Bible Text: John 18-19 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Shortly after the year of our Lord 300, the Roman Emperor Maximinus, who ruled over Egypt and Syria, and so over the holy land also, began the last great persecution of Christians before the Edict of Milan made Christianity legal in
Bible Text: John 13:1-15, 34-35 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard Jesus didn’t have to give us anything this night. He was getting ready to die for us tomorrow. What more could we ask for? He was prepared to shed His blood and lay down His very life for sheep that
Bible Text: Matthew 26-27 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard It is a tradition in the Church, from time out of mind, to read the Passion according to Matthew on Sunday of Holy Week, the Passion according to Mark on Tuesday, the Passion according to Luke on Wednesday, and the Passion
Bible Text: John 8:46-59 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus The Jewish leaders insulted and slandered Jesus. They called the Son of God a Samaritan and said the divine majesty had a demon. Jesus had to become like us in every way except for sin. He is the perfect substitute here.
Bible Text: John 6:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Twelve baskets of fragments are left over from five loaves and two fish. Obviously this highlights the miracle, you end up with more at the end than you started with in the beginning. But that’s not the point. The point is
Bible Text: Luke 11:14-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus The devil deals in absurdities. And he makes people absurd. He will lead people to do and believe the most ridiculous things. The Pharisees’ accusation against Jesus is a perfect example. It’s simply not believable. Jesus casts out a demon, a
Bible Text: Matthew 15:21-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David, my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon. Have mercy on me, she says, not, have mercy on my daughter, which seems strange at first, but the reality is that to have
Bible Text: Matthew 4:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard The devil is the master of a thousand arts. But our Lord Jesus Christ is master of a hundred thousand arts. What delusion entered the devil’s mind to make him think that he could succeed against our Lord? Perhaps he thought
Bible Text: Matthew 6:16-21 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Jesus wants us to live our life before God, not just before men. It’s not simply other people we have to deal with. It’s God. In fact, Jesus says you should, in a way, fake it in front of others. When
Bible Text: Luke 18:31-43 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus So these three remain, faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. Love has to be the greatest, because God is love and God is the greatest. God is not hope. He doesn’t hope for things. He knows.
