Christ for Us

Episode 25 of the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast is a response to a CARM.org article, which claims that certain early church fathers denied the real presence and taught a symbolic interpretation of the Lord's Supper. You can read along to the Bible Study, including all the quotes at Christforus.org.   

Third to last Sunday in the Church Year sermon preached by Rev. Rolf Preus in 2011 on the text Matthew 24:15. You can read the text of the sermon at Christforus .org. 

Trinity 24 sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on the text Matthew 9:18-26. You can read the entire sermon on Christforus.org . 

You can read the sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus on Matthew 9:18-26 on Christforus.org . 

Sermon preached on Rev. 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, and Matthew 5:1-2 for All Saints Day observed. You can read the text at Christforus.org. 

Sermon Preached by Rev. Dr. Robert Preus in Kramer Chapel, September 11th, 1986 on the text, Isaiah 50. Source: https://media.ctsfw.edu/Person/Details/227#  

Sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on Romans 3:19-28 for Reformation Sunday. You can read the text at Christforus.org. 

Episode 24 for the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast. You can read the outline on Christforus .org. 

Trinity 21 sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on John 4:46-54. You can read the entire sermon on Christforus.org. 

Sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on Matthew 22:1-14 for Trinity 20. You can read the entire sermon on Christforus .org. 

You can read the entire sermon at Christforus .org. 

Trinity 19 Matthew 9:1-8 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church October 6,2024   One of the problems with much of our medicine is that it does not deal with the root problems, but simply masks the symptoms. We take pain killers to alleviate the pain of an injury for a while, but it does not actually heal the injury.  The treatments for many illnesses and diseases do not work to cure a person,...

IDE Fall Pastors Conference 2024 Pastor James Preus Genesis 4:1-26 October 7, 2024   Adam was the first man. Adam was also the first husband. He knew his wife Eve not in the passion of lust, but in the purity of the marital embrace, and God blessed them with children. Adam was the first father. Adam and Eve and their children composed the first family. Adam was also the first preacher. After God d...

Episode 23 of Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast on Mortal and Venial Sins. Learn more at Christforus.org.  Mortal and Venial Sins   Introduction   The controversy between venial and mortal sin has led to great confusion, not only among Roman Catholics, but especially among Lutherans! The Roman Catholics erroneously define mortal and venial sins, so Lutherans laity have been led to believe that the...

You can read below or go to Christforus.org.  Michaelmas Matthew 18:1-11 and Revelation 12:7-12 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church September 29, 2024   “I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.” We confess these words in the Nicene Creed. From Scripture we learn that God has created not only what we see, but also what we...

You can read the text of this sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus at Christforus .org. 

You can read the text of this sermon preached by Rev. Rolf Preus at Christforus .org. 

Episode 22 of the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast is on Women Pastors and Transgenderism. You can read below or visit Christforus.org.  Women Pastors and Transgenderism   The title of this topic might seem to be needlessly provocative, but it addresses a real theological issue in the Church. When Christ instituted the pastoral office, He instituted it as an exclusively male office. A pastor is a...

Sermon preached for Trinity 17 by Rev. James Preus on Luke 14:1-11.    Trinity 17 Our Hearts Are Restless until They Find Their Rest in Christ Luke 14:1-11 Pastor James Preus Trinity Lutheran Church September 22, 2024   St. Augustine begins his famous work, Confessions with a prayer to God in which He says, “Man, a little piece of Your creation, desires to praise You, a human being ‘bearing his mo...

Sermon preached by Rev. Rolf Preus on Luke 14:1-11 in 2012. You can read the entire text at Christforus .org. 

Trinity 16 sermon on Luke 7:11-17 preached in 2024 by Rev. James Preus. Christforus.org.  Gospel: Luke 7:11-17  11 Soon afterward [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town w...

Rev. Andrew Preus preaches on the 2nd Commandment for his Wednesday School students. 

Trinity 15 sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on Matthew 6:24-34 in 2024.   Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. 25  “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body,...

President of Luther Classical College, Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau visited my congregation and we sat down for a podcast conversation. Apologies on the audio. I have difficulties with interview. I'll improve it before my next interview. However, it is audible.     

Trinity 16 sermon preached by Rev. Rolf Preus on Luke 7:11-17 in 2009. You can read the entire sermon at Christforus .org.