The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity August 31, 2014 “The Historical Gospel” 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 Click the link below to listen to audio of this sermon. http://christforus.org/Sermons/Content/2014/Christ%20for%20Us%209-7-14.mp3 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which … Continue reading
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity July 31, 2016 “Israel and the Church” Luke 19:41-48 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over … Continue reading
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity July 24, 2016 “When God Tests You” 1 Corinthians 10:11-13 Click here to hear audio of this sermon. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our … Continue reading
“The Lord’s Supper” Vespers Sermons on the Ordinaries of the Divine Service And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took … Continue reading
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity “Jesus Tells His Christians to Judge” Matthew 7: 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. St. Matthew 7: 15 The sheep have no right … Continue reading
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity July 19, 2015 “Law and Gospel” Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 … Continue reading
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity July 7 & 10, 2013 Baptized, Alive, and Free Romans 6:3-11 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we … Continue reading
Myrna Brodhead Funeral Sermon June 30, 2018 1 John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not … Continue reading
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity July 16, 2017 “Jesus Sends Preachers to Preach” Luke 5:1-11 As the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing … Continue reading
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity June 27, 2010; July 16, 2017 “Showing the Mercy We Have Received” “Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you … Continue reading
For Pastor Rolf Preus Third Sunday after Trinity July 8, 2017 and June 12, 2005 “Separating Sin from Sinners” Luke 15:1-10 CLICK this link to listen to audio of this sermon. I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “Hate the … Continue reading
The Sunday after Christmas December 31, 2017 “The Fullness of Time” Galatians 4:1-7 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, … Continue reading
November, 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The Church is not the pastors. It is the people. The only reason we need pastors is because we need the word of God that the pastors preach and teach. What we … Continue reading
October, 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: This month, we Lutherans celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. That event … Continue reading
“Grace Alone” The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity October 8, 2017 Romans 3:23—25a “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God … Continue reading
The Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession June 25, 2017 “Confessing the True Faith” Matthew 10:26-33 Faith alone makes us Christians. Confession alone marks us as Christians. Only God can judge the heart. Only God can see what we really and … Continue reading
Ezekiel 34:11-16 The most popular psalm in the Psaltery is Psalm 23 where David begins with the words, “The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Jesus calls himself the good shepherd. St. Peter calls Jesus the shepherd and … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The First Sunday in Lent March 5, 2017 “The Fall and the Promise” Genesis 3:1-21 Biblical history explains the way things are. What Moses records in today’s Old Testament Lesson is history. It happened. What Matthew records in today’s Gospel … Continue reading
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, … Continue reading
“This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.” St. John 2:11 When God appeared to Moses on Mt. Sinai, Moses asked to see his glory. God refused. … Continue reading
The Baptism of Our Lord St. Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You … Continue reading
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men! Luke 2: 13- 14 Is it a hymn or … Continue reading
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.” Isaiah 916a Paul Gerhardt asks the question: If our blessed Lord and maker hated men, Would He then be … Continue reading
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, … Continue reading