Bible Text: St Luke 8:4–15 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus At first glance it looks like Jesus gives parables so that people can’t understand Him. And that seems strange, why wouldn’t Jesus want people to understand His word, doesn’t he want people to be saved, doesn’t He want them
Bible Text: St Matthew 20:1–16 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The master of the vineyard, who represents God, when he goes out, he goes out to find workers. Workers. In fact, that’s what marks the people in the vineyard, which is the Christian Church, the Kingdom of God: everyone
Bible Text: St Matthew 17:1–9 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The Father’s voice sounds from heaven and says about Jesus, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him.” So it’s important for us to know what words Jesus speaks. What are the first
Bible Text: St John 2:1–11 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau “Lord Jesus, all the world’s hungry children, do something! Jesus, she’s dying of cancer, do something! Jesus, the car’s out of control, do something! Jesus, she won’t change, he won’t repent, do something! Lord, my marriage, my job, my health, my bank loan, do something! Jesus,
Bible Text: St Matthew 3:13–17 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus God’s work never fails. Baptism is God’s work. So your Baptism can’t fail you. Ever. If Baptism is our work, it can fail. Obviously. Everything I do, or you do, can fail. Unless the Lord builds the house, those
Bible Text: St Matthew 2:1–12 | Preacher: Rev. Pres. John Hill Dear friends in Christ: Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Almighty and Most Merciful God, who didst in the beginning create the light,
Bible Text: St. Luke 2:21 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus It’s the shortest Gospel lesson in the church year but it contains everything the Christian Church teaches and preaches, everything we hold dear as Christians, and that we stake our life on in the new year. The little babe
Bible Text: St. Luke 2:22–40 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Merry Christmas! Simeon is in the Temple in Jerusalem. That’s where the Holy Spirit told him to go to see Jesus. That’s not insignificant. Where do you go to find Jesus? Not where your heart tells you to go.
Bible Text: St. John 1:1–14 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus If you look at the great Christmas hymns, which are sermons in themselves, literally, I could just get up here and recite Hark the Herald, Now Sing We Now Rejoice, and Of the Father’s Love Begotten, and O Jesus
Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Rejoice tonight, dear saints: the Son of God has become a man! “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Lk.
