{"id":113,"date":"2021-01-31T01:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T01:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:36:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;there is no quality in my heart at all, call it either faith or charity;<\/em> <em>but instead of these I set Christ Himself before me,<\/em> <em>and I say, \u201cThere is my righteousness.\u201d<\/em>  &#8212;  Martin Luther<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitylutheranottumwa.com\/\">Learn more about Trinity Lutheran Church<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pastorpreus.substack.com\/\">Subscribe to Christ for Us Substack<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pastorpreus.substack.com\/\">Subscribe to Christ for Us Substack<\/a> and get latest sermons and Bible studies emailed to you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/justification-am-i-good-enough-for-god-audio-book-written-and-read-by-rev-rolf-preus\/\">Justification: Am I Good Enough for God Audiobook<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Rolf Preus wrote Justification: Am I Good Enough for God in 1999. He recorded it as an audiobook in 2025. You can click on the title above to listen to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/justification-and-rome\/\">Justification and Rome by Robert Preus Audiobook<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>CPH has given me permission to publish a recording of Justification and Rome by Robert Preus as an audiobook for one year. Please, take advantage of listening to the recording, consider purchasing the book, and share with someone who may benefit from learning the distinction between the Lutheran and Roman Catholic doctrine on justification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/contributors\/james-preus\/bible-study-podcast\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5672\">Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div 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Please, follow, like, and share. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/category\/latest-sermons\/\">Recent Sermons<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Christ for Us&nbsp;<\/em>was started by Rev. Rolf Preus in order to share the good news of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone through sermons, papers, and Bible studies. His son, Rev. James Preus has continued this project of sharing orthodox Lutheran theology with the chief focus on&nbsp;<em>Christ for Us<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Christ for Us Website has been a source of encouragement and study for many years.  It is extraordinary to have the writings and Papers of Reverend Doctor Robert D. 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We look forward to the many years to come as the Preus Brothers contribute to this large body of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/papers\/\">Read the Papers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-1024x1017.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-1024x1017.png 1024w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-768x763.png 768w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-1536x1526.png 1536w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-272x270.png 272w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2-850x844.png 850w, https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/christforus.org_-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;there is no quality in my heart at all, call it either faith or charity; but instead of these I set Christ Himself before me, and I say, \u201cThere is my righteousness.\u201d &#8212; Martin Luther Learn more about Trinity Lutheran Church Subscribe to Christ for Us Substack Subscribe to Christ for Us Substack and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":311,"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}