Series: Lent 2026

3-29-26 Palm Sunday

Bible Text: St Matthew’s Passion (26:1–27:66) | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Jesus sent the disciples to bring the donkey and colt.  He didn’t say anything about putting garments on the donkey.  The disciples simply wanted to put something between their Lord and a dirty animal.  Jesus deserves better than sitting

March 29, 2026
Bible Text: St Matthew’s Passion (26:1–27:66) | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Jesus sent the disciples to bring the donkey and colt.  He didn’t say anything about putting garments on the…

3-22-26 Judica

Bible Text: St John 8:42–59 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Gospel lesson plunges us into a debate that has lasted two chapters between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. There in the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus has repeatedly told them they are seeking to kill Him. And they’ve repeatedly

March 22, 2026
Bible Text: St John 8:42–59 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Gospel lesson plunges us into a debate that has lasted two chapters between Jesus and the Jewish leaders.…

3-18-26 Lent 4

Bible Text: 1 John 4 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus You’ve all seen I’m sure the COEXIST bumper sticker. It has the symbols of the Muslims, the Jews, the Christians, the LGBTQ advocates, the pagans and wiccans, the Hindus and the ying-yang Taoists, all these symbols together, spelling out

March 18, 2026
Bible Text: 1 John 4 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus You’ve all seen I’m sure the COEXIST bumper sticker. It has the symbols of the Muslims, the Jews, the…

3-15-26 Laetare

Bible Text: St John 6:1–15 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The feeding of the five thousand is an act of gratuitous generosity. It’s totally unnecessary. It’s just Jesus lavishing His goodness on people. As soon as Jesus sees them coming he decides to feed them. There’s no hint they’re

March 15, 2026
Bible Text: St John 6:1–15 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The feeding of the five thousand is an act of gratuitous generosity. It’s totally unnecessary. It’s just Jesus lavishing…

3-11-26 Lent 3

Bible Text: 1 John 3 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus When I was a kid my dad would often say things like, “Christians don’t do that.” So, skipping church for sporting events: Christians don’t do that, dad would say. Saying God’s name in vain. Christians don’t do that. Getting

March 11, 2026
Bible Text: 1 John 3 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus When I was a kid my dad would often say things like, “Christians don’t do that.” So, skipping church…

3-8-26 Oculi

Bible Text: St Luke 11:14–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The poor man in our Gospel, who’s oppressed by a demon, is a picture of all humanity. Obviously, he’s more than that. He’s a precious human being, whom Jesus loved, and saved from horrible oppression by the devil. He

March 8, 2026
Bible Text: St Luke 11:14–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The poor man in our Gospel, who’s oppressed by a demon, is a picture of all humanity. Obviously, he’s…

3-4-26 Lent 2

Bible Text: 1 John 2 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus In a recent translation of the Bible, the translators decided to translate the word grace as “kindness,” with the reasoning that we don’t use the word grace anymore in daily conversation and so people don’t really know what it

March 4, 2026
Bible Text: 1 John 2 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus In a recent translation of the Bible, the translators decided to translate the word grace as “kindness,” with the…

3-1-26 Reminiscere

Bible Text: St Matthew 15:21–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Lord Jesus tells us, “Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you.” And it could be taken as a threefold repetition, Jesus stressing, ask, seek, knock, saying

March 1, 2026
Bible Text: St Matthew 15:21–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Lord Jesus tells us, “Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door…

2-25-26 Lent 1

Bible Text: 1 John 1 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Lenten midweek series this year is simply the book of first John. It has five chapters, so it’s convenient to hear it over five Wednesdays, but it’s also particularly Lenty, appropriate for the season of Lent. John is

February 25, 2026
Bible Text: 1 John 1 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Lenten midweek series this year is simply the book of first John. It has five chapters, so it’s…

2-22-26 Invocavit

Bible Text: St Matthew 4:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard When the children of Israel came to the Red Sea, they saw the water before them and pharaoh’s army closing in behind them, and they were very afraid and cried out to the Lord (Ex. 14:10).  It was the very

February 22, 2026
Bible Text: St Matthew 4:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard When the children of Israel came to the Red Sea, they saw the water before them and pharaoh’s army closing…
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