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
Bible Text: Luke 8:4-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Gesima 2022 | The most precious thing you have is not your house or your car or your investments or your job or even your family. It is the Word of God. And if you guard it and keep
Bible Text: Matthew 17:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Transfiguration 2022 | St. Peter says “we didn’t follow cleverly devised myths when we made know to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Here he’s making a point not just about truth but about time.
