Quasimodo Geniti (Second Sunday in Easter) sermon by Rev. James Preus. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2026/04/17/christ-institutes-the-ministry-of-peace/ or on my Substack: https://pastorpreus.substack.com/ 

Good Shepherd sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus from 2007 on the Gospel Lesson, John 10:11. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/14/the-good-shepherd-gives-his-life-for-the-sheep/ 

Good Shepherd Sunday sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus from 2017 on the Old Testament Lesson, Ezekiel 34:11-16. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/10/the-lord-jesus-our-shepherd/ 

Good Shepherd Sunday (Third Sunday in Easter) sermon by Rev. Rolf Preus from 2010, on the Epistle lesson, 1 Peter 2:21-25. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/14/the-shepherd-and-bishop-of-our-souls/ 

Episode 65 of the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast concludes the Lord's Prayer with the Seventh Petition and Conclusion. You can read the outline at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2026/04/08/episode-65-the-seventh-petition-and-conclusion-of-the-lords-prayer/ or on my Substack: https://pastorpreus.substack.com/ 

The Seventh Petition

But deliver us from evil.

What does this mean? We pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heaven would rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation, and finally, when our last hour comes, give us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Himself in heaven.

Conclusion to the Lord’s Prayer

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.  

What does this mean?

This means that I should be certain that these petitions are pleasing to our Father in heaven, and are heard by Him; for He Himself has commanded us to pray in this way and has promised to hear us. Amen, amen means “yes, yes, it shall be so.”

Quasimodogeniti Sunday Sermon by  Rev. Rolf D. Preus, preached on May 1, 2011 on the Gospel Lesson, St. John 20:19-23.  You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/06/the-ministry-of-peace/ 

Quasimodogeniti Sunday Sermon preached on April 19, 2009 by Rev. Rolf Preus on the Gospel lesson St. John 20, 24-29. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/06/faith-founded-on-fact/ 

Quasimodogeniti Sunday Sermon preached April 7, 2013 by Rev. Rolf Preus on 1 John 5:4-12. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2021/04/06/the-faith-that-overcomes-the-world/ 

Episode 65 of the Christ for Us Bible Study Podcast concludes the Lord's Prayer with the Seventh Petition and Conclusion. You can read the outline at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2026/04/08/episode-65-the-seventh-petition-and-conclusion-of-the-lords-prayer/ or on my Substack: https://pastorpreus.substack.com/ 

The Seventh Petition

But deliver us from evil.

What does this mean? We pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heaven would rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation, and finally, when our last hour comes, give us a blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Himself in heaven.

Conclusion to the Lord’s Prayer

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.  

What does this mean?

This means that I should be certain that these petitions are pleasing to our Father in heaven, and are heard by Him; for He Himself has commanded us to pray in this way and has promised to hear us. Amen, amen means “yes, yes, it shall be so.”

Easter sermon preached by Rev. James Preus on the Gospel Lesson, Mark 16:1-8. You can read the text of the sermon at https://christforus.org/NewSite/index.php/2026/04/08/amen-amen-this-is-most-certainly-true/ or on my Substack https://pastorpreus.substack.com/ Subscribe to my Substack to receive sermons and Bible Studies via email.