Chastity
by Rev. Rolf Preus Presented at Grace Lutheran Church, Muncie, Indiana November 5, 2022 Chastity
Salvation on Earth and in Heaven
Advent 1 (Ad Te Levavi)| Matthew 21:1-9| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| November 28, 2021 “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!” These words shouted by the crowds in Jerusalem are a paraphrase from Psalm 118. Psalm 118, along with all the Psalms…
God and Country
The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity| November 19, 2017| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 22:15-22 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in…
The Letter Kills, but The Spirit Gives Life
Trinity 12| 2 Corinthians 3:4-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| August 30, 2020 St. Paul tells us that ministers of the new covenant are made competent by God. God makes them sufficient by the message that he gives them to preach. This is commonly misunderstood today. I’ve preached much on the importance of…
The Righteousness Greater than the Scribes’ and the Pharisees’
Trinity 6| Matthew 5:17-26| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| July 23, 2017 It’s a common misconception that Jesus presents a completely different religion than that of the Old Testament. Some Christians might even disregard certain uncomfortable passages in the Bible saying, “Well, that’s the Old Testament. It’s the Pharisees and scribes, who want to harp…
Political and Spiritual Freedom
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| July 6, 2008 “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.” Romans 13:1 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36 They…
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| June 29, 2014| St. Matthew 16:13-19 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah…
The Born Again Christian
Trinity Sunday| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| May 30, 2010| St. John 3, 5-8 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit…
Grace Alone
Septuagesima Sunday| January 24, 2016| Rev. Rolf Preus| St Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he…
The Prophetess
Sunday after Christmas| December 26, 2004| Rev. Rolf Preus 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, who did…