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
Bible Text: Matthew 9:1-8 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Jesus found himself constantly surrounded by people – crowds pressing in on him, even into the house where he stayed in Capernaum, even trampling one another, until late at night. And very often Jesus would get
Bible Text: Matthew 22:34-46 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Jesus is the great lover of the Law. He says, “Do not think that I came to overthrow the law, I did not come to overthrow but to fulfill. I tell you not one jot, not
Bible Text: Luke 14:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | Jesus says, “Take the lowest seat.” It looks a lot like the advice many other wise men and philosophers give. Solomon, the great wise man of the Bible, says, Do not put yourself forward in the
Bible Text: Matthew 18:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: St. Michael and All Angels | The angels are the lovers of humanity just as the devil is the hater of humanity. Angels are pro-human, the devil is anti-human. The angels love us because God loves us. Jesus says,
Bible Text: Matthew 6:24-34 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | When Jesus tells you not to worry about your life, he doesn’t point you to Elijah or Moses or other great and holy men in the Old Testament. He doesn’t say, Look at Elijah, how my
Bible Text: Luke 17:11-19 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2022 | “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever!” (Ps. 107:1). Consider with me what great benefits God has given us. He has made us, body and soul. Our very
Bible Text: Luke 10:23-37 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Trinity 2022 | God’s law is simply beautiful. The psalmists says he meditates on it day and night, that he gets up before the sun dawns because he’s so excited about the law that he can’t sleep. God’s law
