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
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…
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…
Temporal Verses Eternal Goods
Trinity 2 Sermon| Luke 14:12-24| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| June 9, 2024 The Prophet Isaiah prophesied in chapter 25, “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined….
The Gospel of the Trinity
Trinity Sunday| John 3:1-17| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 26, 2024 That God exists is self-evident. There are two natural reasons that we know God exists: the creation and the conscience. The creation declares that God exists. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.” writes…
How Can We Love Jesus?
Pentecost 2024| John 14:23-31| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 19, 2024 If you asked people today if they love Jesus, most will say, “yes.” I think that is safe to say. Yet, how do they love Jesus? The truth is, many claim to love Jesus, when their actions show that they do…
All Our Enemies Under Christ’s Feet
Ascension Observed| Mark 16:14-20| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 12, 2024 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed…
In That Day
Rogate Sunday| John 16:23-30| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| May 5, 2024 In Numbers 21, the people of Israel grumbled against God and against Moses in the wilderness, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them and killed many of them. Since the people were too afraid to cry out to God directly,…