Thirsting for What Is Good: Sermon for the 150th Anniversary of the LCMS
Pentecost, 1997 By Rev. Rolf Preus St. John’s Lutheran Church, Racine, WI
Episode 15: Justification
Article IV of The Augsburg Confession: Our churches also teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works but are freely justified for Christ’s sake through faith when they believe that they are received into favor and that their sins are forgiven on account of Christ, who by…
Episode 14: Closed Communion
The Sacrament of the Altar Part 3: Who receives this sacrament worthily? Fasting and bodily preparation are certainly fine outward training. But that person is truly worthy and well prepared who has faith in these words: “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.” But anyone who does not believe these…
The Solemn and Noble Task of Christians
Trinity 8 Matthew 7:15-23 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church July 21, 2028 People like to hear the words of St. Paul from Romans 8 that the Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, that we have the right to call God Himself our Father. Yet, people don’t like…
Christ Gives His Church an Inexhaustible Supply of the Bread of Life
Trinity 7| Mark 8:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 14, 2024 Why did God cause the people of Israel to wander around in the wilderness for forty years, without the ability to plant crops, eating manna from heaven, which He provided each morning? God tells Israel why through Moses in Deuteronomy chapter…
Episode 13: The Benefits of the Sacrament of the Altar
The Sacrament of the Altar Part 2 What is the benefit of this eating and drinking? These words, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins,” show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life and Salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins,…
Episode 12: What is the Sacrament of the Altar?
The holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and St. Paul write: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is my body, which is given for you. This do in…
The Eternal Immutable Will of God
Trinity 4| Luke 6:36-42| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 23, 2024 The Law is the eternal immutable will of God. That means that the Law is what God has always and will always desire to be done. The Law cannot change and it cannot be abolished. The Law of God can be…
The Value of a Sinner
Trinity 3| Luke 15| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 16, 2024 What does it mean that a shepherd leaves his ninety-nine sheep in the open country to look for the one lost sheep? It means that he values that sheep. What does it mean that a woman sweeps her whole house looking…
Episode 11: The Person of Christ
Nicene Creed …And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for…