Bible Text: Matthew 8:1-13 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Epiphany 2023 | Jesus presents us with two men of faith today. The one he praises and marvels at and the other he sends to the temple. He’s not condemning the one and praising the other. But it’s very
Bible Text: John 2:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Epiphany 2023 | Jesus performs his first great miracle at a wedding. He does it on purpose, obviously, to tell us that He is our Creator and that He’s come to claim us as His Bride. Our translation says
Bible Text: Matthew 3:13-17 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Epiphany 2023 | As with everything Jesus does, His Baptism is not for Him but for us. Obviously Jesus doesn’t need Baptism. That’s why John says, I need to be baptized by you and do you come to me?
Bible Text: Matthew 11:2-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Advent 2022 | It’s amazing that John the Baptist has any disciples at all at this point. He’s done his best to get rid of them. James and John, Andrew, many others, left John to follow Jesus. John told
Bible Text: Luke 21:25-36 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Advent 2022 | “Straighten up and raise your heads,” Jesus says. This is the posture of the confident, of the triumphant and the joyful. When all these horrible things are happening around you – distress of nations, people fainting
Bible Text: Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Advent 2022 | “Behold, your King is coming to you.” Today is the First Sunday in Advent and a new Church Year begins. The old has passed, and Jesus still comes, ushering in another year of grace. Of this
Bible Text: Matthew 25:1-46 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | We just heard three parables from Jesus, all with the same theme, that He will return and He will judge the living and the dead, and He wants us to look forward to that day, to
Bible Text: Matthew 18:21-35 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | The kingdom of God is like a king who is settling debts with his slaves. That’s what Jesus says. That’s what the Church is now and what Judgment day will be. God settling debts with his
Bible Text: Matthew 5:1-12 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: All Saints 2022 | In all three of the readings for All Saints Day we are told that the saints will see God. Jesus declares, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” The apostle John
Bible Text: Romans 3:19-28 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Reformation | Today we observe the 505th anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther, a German professor at the University of Wittenberg, posted 95 Theses for debate on the topic of repentance, and he also sent
