Bible Text: St John 15:26–16:4 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The Holy Spirit has of course always existed. He’s the eternal God. The first verses of Genesis have Him hovering over the face of the deep – creating everything that exists with the Father and the Word. We get
Bible Text: St John 16:23–33 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Jesus tells the story of a persistent widow, who goes to a judge, and he’s a bad judge, he’s a man that doesn’t fear God and doesn’t respect people, but she keeps asking him for help, until finally he
Bible Text: St John 16:5–15 | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard The time draws near for Jesus to depart to His Father. Ascension is in eleven days, at which time Jesus finishes His course and returns to His Father. It is good that Jesus ascended into heaven. When Jesus ascended into
Bible Text: St John 16:16–22 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia. Christ is risen. Dear friends in Christ, especially you Timothy and George and Leuna and Elinor and Rylee and Avamarie and Isabella and Louisa, grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and
Bible Text: St John 10:11–16 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen. This Good Shepherd Gospel you just heard is an Easter Gospel. Jesus says, “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” And then He says
Bible Text: St John 20:19-31 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen. When He first rose from the dead and came to His disciples after His resurrection, Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Why does He breathe on them? We
Bible Text: St John 20:1–18 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen. And this is Jesus’ justification. That word is arguably the most important word in the Bible. St. Paul writes everything he writes to show this one point: we are justified by faith
Bible Text: St Matthew’s Passion (26:1–27:66) | Preacher: Rev. Andrew Richard Jesus sent the disciples to bring the donkey and colt. He didn’t say anything about putting garments on the donkey. The disciples simply wanted to put something between their Lord and a dirty animal. Jesus deserves better than sitting
Bible Text: St John 8:42–59 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus Our Gospel lesson plunges us into a debate that has lasted two chapters between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. There in the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus has repeatedly told them they are seeking to kill Him. And they’ve repeatedly
Bible Text: St John 6:1–15 | Preacher: Rev. Dr. Christian Preus The feeding of the five thousand is an act of gratuitous generosity. It’s totally unnecessary. It’s just Jesus lavishing His goodness on people. As soon as Jesus sees them coming he decides to feed them. There’s no hint they’re
