First Sunday after the Epiphany| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 10, 2010| St. Luke 2:41-52 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. When they had finished the days, as they…
The First Sunday after Epiphany| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 11, 2009 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your…
First Sunday after Epiphany| January 13, 2008| Rev. Rolf Preus And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” St. Luke 2:49 Mary said to Jesus, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought…
Sunday after Epiphany, 2006| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Luke 2:41-52 When our children were little, to young to read, I would read Bible stories to them and whenever we saw the picture of Jesus as the twelve year old boy in the temple I would point to the picture and say, “Big Boy Jesus.” …
Epiphany One Sermon| January 9, 2005| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Luke 2:41-52 Mary did not know where Jesus was. She did not know where to look for Him. That’s why she didn’t know where He was. He was her own Son – her own flesh and blood – but even the closest maternal bond…
Epiphany One Sermon 2002| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Luke 2:41-52 Years ago Dort put on the refrigerator a comic that featured a husband and wife watching their children fight. The father said to the mother, as if to encourage her, “All kids fight.” She replied, “Yes, but they are our kids.” It’s humbling for…
The Circumcision and Naming of Jesus| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 1, 2017| Luke 2:21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. Luke 2:21 We number all our years according to the…
The Circumcision and Naming of Jesus| January 1, 2011| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Luke 2:21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. Luke 2:21 We know very little about the life…
The Sunday after Christmas| December 29, 2019| Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 2:34-35 No Audio Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your…
Sunday after Christmas| December 26, 2010| Rev. Rolf Preus| Luke 2:36-38 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years,…