7-12-20 Trinity 5
Jesus’s priorities for you.
Jesus’s priorities for you.
Bible Text: Luke 6:36-42 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2020 | A professor at seminary liked to stress that a pastor’s whole job is to prepare people for death, which I thought was an unnecessarily morbid job description. But there is some truth to it. We all
Bible Text: Luke 15:1-32 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2020 | The Pharisees despise the sinners coming to Jesus for the same reason Planned Parenthood despises unborn babies. They don’t understand the worth of humans. They think people are worth something because of what they do, what
Bible Text: Luke 14:15-24 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2020 | It was the Sabbath, and Jesus was dining at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees. Jesus had just spoken of eternal life and the resurrection, and one of the dinner guests exclaimed, “Blessed is
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 15:26-16:4 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Easter 2020 | Alleluia! Christ is risen! Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In today’s reading Jesus speaks of two things. First Jesus tells us about the Helper, the Paraclete, the
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