Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller (Page 7)
Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, if I’ve learned something as a pastor, I’ve learned that it is often more difficult to watch someone suffer than to suffer yourself. There’s a prayer that comes from those who are suffering: it’s this, “Lord, help me.” But the prayer that comes from those who are…
Sermon for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? You may be seated. Dear saints, I suspect that many of you have some of those verses and words from St. Paul in the Epistle Lesson, Romans chapter 8, as your confirmation verses. Or if not, as verses that you’ve memorized as a child, verses that you’ve clung to throughout your life. This is…
Sermon for Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, we consider today the Epistle lesson from Romans chapter 8, the words of God through the Apostle Paul, talking about our suffering as Christians. It is, and here’s a way into the text, at least. This is the text that I will use when I get the question from the confirmands: Pastor, why do animals…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, we today hear the end of Matthew chapter 10. We’ve been hearing from Matthew chapter 10 for the last three or four weeks this preaching of Jesus where he was sending his disciples out to preach the kingdom. He was sending them ahead of him so that they would prepare the way that he was going and he was…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, here is the situation that Paul wants to set before us this morning in the Epistle lesson. He talks about what it is to be a slave, either of sin or of righteousness. Those are really the only two options. And here’s the idea. Ever since the fall, Adam and Eve in the garden, when they took the fruit…
Sermon for Third Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more now that we are reconciled shall we be saved by His life. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Della and the baptized, St. Paul is interested in this chapter 5 of Ephesians to let us know. So, to remind us, maybe even to impress upon us, how…
Sermon for Seventh Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Jesus prays, “For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them, and have come to know in truth that I came from you, and have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Amen. Dear Annabelle, Dylan, Caroline, Immy, and Briley, I bow to make your good…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, at the end of his life they were publishing Luther. At the end of Luther’s life they were publishing an edition of his German works, and he wrote in the preface of that a little commentary on Psalm 119. We read or sang a few verses of Psalm 119. We…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. I am the way, the truth, and the life, says Jesus. No one comes to the Father except by me. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, this is an absolutely beautiful text. Wonderful words from our Lord Jesus. And I think, as I was thinking about it this week, that this might be the…
Sermon for Ordination and Installation of Pastor Ross Davis
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed, alleluia. Dear Carrie, Sarah, William, dear brother pastors, especially Circuit Visitor Brinstead, dear family and friends of the pastor-elect, Ross Davis, dear saints of God of St. Paul Lutheran Church, dear friends of Jesus, and dear…
