Reminiscere Sunday (Lent 2)| Genesis 32:22-32 (Matthew 15:21-28)| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church The story of Jacob wrestling God and the Canaanite woman pleading with Jesus are parallel stories. They seem disturbing to us, because it’s hard to understand why God can be so mean! Yet, if you are a Christian, you are…
Reminiscere Sunday (Lent 2)| Genesis 32:22-32| Pastor James Preus| February 28, 2021 In our Old Testament lesson, we meet Jacob at the climax of his struggle with God and men. In order to understand the significance of this wrestling match, we must go back a few chapters to when Jacob first fled his family home. Jacob…
The Second Sunday in Lent| March 12, 2017|Rev. Rolf Preus| Genesis 32:22-32 And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had. Then Jacob was…