Preached at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California on the 25th Anniversary Service of Holy Cross and the 40th Anniversary of Pastor John-Paul Meyer’s Ordination. Our guest preacher is Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr., President of Concordia Theological Seminary and Professor of American Christianity and American Lutheranism.

Sermon Text: Matthew 19:1-10
Sermon Theme: “God’s Chosen People”

Old Testament: 1 Kings 8:22-30
Epistle: Revelation 21:1-5
Holy Gospel: Luke 19:1-10

Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr. is the President of Concordia Theological Seminary and Professor of American Christianity and American Lutheranism. Dr. Rast joined the Department of Historical Theology in the fall of 1996 after serving as pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church, Madison, Tennessee (1992-96). He received his B.A. from Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois (1986), and his M.Div. (1990) and S.T.M. (1995) from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. In 2003, he earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Rast is a member of the Board of Directors for the journal Lutheran Quarterly and the editorial committee of the Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. He is a faculty representative on the LCMS’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (2006-present) and is the Chairman of that commission (2010-present).