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Lutheran Theology/Martin Luther

Luther on the Assurance of Salvation

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

(and against speculative theology…) Here’s a few fantastic pages from Luther’s commentary on Genesis 26:9 for your consideration. [HT: Chris Brynestad for this reference.] For the theologians, note how Luther…

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Free Bible Study Tools

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

There are a lot of resources for Bible Study out there. Here are some of the free tools I use all the time. (If you have suggestions, please put them…

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Lutheran Theology/Martin Luther

Martin Luther’s works quoted in the Lutheran Confessions

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

In 1577, 31 years after Luther’s death, the theologians committed to the Augsburg Confession gathered in conversation to address false and dangerous teaching that was coming into the church. The…

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Prayer for the New Year

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

Here’s the prayer for the New Year from the Lutheran Liturgy (mentioned in this Sunday Drive Home).

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Martin Luther on “Body, Soul, Spirit”

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

… or the person is like the Tabernacle Here’s a very helpful excerpt from Martin Luther’s commentary on Luke 1:46 (Mary’s Magnificat), explaining and illustrating the three parts of a…

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Lutheran Theology/Martin Luther

Martin Luther on Christmas, Devotional Excerpts

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

…we may now boast that God has become our brother, nay our flesh and blood. (Martin Luther, Christmas Sermon)

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T. S. Eliot on the Deathwork of Science and the Lifework of the Church (or better: The Faith)

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

Plotting of happiness and flinging empty bottles,
Turning from your vacancy to fevered enthusiasm

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C. S. Lewis on Nostalgia

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

from the Weight of Glory: In speaking of this desire for our own faroff country, which we find in ourselves even now, I feel a certain shyness. I am almost…

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Cyprian on Mortality

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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Cyprian’s Sermon to Christians in a Plague

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

HT Carl Roth for sending me this sermon. In the year of our Lord 252, Cyprian wrote this sermon to encourage the Christians facing a plague. Some were afraid to…

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The Psalter and the Lord’s Prayer

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

“It would not be difficult to arrange all of [the psalms] according to the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, and thus to show how the Psalter is entirely taken up…

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2022: A Year of Peace Calendar

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

Here’s a little calendar to help you sanctify the time. 2022: A Year of Peace Here are the images. Feel free to use them for anything else.

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Theological Gift Guide, 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

well, really, it’s more of a link to things on sale today. But most is theological. First, a bunch of you (three) have asked if I’ve made a calendar for…

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Success vs Suffering, QnA with Dr. Schultz

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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As for me and my house…

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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Does the Lord hear Isaac’s prayer?

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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All Saints, three sermons, Mattew 5, 1 John 3, Revelation 7

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

Here’s the latest Sunday Drive Home podcast:   Theology is not boring, it can’t be. The Lord’s word is the height of what is good and true and beautiful. In…

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Chastity is Martyrdom: Genesis 21:19-20 with Martin Luther

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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How to deal with lust. (Advice from Martin Luther)

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

Here’s a study of this text: Moreover, it is not without purpose and beside the point when Holy Scripture states that Isaac married Rebecca when he was 40 years old….

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Where the LUTHERANS fit in with the other denominations

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller

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