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 2:22–40 | 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 1:19–28 | 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
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”
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
