Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller
Sermon for Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, in my reading of things, I think the devil has three generally different tactics for attacking us, three different directions that he tries to get at us. If you could think of your heart like a house, he’s like a thief trying to break into the house, and he first will try the front door. The front door…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear saints, our Lord Jesus is going to contrast for us this morning, and this is, in fact, hard work that he’s doing in our hearts. He’s going to contrast for us what the good life is versus what the blessed life is. Now, we all have, in our own minds and hearts and conscience, a picture of the good life.…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, we have two examples in the readings this morning of a terrified conscience, and we want to think about that—what that means also for us. The first is Saint Peter, who was a disciple of Jesus already, but Jesus had released him, and James and John, back to their fishing for a time until this text today, when…
Sermon for St Titus, Pastor and Confessor
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Aidan and Francis and all of the Lord’s children, we give thanks to God today that even though the flower fades and the grass withers, the word of the Lord endures forever. And we rejoice in that word now. Especially, we want to take up the problem that I think all of our texts are addressing, and that is, how…
Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, this morning we consider the wisdom and courage of baptism—the baptism that the Lord Jesus has given to all of his people. And if, by the way, you’re visiting and you haven’t been baptized, make sure to check in with me before you leave and we can work on that. Martin Luther says about baptism…
Sermon for the Epiphany of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. He has crammed just about every word for joy in the smallest possible space. Listen to what happens with these wise men when they see the star, which apparently had disappeared for a little while while they got to Jerusalem, and then the scribes called by Herod tell them that the Messiah is going to be born in Bethlehem,…
Sermon for Christmas Day
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. The first is that we want to remember that our Lord Jesus Christ, the second person of the Holy Trinity, is eternal. That he was begotten of the Father before all worlds. In that eternal day, like we chanted in Psalm 2, today I have begotten you. We heard it confessed by John in the very first verse of his chapter, of…
Sermon for Christmas Eve
[Machine transcription] And there was a multitude of angels and the heavenly hosts praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Merry Christmas, and may God’s peace be with you as we are gathered here on the eve of the 2026th…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, this book of Hebrews is a marvelous, we’ve been studying it in Sunday school, such a marvelous text, beautiful sermon. It starts out with all of these verses Times when the Father is speaking to the Son in the Old Testament: Psalm 2, “You’re my Son, today I’ve begotten you.”…
Sermon for Third Sunday in Advent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “I tell you, among those born of women, none is greater than John, yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” You may be seated. Dear Brandon, and to all the lords baptized, we are part of the kingdom of God that Jesus is preaching about. This text is so wonderful. It’s a kind of tough text,…
