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12-28-25 First Sunday After Christmas

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.

December 28, 2025
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…

12-25-25 Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

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

December 25, 2025
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…

12-24-25 Christmas Eve

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.

December 24, 2025
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…

12-21-25 The Fourth Sunday in Advent – Rorate Coeli

Bible Text: St. John 1:19–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus It’s four days before Christmas. Why are we hearing about John the Baptist? He doesn’t seem like the man to inspire Christmas cheer. There was a satirical Christmas card making its rounds the last few years with a wild-eyed

December 21, 2025
Bible Text: St. John 1:19–28 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus It’s four days before Christmas. Why are we hearing about John the Baptist? He doesn’t seem like the man…

12-17-25 Advent 3 Midweek – Joseph and The Three Estates

Bible Text: Luke 2:21–24 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus We come this evening to the last of the three estates, the Church. The last two Wednesdays we’ve talked about Joseph and the home, the first estate, that Joseph though obviously not the biological father of Jesus was still a

December 17, 2025
Bible Text: Luke 2:21–24 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus We come this evening to the last of the three estates, the Church. The last two Wednesdays we’ve talked about…

12-14-25 The Third Sunday in Advent – Gaudete

Bible Text: St. Matthew 11:2–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. John the Baptist sits in prison.  King Herod had taken his brother’s wife, John had told him, “It is not lawful for you to have her”

December 14, 2025
Bible Text: St. Matthew 11:2–11 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. John the Baptist sits in prison. …

12-10-25 Advent 2 Midweek – Joseph and the Three Estates

Bible Text: Matthew 2:1–14 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus We are focusing on Joseph, Mary’s husband, this Advent series, and how he teaches us to live in the three estates. Again, the three estates are the home, the state, and the church. God instituted each one and we each

December 10, 2025
Bible Text: Matthew 2:1–14 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus We are focusing on Joseph, Mary’s husband, this Advent series, and how he teaches us to live in the three…

12-7-25 The Second Sunday in Advent – Populus Zion

Bible Text: St. Luke 21:25–36 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The world is evil. That’s often how the Bible talks. Jesus says, “In the world you will have trouble.” He calls the devil the prince of this world. And his apostle urges us to be in the world but

December 7, 2025
Bible Text: St. Luke 21:25–36 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The world is evil. That’s often how the Bible talks. Jesus says, “In the world you will have trouble.”…

12-3-25 Advent 1 Midweek – Joseph and the Three Estates

Bible Text: Matthew 1:18–25 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Advent midweek series this year is Joseph and the three estates. The three estates are the home, the state, and the church. God instituted these three “estates” and each of us lives our lives within them. We’re all born

December 3, 2025
Bible Text: Matthew 1:18–25 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Advent midweek series this year is Joseph and the three estates. The three estates are the home, the state,…

11-30-25 The First Sunday in Advent – Ad Te Levavi

Bible Text: St. Matthew 21:1–9 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem is probably the most famous scene of worship in the Bible. This is five days before Jesus’ crucifixion and it’s the first time Jesus has entered publicly, openly, into Jerusalem. He’s been there, obviously,

November 30, 2025
Bible Text: St. Matthew 21:1–9 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem is probably the most famous scene of worship in the Bible. This is five…
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