Since August 2020 Rev. James Preus has been the preacher for the Christ for Us radio broadcast and the editor of christforus.org.

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Sermons according to The Historical Lectionary

Sunday	Old Testament	Epistle	Gospel
Advent 1	Jeremiah 23:5-8	Romans 13:11-14	Matthew 21:1-9 2020
Advent 2	Malachi 4:1-6	Romans 15:4-13	Luke 21:25-36 2020
Advent 3	Isaiah 40:1-8	1 Corinthians 4:1-5	Matthew 11:2-10 2020
Advent 4	Deuteronomy 15:15-19	Philippians 4:4-7	John 1:19-28 2020
Christmas Vigil	Is. 9:2-7	Titus 2:11-14	Luke 2:1-14
Christmas Day: 1st	Micah 5:2-5a	Titus 3:4-7	Luke 2:15-20
Christmas Day: 2nd	Exodus 40:17-21, 34-38	Titus 3:4-7	John 1:1-14
Christmas 1	Isaiah 11:1-5	Gal. 4:1-7	Luke 2:33-40
New Year’s Eve
Name of Jesus	Num. 6:22-27	Gal. 3:23-29	Luke 2:21
Christmas 2	Gen. 46:1-7	1 Peter 4:12-19	Matthew 2:13-23 2021
Epiphany	Isaiah 60:1-6	Eph. 3:1-12	Matthew 2:1-12
Epiphany 1	1 Kings 8:6-13	Romans 12:1-5	Luke 2:41-52
Epiphany 2	Exodus 33:12-23	Eph. 5:22-33	John 2:1-11 2021
Epiphany 3	2 Kings 5:1-15a	Romans 12:16-21	Matt. 8:1-13
Epiphany 4	Jonah 1:1-17	Rom. 13:8-10	Matt.8:23-27
Epiphany 5	Gen. 18:20-33	Col. 3:12-17	Matt 13:24-30
Presentation	1 Samuel 1:21-28	Hebrews 2:14-18	Luke 2:22-32
Transfiguration	Exodus 34:29-35	2 Peter 1:16-21	Matt. 17:1-9 2021
Septuagesima	Exodus 17:1-17	1 Cor. 9:24-10:5	Matt. 20:1-16 2021
Sexagesima	Is. 55:10-13	2 Cor. 11:19-12:9	Luke 8:4-15 2021
Quinquagesima	1 Samuel 16:1-13	1 Cor. 13:1-13	Luke 18:31-43 2021
Baptism of Jesus	Isaiah 42:1-7	1 Cor. 1:26-31	Matt. 3:13-17 2021
Ash Wednesday	Joel 2:12-19	2 Peter 1:2-11	Matt. 6:16-21
Lent 1	Gen. 3:1-21	2 Cor. 6:1-10	Matt. 4:1-11
Lent 2	Gen. 32:22-32	1 Thess. 4:1-7	Matt. 115:21-28
Lent 3	Ex. 8:16-24	Eph. 5:1-9	Luke 11:14-28
Lent 4	Ex. 16:2-21	Gal. 4:21-31	John 6:1-15
Annunciation
Lent 5	Gen. 22:1-14	Heb. 9:11-15	John 8:46-59
Palm Sunday	Zech. 9:9-12	Phil. 2:5-11	Matthew 21:1-9
Maundy Thursday	Ex. 12:1-14	1 Cor. 11:23-32	John 13:1-15, 34-35
Good Friday	Is. 52:53-12	2 Cor. 5:14-21	John 18:1-19:42
Holy Saturday	Dan. 6:1-24	1 Peter 3:17-22	Matt. 27:57-66
Easter Vigil	Selected Readings	Selected Readings	Selected Readings
Easter Day: 1st	Is. 25:6-9	1 Cor. 15:1-11	John 20:1-18
Easter Day: 2nd	Job 19:23-27	1 Cor. 5:6-8	Mark 16:1-8
Quasimodogeniti	Ezek. 37:1-14	1 John 5:4-10	John 20:19-31
Good Shepherd Sunday	Ezek. 34:11-16	1 Peter 2:21-25	John 10:11-16
Easter 4	Is. 40:25-31	1 Peter 2:11-20	John 16:16-22
Easter 5	Is. 12:1-16	James 1:16-21	John 16:5-15
Easter 6	Num. 21:4-9	1 Tim. 2:1-6	John 16:23-30
Ascension	2 Kings 2:5-15	Acts 1:1-11	Mark 16:14-20
Easter 7	Ezek. 36:22-28	1 Peter 4:7-11	John 15:26-16:4
Pentecost Vigil
Pentecost: 1st	Gen. 11:1-9	Acts 2:1-21	John 14:23-31
Pentecost: 2nd
Trinity Sunday	Is. 6:1-7	Rom 11:33-36	John 3:1-15
Trinity 1	Gen. 15:1-6	1 John 4:16-21	Luke 16:19-31
Trinity 2	Prov. 9:1-10	Eph. 2:13-22	Luke 14:15-21
Trinity 3	Micah 7:18-20	1 Tim. 1:12-17	Luke 15:1-10
Trinity 4	Gen. 50:15-21	Rom. 12:14-21	Luke 6:36-42
Trinity 5	1 Kings 19:11-21	1 Cor. 1:18-25	Luke 5:1-11
Visitation	Is. 11:1-5	Acts 13:13-26	Luke 1:57-80
Trinity 6	Ex. 20:1-17	Rom. 6:3-11	Matt. 5:20-36
Trinity 7	Gen. 2:7-17	Rom. 6:3-11	Mark 8:1-9
Trinity 8	Jer. 23:16-29	Acts 20:27-38	Matt. 7:15-23
Trinity 9	2 Sam. 22:26-34	1 Cor. 10:6-13	Luke 16:1-9
Trinity 10	Jer. 8:4-12	Rom. 9:30-10:4	Luke 19:41-48
Trinity 11	Gen. 4:1-15	Eph. 2:1-10	Luke 18:9-14
Trinity 12	Is. 29:17-24	2 Cor. 3:4-11	Mark 7:31-37
Trinity 13	2 Chron. 28:8-15	Gal. 3:15-22	Luke 10:23-37
Trinity 14	Prov. 4:10-23	Gal. 5:16-24	Luke 17:11-19
Trinity 15	1 Kings 17:8-16	Gal. 5:25-6:10	Matt. 6:23-34
Trinity 16	1 Kings 17:17-24	Eph. 3:13-21	Luke 7:11-17
Trinity 17	Prov. 25:6-14	Eph. 4:1-6	Luke 14:1-11
Trinity 18	Deut. 10:12-17	1 Cor. 4-9	Matt. 22:34-46
St. Michael’s Day	Dan. 10:10-14	Rev. 12:7-12	Matt. 18:1-11
Trinity 19	Gen. 28:10-17	Eph. 4:22-28	Matt. 9:1-8
Trinity 20	Is. 55:1-9	Eph. 55:15-21	Matt. 22:1-14
Trinity 21	Gen. 1:1-2:3	Eph. 6:10-17	John 4:46-54
Trinity 22	Micah 6:6-8	Phil. 1:3-11	Matt. 18:21-35
Reformation Day	Rev. 14:6-7	Rom. 3:19-28	John 8:31-36
Trinity 23	Prov. 8:11-22	Phil. 3:17-21	Matt. 22:15-22
All Saint’s Day	Rev. 7:9-17	1 John 3:1-3	Matt. 5:1-12
Trinity 24	Is. 51:9-16	Col. 1:9-14	Matt. 9:18-26
3rd Last Sunday ( Trinity 25)	Ex. 32:1-20	1 Thess. 4:13-18	Matt. 24:15-28
2nd Last Sunday (Trinity 26)	Dan. 7:9-14	2 Peter 3:3-14	Matt. 25:31-46
Last Sunday (Trinity 27)	Is. 65:17-25	1 Thess. 5:1-11	Matt. 25:1-13

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