Judica Sunday (Lent 5)| Genesis 22:1-14| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 21, 2021 The Jews, who argued with Jesus in our Gospel lesson called Abraham their father. But Jesus pointed out to them that they are not Abraham’s children, because they do not do the works of Abraham. St. Paul in his epistles to the…
Suffering Servant Sermon Lenten Series 2007| Rev. Rolf Preus No Audio Isaiah 52:13-15 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men;…
Good Friday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| April 6, 2007 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) People look for justice but cannot find it. They pray for peace but the wars…
Good Friday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| First Evanger Lutheran Church| April 9, 2004 “Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.” (Luke 23:46) God did not create Adam in the same way that He created the animals. When He made the animals He said, “Let the earth bring forth.” When He made Adam and Eve…
Good Friday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 29, 2013| 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing…
New Year’s Eve, 2005| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Peter 1:22-25 St. Peter points to three things at once. First, he tells us that our souls have been purified by holy baptism. “Obeying the truth” was how St. Peter would refer to being baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the…
New Year’s Eve, 2001| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Peter 1:22-25 St. Peter points to three things at once. First, he tells us that our souls have been purified by holy baptism. “Obeying the truth” was how St. Peter would refer to being baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the…
New Year’s Eve| Rev. Rolf Preus| December 31, 2004 The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people…
The Sunday after Christmas| December 29, 2019| Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 2:34-35 No Audio Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your…
Sunday after Christmas| December 26, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 2:36-38 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years,…