Good Friday: Wrath Has Gone Forth
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. “Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone…
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“The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion”: The Seventh Petition
“The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion” is the theme of the Lenten devotion that Steadfast Lutherans has put together this year. The…
The Fear of the Lord
“Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord” (Ps. 34:11). Do you fear the Lord? “Why…
Lutheran Church or 7-Eleven? A Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
In today’s Holy Gospel (Mark 7:31-37), our Lord shows us how profoundly our hearing affects us. Before he’d heard God’s Word, the man…
“Father, Forgive Them” — Sermon by Pastor Rolf Preus
Ash Wednesday February 10, 2016 “Father, Forgive Them” Luke 23:32-34 “There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to…
Preaching, God’s Laxative for Your Heart
Before next Sunday, we will once again celebrate that most significant of events in human history, the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ….
Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
In the movie, Saving Private Ryan, Private Reiben asks, “Where’s the sense of riskin’ the lives of the eight of us to save…
Did Jesus Use iPhone’s Apple Maps
When iPhone got Apple Maps, Apple received a storm of criticism. The maps were inaccurate. Australian police issued a warning not to use…
Alexamenos Worships His God
It is great having interaction between authors and readers here on Brothers of John the Steadfast. One of our readers posted a thoughtful…
Talking about the Black Sheep of the Family
The children of a prominent family commissioned a biographer to write a book of family history. They warned him about the black sheep…
Jesus in the Lions’ Den: A Sermon for the Nativity of Our Lord
Our celebration of the Savior’s birth can become so routine that we become numb to the joy—and the horror— of it all. On…
One Word in Absolute Darkness
With the Bakken oil boom, it seldom is dark anymore at our farm. There is usually some light from gas flares. It’s not…
Rejoicing in the Violence of the Cross: A Sermon for Gaudete on Matthew 11:2-10
The introduction to this sermon has been adapted from Pastor Ken Kelly’s excellent Gaudete homily. You can read the whole thing at: http://homofactusest.com/2013/12/10/gaudete-rejoice-in-the-lord/. That John…
Thanksgiving Day- Jesus is Not Ashamed of You (Romans 1:16)
Thank God for the Gospel! As we celebrate this day of Thanksgiving, it is meet, right, and salutary to give thanks to…
Last Sunday of the Church Year: Wake Awake, for Night is Flying (St. Matthew 25:1-13)
The Bridegroom soon will call us, “Come to the wedding feast.” May slumber not befall us nor watchfulness decrease (LSB 514, st. 1). Ten…
Keeping Mercy & Life Together Together
I recently had the privilege of attending “In the World for Good”, a conference on Urban Ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary in…