Rogate Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| May 17, 2009| St. Matthew 10:32-33 “Whoever confesses me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33 We don’t believe what we choose…
Rogate Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| May 25, 2003 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet. He is the author of the biblical book…
Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 9, 2020| Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he…
Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 17, 2019| St. Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And…
Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 12, 2017| St. Matthew 20:15-16 “Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good? So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” The…
Septuagesima Sunday| January 24, 2016| Rev. Rolf Preus| St Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he…
Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 20:16| February 16, 2014 “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” St. Matthew 21:16 The story of the workers in the vineyard is a compelling one. Jesus knows what we think is fair. Working twelve long…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 27, 2013| St. Matthew 20:16 “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” St. Matthew 20:16 The topic of today’s sermon is the theologian’s cross. Now by theologian I don’t mean just the scholars with the degrees who teach…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 31, 2010| St. Matthew 20, 15-16 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good? So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. St….
Septuagesima Sunday| January 28, 2018| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 9:24 –10:5 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they…