Genesis 12:1-3
Hebrew 9:1-15
John 8:46-59
Rev. Rolf Preus| The Fifth Sunday in Lent| March 22, 2026| John 8:58 “Jesus said to them, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.’” During this latest war in the Middle East, there has been considerable debate in our country about America’s relationship with Israel. Not just a political debate, but a theological…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 22, 2026 Jesus said to the Jews, “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” The Jews scoffed at this statement, because Jesus was only about thirty-years-old and the patriarch Abraham had died…
Judica (Lent 5) Sermon| John 8:46-59; Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 6, 2025 Jesus is either the true Son of God, whose teaching gives eternal life, or He is a demon possessed imposter, whose teachings should be rejected. Some try to play the middle ground and say that Jesus was…
Judica Sunday| John 8:46-59| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 17, 2024 Our Gospel lesson today is a portion of one of the most contentious arguments Jesus ever had with the Jewish leaders. They call Him a Samaritan and say that He has a demon, while they claim to be Abraham’s children and…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 26, 2023 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) He entered once for all into the holy…
Lent 5 Judica| Genesis 22:1-14; John 8:56-58| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| April 3, 2022 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer…
Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 21, 2021 The Jews, who argued with Jesus in our Gospel lesson called Abraham their father. But Jesus pointed out to them that they are not Abraham’s children, because they do not do the works of Abraham. St. Paul in his epistles to the…
Lent Five Sermon| March 9, 2008| Rev. Rolf Preus| Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name…
The Fifth Sunday in Lent| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 29, 2009| John 8:46-59 “Amen, amen, I say to you: If anyone keeps my word he shall never see death.” St. John 8, 52 If Jesus were to appear in person and begin to preach he would likely be driven out of most respectable churches. …
Fifth Sunday in Lent| March 21, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. John 8, 46-59 “Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” Then the…