Rome Examined: The Canonical Books or the Canon of Scripture (1:6)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
Author: Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller
Bryan Wolfmueller, pastor of St Paul and Jesus Deaf Lutheran Churches in Austin, TX, author of "A Martyr's Faith for a Faithless World", "Has American Christianity Failed?", co-host of Table Talk Radio, teacher of Grappling with the Text, and theological adventure traveler.
Rome Examined: Testimonies of the Ancient Church concerning the Scriptures (1:5)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
Rome Examined: New Testament Scripture (1:4)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
Rome Examined: Papal Tradition in Its Relationship to Pharisaic and Talmudic Tradition (1:3)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
Rome Examined: On the Origin, Reliability, and Use of New Testament Scripture (1:2)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
Rome Examined: On Scripture (1:1)
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s ...
A Simple Order of Prayer for Couples
This simple order of prayer is intended for couples, married, engaged, dating, at the end of the day. Adam is the man; Eve is the woman. As head of house,...
Rome Examined: Eight Classes of Tradition
Crowd-sourcing some footnotes! The Council of Trent is Rome’s theological answer to the arguments of Luther. Martin Chemnitz’s Examination of the Co...
Every Christian a Martyr
Here is the introduction to And Take They Our Life, Martin Luther’s Theology of Martyrdom, a little book I wrote a few years ago that you can download for...
Faith in Suffering: The Art of Arts
In Genesis 37:31-33, Joseph’s brothers have sold him into slavery, and now they dip his robe in goat blood and show it to their father. It is a horrible p...
Barrier Breakers & Distinction Keepers: Two Theological Impulses
A Thought Experiment to Get to the Root of the Argument Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Across the Texas District (and in the wider Lutheran Church, Miss...
What is the gift of tongues?
Here’s a newsletter article on the topic from 2006. PrBW Tongues in the Book of Acts The answer to this question is plain from the Scriptures: the gift of...
On Race and Races: A Debate
A few months back Linneaus reached out to me on Twitter, asking if we could have a formal debate on the topic of Race. I agreed, and our opening arguments...
Genesis as a Handbook of Prayer (22 excerpts from Luther’s Lectures)
In the Worldwide Bible Class we’ve been studying the life of Jacob with Martin Luther’s Genesis Lectures. A few months back it occurred to me, “This is really a...
“Cain Goes on Killing Abel”
Martin Luther’s understanding of the history of the world as the persecution of the Gospel Here are a few pages from Luther’s 1535 Preface to the 15...
Who forgives sins?
There are some who would say that the authority to forgive sins belongs to the office of the ministry. That is, only pastors can forgive sins. I’d like to...
Has American Christianity Failed? Interview with LongforTruth
This was a fun conversation. Enjoy!
“This is the doctrine of the entire Holy Scripture” (Martin Luther on the faith of Jacob)
In the Worldwide Bible Class this morning we covered a remarkable portion of Luther’s Genesis commentary. Here’s the context. Jacob is returning to ...
A Catholic and Evangelical talk about BAPTISM & COMMUNION with a Lutheran Pastor?!
This was a fun conversation. Thanks to Jacque and Megan for having me on the show. Here’s part two about the Lord’s Supper:
Comfort for Suffering Christians: Martin Luther on John 15:1
(LW 24, 193-201) I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.Every branch of Mine that bears no fruit He takes away,and every branch that does bear fru...