First Sunday in Lent| March 9, 2014|Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You…
The First Sunday in Lent| February 22, 2015| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said,…
The First Sunday in Lent| February 14, 2016| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” Today, let’s talk about going to church. When we think of church, we…
The First Sunday in Lent| February 18, 2018|Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If…
The Second Sunday in Lent| March 8, 2020| Rev. Rolf Preus| Matthew 15:21-28 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My…
The First Sunday in Lent| February 26, 2012| Rev. Rolf Preus| 2 Corinthians 6, 1-2 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have…
Lent One Sermon 2005| Genesis 3:1-24| Rev. Rolf Preus Usually when we speak of original sin we are talking about the spiritual condition of everyone born into this world. On account of Adam’s fall we are all born sinful. We have sinful inclinations that are expressed in sinful actions. We love ourselves first and…
First Sunday in Lent| February 21, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| Genesis 3: 15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” They mock the idea of a talking snake but they are powerless in…
Lent One 2011| March 13, 2011| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Samuel 17:40-51 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew…
First Sunday in Lent| March 5, 2017| Rev. Rolf Preus| Genesis 3:1-21 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said…