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Bible Text: St Matthew 25:1-46 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus What Jesus wants you to be absolutely sure of in these foundational parables of Judgment Day is that when that day comes you will be invited into perfect joy and exultation and glory and peace, not because of anything

Bible Text: St Matthew 18:21-35 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The word “forgive” in the Greek means “send away.” When God forgives you your sins, He sends them away. The question is where does He send them? And you know the answer. He sends them to His Son. He

Bible Text: St Matthew 9:1–8| Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus speaks the most precious words ever spoken, “Take heart, child, your sins are forgiven.” And the scribes grumble in their hearts and say he blasphemes. Jesus tells them He knows what they’re thinking and that what they’re thinking is

Bible Text: St Matthew 22:34–46 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus had just silenced the Sadducees. The Sadducees denied the resurrection, eternal life, and the immortality of the soul. And yet they were the religious leaders in Jerusalem: influential, powerful. That should sound familiar. The Anglican Church, you may

Bible Text: St Luke 14:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus There’s a story about Charles Spurgeon, who even though he wasn’t a Lutheran is rightly known as one of the greatest Christian preachers ever. He was visiting a rich woman who was dying. And the woman asked him if

Bible Text: St Matthew 6:24–34 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus A few months ago Vice President J.D. Vance got into a bit of controversy for using the Bible to claim that America had a duty of love first to its own citizens, and only after that, to citizens of

Bible Text: St Luke 17:11–19 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus No one likes an ingrate. You do something for someone, and they don’t say thanks or worse they resent you for your kindness. And it makes you not want to waste your kindness on people. But kindness is never