Bible Text: John 16:23-33 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Jesus uses two different words for asking in our Gospel lesson. They get translated the same in English, as “ask,” but the two words are worlds apart. “In that day you will ask nothing of me, Jesus says, Amen, amen,
Bible Text: John 16:16-22 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2021 | We will end our service this morning by singing those beautiful words, “And then from death awaken me, that these mine eyes with joy may see, O Son of God, thy glorious face, my Savior and
Bible Text: John 10:11-16 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Easter 2021 | We are sheep, and in this life we will have one of two shepherds: the wolf or the Good Shepherd. The Lord describes life in the devil’s flock earlier in Ezekiel 34, just before today’s Old
Bible Text: John 20:19-31 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2021 | Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. That’s a rather bland translation. They rejoiced when they saw the Lord is what the Greek says. The same word Jesus uses when he promises them
Bible Text: John 20:1-18 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Easter 2021 | Mary and the other women went to the tomb expecting to find a dead body. This is a startling fact. They had been with Jesus. They had followed him from Galilee. They loved him dearly. But
Bible Text: Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Holy Week 2021 | It’s the great privilege of us Christians to think on the Passion of our Lord Jesus. We don’t deserve it. And we need to know this. Oftentimes it seems that the pastor’s job or the
Bible Text: John 8:42-59 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2021 | Whoever keeps my Word will never see death. This is the assertion of the Lord Jesus. The Greek is more elaborate and expressive and beautiful, Whoever guards my Word will by no means see death for
Bible Text: John 6:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Lent 2021 | Each Sunday of Lent so far we have had a stark reminder that the devil is real and hates Christ and man. When Jesus was in the wilderness, the devil assaulted him with all manner of
Bible Text: Luke 11:14-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2021 | Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it. In all the histories of the New Testament where people come to Jesus and are healed or saved from the devil, we rarely get
Bible Text: Matthew 15:21-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2021 | The Holy Spirit tells us Jesus was in the region of Tyre and Sidon. The first thing we have to ask ourselves is why He’s there. Tyre and Sidon, if you know your geography, are north
