A Commentary on the 8th Commandment and Its Relevance for the State, Church and Home. James Preus The accusation of attempted rape brought against now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh six years ago, which was followed by other accusations of sexual misconduct from his teenage years over three decades ago brought the topic of…
By Rev. Dr. Robert Preus Read by Rev. James Preus Part 1 Part 2 Justification and Rome: An Evaluation of Recent Dialogues by Robert Preus © 1997 Concordia Publishing House. Used with permission under license number 24:8-1. All rights reserved. This publication is availableas an eBook from CPH at www.cph.org. Permission was granted to publish…
You can watch the original presentation of this paper here. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Homeschool Conference: O, Blest the House Pastor James Preus May 11, 2024 Now, the astute devotee of Luther’s Small Catechism, of which I expect to find many in this room, will recognize the title of this second session from the…
You can watch the original presentation of this paper here. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Homeschool Conference May 11, 2024 Pastor James Preus To discuss the vocations of the homeschool family, we first need to define vocation. Vocation comes from the Latin word for calling, vocatio. In the New Testament, a calling (κλῆσις, or one…
June 22, 2023Peace Lutheran Church, Sussex, WisconsinRev. 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…
Revelation 7:13| Rev. Robert D. Preus| April 26, 1983| Concordia Theological Seminary Chapel| Ft. Wayne, Indiana Let us all pray: Thanks to Thee, O Christ victorious! Thanks to Thee, O Lord of Life! Death hath now no power o’er us, Thou hast conquered in the strife. Thanks because Thou didst arise And hast opened…
The Reformation of the Church| Rev. Rolf Preus| October 25, 2009| Romans 3, 19-28 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no…
The Baptism of our Lord| March 6, 2011| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Peter 3:21 “Baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 3:21 In the fifth chapter of Second…
by Ulrik V. Koren NOTE: LSQ stands for Lutheran Synod Quarterly, where this essay was published. Koren was a leading theologian of the old Norwegian Synod, which was in fellowship (for a while) with the Missouri Synod in the 19th century. Today, among many Evangelicals, the Calvinist doctrine of the perseverence of the saints…
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