Easter Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| April 8, 2007| St. John 20:11-18 “But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of…
Easter Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| April 16, 2017| Romans 4:25 “Who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.” Romans 4:25 Faith is often nothing but folly. We are told that we mustn’t ever criticize anyone’s faith, but some pretty bizarre things are taught and believed as if…
Easter Sunday| Rolf D. Preus| March 31, 2013| 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for…
Easter Sunday| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| March 27, 2005| 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 The most significant event in the history of ancient Israel was the Exodus from Egypt. The most significant event in the history of the Church is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Through the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea…
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…