Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen, he is risen indeed. Hallelujah. And dear saints, I promise you that with a good shepherd like our Lord Jesus, we need fear nothing at all. But rejoice in his care and his provision in this life, which brings us at last to the life to come. And that’s what we want to talk about this morning, especially this almost unbelievably…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Dear saints, we rejoice in that fact this morning and I’d like to… I’d like to meditate on it, the resurrection of our Lord Jesus really in two ways. And if you’re just thinking “oh wow, only two things,” well, the second point has three points, so really four ways. But we’re going to divide it this way: the…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, we celebrate today rightly on Palm Sunday as the triumphal entry of our Lord Jesus. But I think that if we understood it right in its historical context, and even as it’s presented to us in the scriptures, we might, instead of calling it the triumphal entry of Jesus, call it the triumphal entry of…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Nicole, and all of you who bear the Lord’s name and the light of his countenance into the world, and to our confirmands, Kara and Christian, and to all those who have made the martyrs’ promise. Grace to you in peace from our Lord Jesus Christ. The scripture texts take us to a bunch of exotic places…
Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, our Lord Jesus wants us to know about the unseen reality that surrounds us, and that is the realm of the angels and the fallen angels. the realm of the devil and the demons. Now, he doesn’t want us to know a lot about it. It’s not as if the scriptures is simply a handbook in the geography and…
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Morgan and all the baptized, it is not by accident that immediately after his baptism, the Lord Jesus is driven into the wilderness by the devil. He fasts for 40 days. He’s tempted by the devil in every way, it says in the Gospel of Mark. And this is true for all of us. We are not baptized into paradise. We…
Sermon for Sexagesima
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, the Lord Jesus would have us know and understand His kingdom, and especially because His kingdom is so different than all of the other kingdoms of the world. It’s not a kingdom that advances by sword or by might or by power. His kingdom is not a kingdom of armies or battles. His kingdom, he says, is…
Sermon for the Confession of St Peter
[Machine transcription] Jesus asked them, Who do you say that I am? Peter answered him, You are the Christ. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, today we rejoice in hearing this confession of St. Peter, where he teaches us to know the second and of two things that every person must know. So I think we’ll review both of them today. There are…
Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, today we rejoice in Jesus’ baptism and in our own. There is enough in the gift of Holy Baptism for us to meditate on for our entire lives. So says Dr. Luther in the large catechism, and it’s right. I think, in fact, there’s probably enough for us to meditate on just in the baptism of our…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday in Advent
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Elizabeth, dear saints, the cousin of Mary, receives this visitor, Mary. Both of them are pregnant. And Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, knows exactly who is visiting her. She says these astonishing words: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why is this granted to me that…