.” Don’t pity me, pity yourselves. So it will do us
Bible Text: Mark 14:1-15:47 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. It was Peter’s flesh that talked big and announced his bravery, that he would stand by Jesus to the end. He wasn’t insincere. He was overconfident in
Bible Text: Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | Our epistle is perfectly chosen for today. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Look at Jesus’ one-track mind. He goes to Jerusalem. He knows exactly what waits for
Bible Text: John 8:42-59 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | Disney Parks just announced that it will no longer say, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls,” to open any of its shows. And its workers will no longer say, “Hi boys,” or “Hi girls.” This is
Bible Text: John 6:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | Jesus looks at this great crowd. And He sees every single one of them as a person created in the image of God, each one fearfully and wonderfully made, the special object of God’s care. No
Bible Text: Matthew 15:21-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | I can’t stand for very long, so this sermon isn’t going to be very long. So I’ll try to make each word count. The woman in our Gospel sees and experiences Jesus’ rejection. He ignores her.
Bible Text: Matthew 4:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | The devil is a heretic. He heard at Jesus’ Baptism the Father say, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” And he still tried to tempt Jesus to sin. Because he saw
Bible Text: 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2022 | The Holy Spirit has a reason for the words he uses. Many have, many would like to, explain the words away, “He made him who knew no sin to be sin for us.” It’s too
Bible Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Gesima 2022 | We know in part. There are limits to our knowledge. And this should keep us humble and at the same time excited. I say humble because we live in the age of intellectual arrogance. The
