Martin Luther on the Doctrine of the Call (Commentary on Galatians 1:1)
Martin Luther is phenomenal on the doctrine of the call. Here are his comments on Galatians 1:1, reminding us of the importance of the call. This is a challengi...
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Martin Luther: Forgiveness Won, Forgiveness Delivered
This should be learned: So that our readers may the better perceive our teaching I shall clearly and broadly describe it. We treat of the forgiveness of sins in...
The Cross: The Devil’s Destruction
Here’s another old article I pulled out for today’s video on the YouTubes. This good news never gets old. Enjoy! Satan, the Accuser Who is the devil...
Infant Faith: A List of Scriptures
Read this article in Spanish or in Greek. Here’s an old article that has not outlived its usefulness. It was 2006, I was a baby pastor, and I was constant...
The Unresolved Life
Thanks, Teresa, for having me on the Unresolved Life Podcast. What a fun conversation. http://unresolved.life/24-interview-bryan-wolfmueller%E2%80%8B/
Five Things to Do at the Deathbed of a Loved One
UPDATE: We turned this blogpost into a little booklet. Download a free copy or order a printed book here! I had the great privilege of visiting my grandfather&#...
If you could ask God ones question…
I’m always interested in peoples spiritual attitudes, but getting into that kind of conversation is often difficult. What kind of things can we say or ask...
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Roots Campus Ministry Lectures: The Next 500 Years of the Reformation
It was wonderful to be invited by the students of Lindenwood to reflect on the next 500 years of the Reformation. What a question! In these videos I reflect on....
The Ministerial vs Magisterial Use of Feelings
In the fight about the authority of the Bible there was a helpful distinction made: “the Ministerial” versus “the Magisterial use of reason.” The defenders of t...
Mortis Dulcia Nomina, “The Sweet Names of Death”
Tucked away in a few footnotes in volume three of Pieper’s Dogmatics is this gem of comfort, both for pastors and die-ers: the sweet names of death. ...
Martin Luther on “The One Great Book”
Here’s another little gem from Lenker’s introduction in Luther’s Genesis, a quotation from Luther on having too many books. “The aggrega...
What We Can and Can’t Do, the Two Tables of the Law
To warm us up, here is some handy theological vocabulary: “The Two Tables of the Law.” When Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mt. Sinai t...
“Has American Christianity Failed?” Study Guide and Questions
Many thanks to Pr Mark Moreno for putting together this study guide of “Has American Christianity Failed?” Has Christianity Failed_ Study Questions ...
Genesis 1:26, “Let Us Make Man,” Luther’s defence of the Trinitarian Teaching
In Genesis 1:26 we hear the conversation of the Godhead about the creation of humanity: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And le...
Teaching the Conscience to the Youth, A Survey
This essay was prepared for the Doxology Collegium, and was published in the second volume of Seelsorger, A Journal of Pastoral Care. -BW The aim of our ...
A Beautiful Quotation from Athanasius On the Incarnation
We have, then, now stated in part, as far as it was possible, and as ourselves had been able to understand, the reason of His bodily appearing; that it was...
Good, Bad, or In-Between (A Short Survey of the Doctrine of Man)
This is a re-post of an article I wrote some years ago. You can still find the original at www.hope-aurora.org. Name that Creed What is man? All theologies answ...
Thinking Like a Lutheran: The Three Estates (Quotation Collection Post)
The Church The Family The State. These are the three estates created and instituted by God. These estates are how God has ordered the cosmos. These estates are ...
Are You Hearing the Voice of God (A Guide)
(Updated with a bigger image, and pdf download) Hearing the Voice of God pdf download
How to Tell if You’re Being Emotionally Manipulated by a Youth Speaker, A Check-List
(This could come in handy for some of us this summer.) They begin in an ecstatic frenzy and ends in an intimate whisper. Quotes incessantly from pop-culture m...