Jeremiah 1:4-10
1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5
Matthew 20:1-16
Septuagesima Sunday| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 1, 2026 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works. So that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) This is one of the most…
Septuagesima Sunday| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| February 16, 2025 The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who hires laborers for his vineyard. The vineyard is the Christian Church on earth. The laborers are Christians, who are called into the vineyard to work. If you are a…
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly;…
Septuagesima| Matthew 20:1-16| Pastor James Preus| February 13, 2022 In this parable, our Lord Jesus simply teaches us how God rewards his laborers in the kingdom of heaven. You shouldn’t get hung up trying to figure out what the denarius symbolizes, but simply recognize that God does not save us based on our works….
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…