2 Samuel 22:1-7
Ephesians 5:1-9
Luke 11:14-28
The Third Sunday in Lent| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 8, 2026| Luke 11:14-28 Good and evil are not just ideas. God is real. The devil is real. God is not the personification of good. He is good. The devil is not the personification of evil. He is evil. All good in this world comes…
Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-29| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 8, 2026 The kingdom Satan founded Shall now be overthrown, For Christ its fall hath sounded, And through His pow’r alone Shall Satan meet his doom, And be for aye confounded; He from the souls he wounded Shall flee in fear and…
Oculi Sermon (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 23, 2025 “But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you,” says Jesus. The finger of God is the Holy Spirit. When a work is done by…
Third Sunday in Lent| 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| Ephesians 5:1-9 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet‑smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not…
Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| March 3, 2024 When you were baptized, you were asked the following questions. Do you renounce the devil? Do you renounce all his works? Do you renounce all his ways? And you or your sponsors answered, ‘yes.’ Then, as the pastor spoke the words of Christ…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the absurdity in…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the…
Lent 3 Oculi| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 20, 2022 In Genesis chapter three, after Adam and Eve fell into sin, the LORD God said to the serpent, who deceived them, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 7, 2021 There has been a debate within the Lutheran Church concerning whether the Baptismal rite should include a rite of exorcism or not. An exorcism is when the minister casts a demon or Satan out of a possessed person, as Jesus did in our…
Lent Three Sermon 2004| Luke 11:14-28| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 14, 2004 We Lutherans are accustomed to talking about the unholy trinity of the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh. These three work in concert to tear us away from the loving embrace of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The devil…