Bible Text: John 16:16-22 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus “I will see you again and your joy will be full, and no one will take that joy from you.” The joy of heaven and the resurrection will consist of this – to see the Lord Jesus. Yes, there will be
Bible Text: John 10:11-16, Psalm 23:1 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard Alleluia! Christ is risen! “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want” (Ps. 23:1). To “want” something is to lack something. “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not lack,” that is to say, nothing is missing from
Bible Text: John 20:19-31 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Jesus came to his disciples when the doors were locked for fear of the Jews. The obvious import of these words is that Jesus simply stood in the midst of them, that he miraculously passed through closed and locked doors. I
Bible Text: John 20:1-18 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! The prophet Isaiah tells us how, when the Babylonian armies were surrounding Jerusalem to destroy it, the people took out their wine and slaughtered their oxen, and feasted and danced and laughed and said, “Eat, drink, and
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
