Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| St. Matthew 20:16| February 16, 2014 “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” St. Matthew 21:16 The story of the workers in the vineyard is a compelling one. Jesus knows what we think is fair. Working twelve long…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 27, 2013| St. Matthew 20:16 “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” St. Matthew 20:16 The topic of today’s sermon is the theologian’s cross. Now by theologian I don’t mean just the scholars with the degrees who teach…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 31, 2010| St. Matthew 20, 15-16 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good? So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. St….
Septuagesima Sunday| January 28, 2018| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 9:24 –10:5 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 5, 2012| 1 Corinthians 9:24 – 10:5 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now…
Septuagesima Sermon 2004| Rev. Rolf Preus| 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5 The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard vividly illustrates a common complaint people level against God. People think God is unfair. Sinners presume to accuse God. They put God on trial. What are the charges? They charge Him with being gracious to sinners. What…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| January 27, 2002| 1 Corinthians 9:24 – 10:5 Every once in a while I run across a religious tract written to show how a sinner can find salvation. The tracts are often rather good in dealing with the topic of sin, the need for a Savior, and the saving…
Septuagesima| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 1, 2015| Jeremiah 1:4-10 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Then said I: “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak,…
Septuagesima Sunday| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 20, 2011| Jeremiah 1:4-10 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Then said I: “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot…
Septuagesima Sunday Sermon| Rev. Rolf Preus| February 4, 2007| Jeremiah 1:4-10 Jeremiah lived during a time similar to our own. This may seem strange since he lived over twenty six hundred years ago in a land thousands of miles away with a different language and culture. But there are certain things common to the…