Easter Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 23, 2008 No Audio But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” Mark 16, 6 The tomb was empty. The angel pointed this out…
Easter Sunday Sermon 2004| Rev. Rolf D. Preus| Mark 16:1-8 The mere murder of American civilians in Iraq would not have gotten the headlines that the recent atrocities produced. After all, Iraq is a dangerous place to be. People get killed there every day. It was the gruesome way the dead bodies were mutilated…
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…
Sermons on Repentance| Pastor Rolf Preus| Preached at Grace Lutheran Church in Crookston and First American Lutheran Church in Mayville| Midweek Lenten Services 2012 What is Repentance? Ash Wednesday February 21 & 22, 2012 Matthew 6, 16-21 “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure…
Rev. Rolf Preus| Catechism Midweek Lenten Sermons for 2009 The First Chief Part of Christian Doctrine: The Ten Commandments Galatians 3, 10-14 “The Curse of the Law” For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in…
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;…