The Third Sunday in Advent (Observed on the Second Sunday in Advent)| December 5, 2004| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Jesus Christ Himself honored John by saying of him, “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is…
The Third Sunday in Advent| December 14, 2008| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4, 1-2 “Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.” John the Baptist was a preacher’s preacher. He puts the rest…
Third Sunday in Advent| December 12, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be…
The Third Sunday in Advent| December 16, 2012| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 The point of contact between God and us is…
The Third Sunday in Advent| December 14, 2014| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should…
The Third Sunday in Advent| December 11, 2016| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should…
The Third Sunday in Advent| December 17, 2017| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should…
The First Sunday in Lent| March 1, 2020| Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are…
Palm Sunday Sermon| April 4, 2004 | Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 21:1-11 While the prophet Zechariah made it clear, it was not clear to the disciples. Every previous time that Jesus had come into Jerusalem He had gone on foot. They could see no reason why this time would be any different. They knew that…
Palm Sunday Sermon| March 20, 2005| Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 21:1-11 A lectionary is a list of Scripture readings assigned for every Sunday and festival day of the church year. The church followed the same lectionary for about fifteen hundred years until sometime during the 1970s when a three-year series was introduced. I followed…