Bible Text: Luke 18:9-14 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Let’s be clear about what the problem is in today’s reading. When we hear the word “Pharisee” we think “bad,” and there’s reason enough for thinking it, especially in today’s reading. But let’s take his words
Bible Text: Luke 19:41-48 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Probably the most common accusation against Christians is hypocrisy. “I don’t want to go to that church because it’s full of hypocrites.” The response could be, “Yes, and there’s always room for one more,” which would
Bible Text: Luke 16:1-13 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The Holy Spirit gives us a lot to think about in this short parable. The overall theme is very obvious – if men work so hard and exert such energy to reach an earthly goal, then
Bible Text: Matthew 7:15-23 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | People desire to be at peace. This is universal to man. No one loves strife, no one loves a guilty conscience, no one loves unrest. Occasionally you’ll meet someone who delights in destruction and seems to
Bible Text: Mark 8:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | When you look at Jesus feeding the four thousand you are looking at the only God there is. You see he’s with people, pays attention to them, cares for them. That’s God. There is no god
Bible Text: Matthew 5:17-26 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Your righteousness is your goodness. Have you been good enough to enter heaven? Good enough
Bible Text: Luke 5:1-11 | Preacher: Seminarian Peter Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | St. Peter was a good man. He and his fishing partners had just finished fishing. They were done fishing, but not done working. Yet, still, when Peter saw a crowd of people following Jesus along the
Bible Text: Luke 6:36-42 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Can the blind lead the blind? Won’t they both end up falling into a pit? The picture Jesus paints here is almost comedic: people trying to guide each other with no idea where they’re going, and
Bible Text: Luke 15:1-32 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | Abortion is evil because it makes man the determiner of the value of human life. Whether I or you, the government, a confused young woman or a selfish young man, human beings cannot be the ones
Bible Text: Luke 14:15-24 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | The feast that God prepares is very different from the feast that Jesus was attending in the reading. Jesus was at a great supper put on by a ruler of the Pharisees. The host had invited
