Our Children Are Human Beings, Part II
This article was originally published in the Ancora Scholastica, the school newsletter of Mount Hope Lutheran School in Casper, WY. Last week we…
Tag: righteousness
The Reformation: Upholding the Honor of Christ
This week we celebrate the 501st anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31st, 1517 a German professor at the University of Wittenberg named…
A Sermon on the Two Kinds of Righteousness
Our observation of the 500th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses took place a few months ago. However, this…
Baptism and Righteousness – Sermon by Pr Rolf Preus
The Baptism of our Lord (Quinquagesima Sunday) February 11, 2018 “Baptism and Righteousness” St. Matthew 3: 13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to…
Our Righteousness Descends to Us
Martin Luther published his edited lectures on Galatians in 1519. In these lectures, we may examine Dr. Luther’s new understanding of justification by…
The Cause of Salvation
“In human teachings the righteousness of man is revealed and taught, that is, who is and becomes righteous before himself and before other…
The Righteousness of Faith — Sermon by Pastor Rolf Preus
Good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell. Jesus told a story about a rich man and a poor man. …
The Intolerance of the “Tolerant”
Christians are often accused of hypocrisy and intolerance. As sinners, we routinely fail to practice what we preach. However, hypocrisy is not synonymous with moral failure,…
False Christs and Wrong Answers: A Sermon for the Confession of St. Peter on St. Mark 8:27-35
From the very beginning of St. Mark’s Gospel, things hadn’t been going particularly well for our Lord. In chapter 1 He’s tempted by…
How Much Righteousness Is Needed?
Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-37 Audio of Sermon: CLICK HERE Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ….
Ad Te Levavi- Homeless Jesus (St. Matthew 21:1-9)
Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey (Matt 21:5). A donkey—it just doesn’t seem a fitting chariot for…
One Question Satan Wants Every Church to Ask
Not all questions are good questions. Godly curiosity has limitations. The serpent’s question, “Did God really say…?” (Genesis 3:1) resulted in the fall…