Sermons by Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller (Page 3)
Sermon for Second Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, this is a wild story from Luke chapter 8, where Jesus takes his disciples across the Sea of Galilee to the east side, to the region of the garrisons where the pagans were living. He is encountered when he jumps out of the boat by this naked crazy man who was possessed by the devil and the demons. He comes…
Sermon for the Holy Trinity
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I think there’s normally, dear saints, three spots that we trip up in the Athanasian Creed and need to explain. At least three questions that I always get after we confess it. The first is, hey, pastor, are we now saying that we’re saved by our works? Because after…
Sermon for the Day of Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Dear saints, our work today that the Lord has joyfully given us is to consider the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Holy Spirit that descended upon the upper room those 1,992 years ago today. That Holy Spirit who descended and gave the apostles—who, even though they had seen…
Sermon for the Ascension of Our Lord
[Machine transcription] While they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into heaven? This Jesus who has taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way you saw him go into heaven.” Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. In the name of Jesus. Amen. You may be seated.…
Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen, he has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Mark and Hank and Noah, to all the baptized and to all those who confess our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus, in the gospel lesson tonight, is giving his last sermon. In fact, this is the last part of his last sermon to his disciples. Right after the words that we…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] When they heard these things, they fell silent and they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also, God has granted repentance that leads to life.” Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear Saints, we are going to end up right there with that text from Acts chapter 11 that God has…
Sermon for Third Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He has risen indeed. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Saints, last week we heard from John chapter 20, the very end, where John says why he’s written all of these things down. He says, there’s many other things that Jesus did that were not written in this book, but these were written so that you would…
Sermon for Easter Sunday
[Machine transcription] Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Hallelujah. And dear saints, that’s a good thing for us. Because if Christ were not risen from the dead, our faith would be in vain. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we would have no hope beyond the veil of death. If Christ were not risen from the dead, we of all people are the most to be pitied.…
Sermon for Easter Vigil
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. The gospel text from Matthew printed in your bulletin is the text for Holy Saturday. That text from John 20 is the text for the Easter vigil. And it’s quite fitting that we, in fact, would think about both of them because we’re right on the cusp of this most momentous occasion. When the sun goes down on…
Sermon for Palm Sunday
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Do Joshua and all the baptized. We rejoice today that Jesus, knowing what was going to happen, knowing that this was the week of his suffering, of his trial, of his beating, of his arrest, of his crucifixion, of his being laid in the tomb, and knowing even beyond that what lay ahead, Jesus still goes and grabs a donkey…