Trinity Thirteen Sermon| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| September 10, 2006| Luke 10:23-37 No Audio On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings we are beginning a review of the Catechism. We started last week with a class about the Bible as a book. It is not enough to know that the Bible is the word of…
Luke 10:23-37| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity| September 5, 2004 No Audio Last week we reviewed the biblical distinction between God’s law and God’s gospel. In His parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus presents to us these two main teachings of the Christian faith. This parable holds before us the…
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rolf D. Preus| September 10, 2017| Galatians 3:21-22 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that…
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| September 14, 2014| Galatians 3:15-22 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not…
August 29, 2010| Rev. Rolf D. Preus Honor thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. What does this mean? We should fear and love God that we may not despise our parents and masters, nor provoke them to anger, but give…
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| September 17, 2006| St. Luke 17:11-19 No Audio The English word “worship” has been used in our churches to describe what happens on a Sunday morning when we gather together as Christ’s church. We talk about a worship service. We speak of going to church to worship God. Worship…
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity| August 26, 2012| St. Mark 7:31-37| Rolf D. Preus Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech,…
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| September 7, 2014| 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the…
Trinity Twelve Sermon| August 30, 2009 “And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the…
2 Corinthians 3:4-11| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity| August 29, 2004 No Audio Every Lutheran catechumen learns the basic difference between the law and the gospel. God’s law is that teaching from God whereby we learn what is right and what is wrong. It is proclaimed from Mt. Sinai. The…