Bible Text: Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Jesus comes into Jerusalem on a beast of burden, because He is a burden, He is carrying our sins. Jesus told his disciples to fetch the donkey. It wasn’t their idea. They don’t know what’s going on. They are very obviously
Bible Text: John 8:42-59 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus They call Jesus a Samaritan and say He has a demon. Jesus doesn’t respond to the insult. He says nothing at all about NOT being a Samaritan. Instead Jesus defends His Father and His Word. And this is a lesson for
Bible Text: John 6:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard The season of Lent is about war against Satan, particularly Jesus’ war against Satan. The season started with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Then we heard about the Canaanite woman, whose daughter was severely oppressed by a demon, and Jesus healed
Bible Text: Luke 11:14-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus He who is not with me is against me. There is no neutrality between good and evil or between God and the devil. We can’t stand on the sidelines, because we’re the ones being fought over. That’s actually a beautiful thing,
Bible Text: Matthew 15:21-28 | Preacher: Pastor Harold Ristau What constitutes the greatness or littleness of someone’s faith? Is this greatness a human achievement which makes a person more admirable or better than another person? Does this question of great or little faith mean we are in a competition with
Bible Text: Matthew 4:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Depart, Satan, Get out of here, you liar, that’s how Jesus ends the battle with the devil. And the devil leaves. He obeys the words of His master. The devil is not a willing subject of our Lord. But he is
Bible Text: Luke 18:31-43 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus At least five times, and obviously more, because as John says, the world couldn’t contain all the books that would have to be written if everything Jesus said and did were actually written down, at least five times, Jesus tells his
Bible Text: Luke 8:4-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Jesus is the sower of the seed. He is the preacher of the Word. Right after our Gospel lesson Jesus will tell his disciples, “He who hears you hears me.” When you listen to God’s word you are listening to Jesus.
Bible Text: Matthew 20:1-16 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard The first major feast that the Christian Church celebrated annually was the Resurrection of Our Lord. Baptisms would happen at the Easter Vigil, and since there were many adult converts who needed to be instructed in the Christian faith before then,
Bible Text: Matthew 17:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Moses would talk to God and afterward his face would shine with the reflected glory of God. He had to veil his face after that, because the people were scared to see his face shining. What’s amazing about this is that
