Bible Text: Matthew 9:1-8 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The four friends who carry the paralytic ask Jesus for nothing, at least not with words. They don’t say, “Please heal him, he’s a paralytic, he’s our friend.” They don’t confess their faith in Jesus by
Bible Text: Matthew 22:34-46 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | It’s easy to blame the Pharisee here, as usual, and the text invites us to do it – he came to test Jesus. That’s bad. And we should judge the Pharisee, obviously, because the Bible judges
Bible Text: Luke 14:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | “One Sabbath, when [Jesus] went in to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.” Dropsy is an
Bible Text: Luke 7:11-17 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | St. Paul says that we do not grieve like the heathen, like those who have no hope. But he does not say that we do not grieve. Instead he tells us to grieve with those who
Bible Text: Matthew 6:24-34 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The Christian cares more than anyone in the world, and yet the Christian is the most carefree of all people in the world. Our Lord tells us to cast our cares on Him, because He cares
Bible Text: Luke 17:11-19 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | The lepers aren’t healed yet when they make their way to the priests. It’s on the way that they are cleansed. But when they start out, they are as leprous as they were before. They believe
Bible Text: Luke 10:23-37 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2023 | What shall I do to inherit eternal life is a nonsense question. I used to want to blame Jesus for not pointing this out. It seems unfair. Even dishonest to the lawyer. The lawyer asks a
Bible Text: Mark 7:31-37 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Jesus healed many people during the few years between His baptism in the Jordan and His ascension into heaven. There are multiple times in the records of the Gospel when large crowds came to Jesus, by
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
