Bible Text: Matthew 26-27 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Holy Week 2023 | The image of the passion of Jesus has become so common among us that we can pass by it, hear about it, talk about it with no feeling. You can literally sit down, as I
Bible Text: John 8:42-59 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Lent 2023 | The last two weeks of Lent are called Passiontide, which means suffering-time. This little two-week season begins today. From now until Good Friday our meditation on the Word of God is largely a meditation on the
Bible Text: John 6:1-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2023 | The feeding of the five thousand is Jesus’ great miracle. It is the one recorded in all four gospels. It is the one witnessed by the most people. We call it the feeding of the five
Bible Text: Matthew 15:21-28 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Lent 2023 | The mother knows her daughter has a demon. It doesn’t matter what exactly the demon is doing to the poor girl – we’re not told that – what matters is that it’s a demon doing it.
Bible Text: Matthew 4:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Lent 2023 | Today we behold our Hero. Satan is too much for us. On earth is not his equal, and with might of ours can naught be done. We would have been forever swept along by temptation and
Bible Text: Luke 18:31-43 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Gesima 2023 | Why was blind Bartimaeus begging outside Jericho? He shouldn’t have been, he shouldn’t have needed to. The Lord says in Deuteronomy 15: “there shall not be a beggar among you,” and God laid down laws to
Bible Text: Luke 8:4-15 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Gesima 2023 | The Word Jesus preaches is like Him. Its power is hidden in weakness. When I say it’s hidden I don’t mean that it’s hidden to you. It’s not; it shouldn’t be. It’s hidden to the unbelievers,
Bible Text: Matthew 20:1-16 | Preacher: Pastor Christian Preus | Series: Gesima 2023 | The vineyard is the Christian Church. God often talks about His people being His vineyard or the branches of his vine. Isaiah says, “My well beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.” Jesus says,
Bible Text: Matthew 17:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Epiphany 2023 | Jesus had begun to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again on the third day.
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
