Bible Text: Matthew 3:13-17 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Epiphany 2023 | As with everything Jesus does, His Baptism is not for Him but for us. Obviously Jesus doesn’t need Baptism. That’s why John says, I need to be baptized by you and do you come to me?
Bible Text: Luke 2:21 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Christmas 2022 | Names are supposed to mean something and in the Bible they actually do. Today people pick names for their children because they like how they sound or because it’s a family name or because it’s a
Bible Text: Luke 2:1-20 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Christmas 2022 | And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. The year was 2BC. That’s two years before Christ, which is ironic, that
Bible Text: Matthew 11:2-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Advent 2022 | It’s amazing that John the Baptist has any disciples at all at this point. He’s done his best to get rid of them. James and John, Andrew, many others, left John to follow Jesus. John told
Bible Text: Luke 1:26-38 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Advent 2022 | The virgin Mary may at first sight seem like a strange candidate to put before you tonight as the model of Christian courage. Maybe a model of humility, of faith, of purity, but how is she
Bible Text: Luke 21:25-36 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Advent 2022 | “Straighten up and raise your heads,” Jesus says. This is the posture of the confident, of the triumphant and the joyful. When all these horrible things are happening around you – distress of nations, people fainting
Bible Text: Luke 1:5-25 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | This Advent series we’ll be focusing on three virtues that we especially need as we look forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus. Patience, Courage, and Joy. But before we talk about virtues at all, we need first to
Bible Text: Matthew 25:1-46 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | We just heard three parables from Jesus, all with the same theme, that He will return and He will judge the living and the dead, and He wants us to look forward to that day, to
Bible Text: Matthew 18:21-35 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | The kingdom of God is like a king who is settling debts with his slaves. That’s what Jesus says. That’s what the Church is now and what Judgment day will be. God settling debts with his
Bible Text: Matthew 5:1-12 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: All Saints 2022 | In all three of the readings for All Saints Day we are told that the saints will see God. Jesus declares, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” The apostle John
