Making a Clear Confession in Muddy Waters
By Pastor Rolf David Preus January 28, 2009
Lutherans in America: A Brief Comparison
Pastor Rolf Preus November 4 & 5, 2008 The Lutheran Church has been in America for over 350 years. The largest concentrations of Lutherans are in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. We will consider four groups of Lutherans: The ELCA (A); The LCMS (B); the W/ELS (C); the AFLC and Lutheran Brethren (D). This is…
The Service of Women in and for the Church
Pastor Rolf David Preus – 2008 Summer Confessional Lutheran Free Conference, June 25, 2008
On Being a Confessing Church in a Pluralistic Culture
Pastor Rolf Preus St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Escondido, California October 20, 2007 A confessional church is a confessing church. To be a confessional church is to regard the confessional writings of the church as authoritative over the church’s doctrine because these writings are drawn from the Holy Scriptures. To be a confessing church is…
What is a “Confessional” Lutheran?
By Pastor Rolf Preus (July, 2007) When people hear the word “confessional” they might think of the little booth into which the penitent goes to confess his sins to the priest. This is not what we mean when we speak of confessional Lutherans. A confessional Lutheran confesses the truth. God tells us to confess…
The Relationship between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship
Pastor Rolf Preus June 6, 2007
The Relationship between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship
How to be a Confessional Lutheran Pastor in America Today
May 16, 2007 By Pastor Rolf Preus I am honored by your invitation to speak to you today. I am doubly honored by the fact that you have chosen to ask me to talk to you on this holy eve of Syttende Mai, also known as Norwegian Independence Day. It was thirty years ago…
Called by the Gospel: Justification and Vocation
Rev. Rolf Preus – Eighth Annual Vocation Symposium, Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman, OK – April 14, 2007
Church Fellowship and Closed Communion
Rev. Rolf Preus First Confessional Lutheran Parish Mayville – Crookston – Fertile January and February, 2007 “I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Christian church, the communion of saints . . .” Fellowship = Communion = koinonia = Sharing = Participation What is the basis for deciding whether or not we have fellowship…