Bible Text: Luke 16:19-31 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2020 | I once again heard sad news of a Christian I know abandoning the faith because, she said, ours is a fear-based religion. Now, she says, she is free from fear and can live her life as
Bible Text: John 3:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | There’s a wonderful contrast between how a baptized baby enters the kingdom of God and how Nicodemus tried to enter it. When babies are baptized they’re born again, born from heaven. They don’t come to Christ by their own reason
Bible Text: John 14:23-31 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | The great sorrow of Jesus’ disciples on the night of his betrayal was that they would no longer be with Him. Jesus says it again and again, “I am going to the Father. I am leaving the world. You will
Bible Text: John 16:23-33 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2020 | You should pray for what you sincerely want God to give you. That is, prayer should come from your heart. Otherwise prayer is a sham, a religious exercise totally disconnected from your actual life and thoughts
Bible Text: John 16:5-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2020 | When the Comforter comes, Jesus says, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. It’s simply beautiful how Jesus puts it. The Comforter will convict the world of sin because they do not
Bible Text: John 16:16-22 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2020 | Our Gospel repeats the words “a little while” seven times. Now seven is a holy number. This is consistent throughout the Bible. This isn’t overly pious speculation, some cabalistic spiritualizing of the text, reading into it
Bible Text: John 20:19-31 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2020 | Millions of Christians in our country are being kept from going to church right now. Some are being ordered by their governments to stay home and some are staying home by their own decision, afraid they
Bible Text: John 20:1-18 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2020 | Alleluia. Christ is risen. The disciples should have been more surprised at Jesus’ death than at his resurrection. Jesus had raised the dead in front of their eyes – in fact he raised Lazarus just a
Bible Text: John 13:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Holy Week 2020 | On the night Jesus gave us the Lord’s Supper, the devil entered Judas Iscariot and Judas left to betray Jesus. That same night the devil oppressed all the disciples. Peter denied his Lord. All the
Bible Text: Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Holy Week 2020 | What’s striking about Jesus is his unwavering certainty. The people didn’t just marvel at his miracles, they marveled that He taught like no one else, He spoke with complete conviction. This is what we hear
