Oculi (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| March 3, 2024 When you were baptized, you were asked the following questions. Do you renounce the devil? Do you renounce all his works? Do you renounce all his ways? And you or your sponsors answered, ‘yes.’ Then, as the pastor spoke the words of Christ…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the absurdity in…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 12, 2023 The unbelievers blaspheme Jesus for doing a good work of casting out a demon, so that a poor mute man can speak, saying that He casts out demons by Beelzebub the prince of demons. Jesus immediately points out the…
Lent 3 Oculi| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 20, 2022 In Genesis chapter three, after Adam and Eve fell into sin, the LORD God said to the serpent, who deceived them, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise…
Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 11:4| August 14, 2011 “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Luke 11:4 And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. What does this mean? We pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look upon our…
Oculi Sunday (Lent 3)| Luke 11:14-28| Pastor James Preus| Trinity Lutheran Church| March 7, 2021 There has been a debate within the Lutheran Church concerning whether the Baptismal rite should include a rite of exorcism or not. An exorcism is when the minister casts a demon or Satan out of a possessed person, as Jesus did in our…
Lent Three Sermon 2004| Luke 11:14-28| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 14, 2004 We Lutherans are accustomed to talking about the unholy trinity of the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh. These three work in concert to tear us away from the loving embrace of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The devil…
Third Sunday in Lent| Rev. Rolf Preus| March 11, 2007| Luke 11:23-24 “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters. When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to…
The Third Sunday in Lent| March 15, 2009| Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 11, 27-28 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than…
The Third Sunday in Lent| February 24, 2008| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Luke 11:14-28 “But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” St. Luke 11:20 They are very devoted to their religion and amazingly persistent. They believe in the Kingdom of God. …