Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller (Page 11)
Sermon for Reformation Sunday
[Machine transcription] Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Harrison, and all the baptized, I want to begin today by meditating and thinking carefully about the law of God, and what the law…
Sermon for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Jesus told the parable to some who trusted themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we should not live like beasts and act like animals. We should endeavor to be good people. But everybody knows that. Every religion and every philosophy in the world says that…
Sermon for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] So Jacob called the name of the place Piniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been spared. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, Jacob is 91 years old in the text, 91. That makes his brother Esau also 91; they were twins, remember? And they had been at it for 91 years. Here’s the back…
Sermon for Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, we’ve heard the voice of the prophets, especially today the prophet Habakkuk. We’ve heard the voice of the apostles, especially today the voice of Saint Paul writing to Timothy. We’ve heard the voice of Jesus in the gospel commanding us to forgive, and even after we’ve forgiven, to…
Sermon for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, it is appointed for man once to die and then to be judged. That is a fearful proposition, especially as we consider that we are sinners and that we have deserved the Lord’s judgment, that we’ve earned it, that we have by our breaking of God’s commandments made ourselves worthy of hell and…
Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear James and Noriko, dear Harrison, dear Blair and Tina, dear Andrea and Suzanne, dear saints of God, Jesus has a hard word for us today. He says, unless you hate, hate your father and your mother, your wife and your children, your brothers and sisters, your own life, you cannot be my disciple. What about love?…
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. It’s the Sabbath day and Jesus is invited out to dinner by some Pharisees, and they were watching him very closely because to this dinner they had also conveniently invited a man who was sick. They sat him there right next to Jesus as if this was going to be a temptation. Now here’s what the Pharisees knew.…
Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we rejoice this morning, especially in the gifts that Jesus gives us in His Kingdom, in His Church, in what is said in the Sermon of Hebrews is Mount Zion. But first, I don’t want to skip over the Gospel, because it’s a tough one, and we want to…
Sermon for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, I’ve heard recently, in fact a lot in the last month or so, of pastors, brothers in the office who were criticized for preaching too much about politics and culture from the pulpit. Now, I understand that criticism because when we talk about these things, we need to take extreme care and be very…
Sermon for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, Jesus continues to get after us today in the sermon, which is a continuation of the preaching from last week, where Jesus is assaulting the idol of Mammon and our tendency to worship our possessions and live only for this life. There’s a connection between the two texts, actually last week and this…