Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller (Page 8)
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…
Sermon for Second Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground in the garden, and then he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. That was the first gift of life. Life, the gift that Adam and Eve squandered in the garden when they ate the…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” You may be seated. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. God be praised that we are gathered here as we’ve been emphasizing all week on the 1,990th anniversary of our Lord’s death and resurrection from the dead. We want to hone in on those…
Sermon for Maundy Thursday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, we gather tonight on the anniversary of the institution of the Lord’s Supper, not just to remember what our Lord did those hundreds of years ago, but also to receive the same gift that he put in place, the body and the blood, for our life and salvation and the forgiveness of all of our sins. I want to…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, Jesus rides into Jerusalem, willfully, desiring your salvation. And he goes to accomplish and to finish what he began. As I have ministered to you and served as your pastor, here, one of the things that I’ve been trying to do is to set you all free from the fear of death, to be unafraid of the last…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Jesus hears that Lazarus is ill, and so he waits two days to go and visit. But then when it’s time, he announces it to the disciples, and they’re hesitant, knowing that this is going to be a dangerous endeavor. But they go anyway. It’s a stunning and beautiful text. There’s a lot for us to…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “For judgment I came into this world that those who do not see may see and those who see may become blind.” You may be seated in the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, it was such a rich, long gospel reading. I don’t know quite what to do. I told Jonathan this morning that I think there’s eight sermons here in…
Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, Some of the men of the congregation were gathered down for the men’s retreat at Camp Lone Star the last couple of days, listening to Pastor Whedon teach on 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians too, where Paul reminds us, rejoice always. Like he does to every church, rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I…