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The Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel

The Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| October 15, 2006| Matthew 22:34-46  No Audio There is an old saying: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes: “There is nothing new under the sun.”  This is especially the case when it comes to religion, specifically false…

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David’s Son and Lord

David’s Son and Lord

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

Trinity Eighteen Sermon| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| October 10, 2004| Matthew 22:34-46  No Audio Every word that comes to us from God is to teach us.  But God does not teach us many different doctrines.  God teaches us essentially two things: the law and the gospel.  They appear to contradict each other, but God…

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The Law and the Gospel

The Law and the Gospel

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| October 19, 2003| Matthew 22:34-4   No Audio Today’s Gospel reading provides us with the summary of the two main teachings of the Holy Scriptures: the law and the gospel.  The law teaches us how we must live.  The gospel teaches us what we must believe. …

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Confirmed in the Faith

Confirmed in the Faith

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| October 19, 2014| 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ…

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Faith Alone

Faith Alone

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

Audio of Trinity 18th Sermon 2017| Rev. Rolf Preus| 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Ten Commandments Sermon Series

Ten Commandments Sermon Series

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

TheThe following sermons on the Ten Commandments were preached at First Evanger Lutheran Church in Fertile, Minnesota, Grace Lutheran Church in Crookston, Minnesota, and First American Lutheran Church in Mayville, North Dakota in the late summer and early fall of 2010. Pastor Rolf Preus The First Commandment August 1, 2010 And God spoke all…

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The Ninth and Tenth Commandments

The Ninth and Tenth Commandments

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

Rev. Rolf Preus| October 3, 2010 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.  You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.  Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house. What does this mean? We should fear…

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Humility Before God Is Confidence in His Salvation

Humility Before God Is Confidence in His Salvation

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

Trinity 17| Luke 14:1-11| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| October 4, 2020  “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”   With these words our Lord Jesus not only sums up his parable, but he sums up one of the most common lessons throughout Holy Scripture….

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Humble Worship

Humble Worship

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| October 13, 2019| Luke 14:1-11 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.  And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy.  And…

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Sabbath Keeping

Sabbath Keeping

September 11, 2021 Rolf Preus

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity| Rev. Rolf Preus| October 12, 2014| St. Luke 14:1-11 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.  And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. …

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