I was brought up in the Catholic Church and am thankfully now “born again “ and saves by God’s grace and not by anything I’ve done. Praise Jesus! While I am glad I know about Saints, especially St Patrick’s story, I do not believe we should pray to them or to Mary. You are correct that this exalts the created over the Creator. Not one of these died for my sin! Nor are they seated at the right hand of God interceding for us. Thank you for your program ✝️ To God be praised!
This was so good Pastor in respect to man will always pick fruit 'outside the box' or off the 'Tree of Good and Evil' and also we cannot put the creation above the creator.
I serendipitously came on this live! What a blessing. Thank you especially for your comment on Luther’s words on body, soul and spirit. I’m now listening to the beginning of the UA-cam that I missed live. Thank you.
Thanks for answering my question about the high church and liberalism. I ask different people about this all the time lately. I get different answers. Still puzzling that one out. I just find it so upsetting when I drive around town and I see a beautiful old stone church building with a sign out front announcing their celebration of pride month. It feels awfully strange when most of the churches that I see as live options to be part of and give to feel very disconnected from history. Thanks again
I was raised a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran. You don't hear much about them. They are as bible -strict (if not more) than the Missouri Synod. That's why I love Pastor Wolfmueller's channel
LCMS and WELS are both confessional Lutheran. They have the exact same theology. Both confess the Book of Concord as their statement of faith. It starts with the statement that The Only reliable judge of theology is Scripture. Its contents are the Apostle's, Nicene and Athenasian Creeds, Luther's large and small Catechisms, the Augsburg Confession (the Lutheran answer to Charles V calling for unity and the source of Confessional Lutheran) and several explanations addressing later disagreements. WELS and LCMS statements on modern issues not discussed earlier are in agreement. Other confessional Lutheran denominations include AALC and ELC. Warning confessional Lutherans consider ELCA heretical. ELCA chose a lesbian Bishop and considers the Bible only partially true. Among other things. Confessional Lutherans are very particular about contamination with false doctrine. Only pastors in complete agreement with the denomination may preach and lead services. Communion is closed only confirmed members may partake. (Confirmation is a public statement of faith after education, the act of joining the congregation, nothing more) Pastors do not participate in ecumenical conferences or usually lead public prayer or anything else that could have pressure to compromise beliefs. WELS is stricter than LCMS. LCMS congregations sponsored Boy Scout troops (theist but any theology accepted) and LCMS joined an international organization of Lutheran denominations not all confessional so WELS broke pulpit and alter fellowship. The break is not hostile or complete. My parents switched from LCMS to WELS because of ability to attend. All it took to be communicate members was a short conversation with the pastor. Another good source of Lutheran thinking and theology is Just & Sinner the channel of Dr. Jordan B. Cooper who is a AALC theologian. Some of his videos are on a theologian to theologian level. Others are very good at clarifying things. For example in a video refuting a video from a Baptist claiming that the early church did not practice infant Baptism he showed that every source supposedly showing that the early church did not practice infant Baptism actually shows that they did. For example Tortullian is shown to have criticized infant Baptism. Dr. Cooper reads a little more of the quote. Tortullian actually said that since Baptism forgives sins (Baptismal Redemption which the Baptists also reject) it is better to wait until the person has more sins to forgive. If Tortullian found it useful to say this obviously infant Baptism was practiced by a significant number of believers. My point is clear and easy to understand explanation. Yet another explanation of Lutheran answers to criticism is Lutheran Satire. It's clever. It's funny. It's theologian correct.
Lol. I LOVE the smell of old books! It was the smell of an old bible that had me stick my face in a bible for the first time in my life and notice "hey, what's with all the red letters in here?". Haha. I had to figure out it was Jesus talking. The first time I ever heard of Jesus was from the smell of an old book !!
I have found myself to be reactive to wine over time. I almost fainted while sitting with a student after the Lord’s Supper and was not helped by my pastor to even discuss my options going forward. I think he thought I was joking? Idk. I spoke with a friend that was fresh out of vicarage and he mentioned diluted wine. I’ve relocated and the churches in my community that we have visited all have diluted wine. Being able to take communion again has been really exciting! 🥖🍷
I love how you said to support your pastors. We worship Jesus, not the Pastor. I have seen pastor cults at a couple of churches. Then when the pastor leaves, the members leave.
I understand about the whole body burial witness, but I have you noticed how much more affordable cremation is? I think that’s a big reason people choose it these days even when they would prefer to be buried. The ones I have known are not trying to test whether God can put their ashes back together, nor give a bad witness against the resurrection, but cremation at the bare minimum is barely within some budgets. Edit: Have to add of course, thanks as always for a very good lesson Pastor.
Not sure how any bible-believing Christian could miss that Jesus had siblings, but if still in doubt, I give you the following verses: Mark 6:3, Matthew 13:55, Matthew 12:46, Galatians 1:19, Acts 1:14, Mark 3:31, John 7:1-10, Luke 8:19. No excuse not to know this in this day and age, but I guess historic churches had the excuse that no bibles were available in languages they understood?
It’s because in Judaism brothers and sisters doesn’t mean biological brothers and sisters but means related ( many were cousins). So there isn’t any proof that brothers in Bible were blood brothers. Back in the days of Jesus there was no name as cousins in Judaism.
I hope the video is only unlistet to be split up or something - I'd appreciate it staying available. 😊 Thank you so much for your service, God bless you! 🙏
I have a question! I am constantly hearing from Catholics “We are the reason you even have the Bible!” and then I’m also hearing, “Martin Luther removed books from the Bible!” Could you do a video over the development of the Bible that Protestants use vs the one that Catholics use? Thank you 😊
Among us, Greeks, there is also the same argument but against Rome. The Reformation put it clearly that the church is invisible and in it the Holy Spirit breaths. It is the Holy Spirit the authoritative principle of the Scriptures and not any visible church. These texts are by themselves more than obvious they are a work of the Holy Spirit. The ancient church just acknowledged the fact. It is not me who says that water is water, but the water is water by itself. Martin Luther did not remove any book. These two are very superficial arguments. Just ignore them.
I am really enjoying your podcast/ sermons! You are revealing yourself as a very enjoyable person. But who are these ant people? In Proverbs 30:25 it tells us that “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat (food) in the summer;”
Are those fleshly desires also the Baal worship of Mammon? If you can't love God and money being worship of Baal don't many pastors need to bear fruit worthy of repentance? Did Luther give up all his riches as he started his church to make sure he wasn't loving money not God? If the new wine is loving God right and your neighbor as yourself won't most pastors already have broke these along with honor parents command robbing with tithing?
Luther never had any riches. His father was self made upper middle class but Luther did not inherit. Luther gave up his worldy possessions, mostly law books, when he became a monk. When his church started itself and made him leader he had only what any monk,priest and theology professor would have. A few robes, writing materials, maby a few books and a cross. Even the bed he slept in was not his.
Greed - Do you do this? if so you'll burn like Judas They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.(Mic 3:10-12 KJV) The ROYAL WE
Sensuality is the work of the flesh, this means it also includes the heterosexual, as far as possible one should abstain from sexual intimacy, because it is the excitement of the flesh, sensual, and we must rise above all sensuality, no matter what your sexual preference.
I was brought up in the Catholic Church and am thankfully now “born again “ and saves by God’s grace and not by anything I’ve done. Praise Jesus! While I am glad I know about Saints, especially St Patrick’s story, I do not believe we should pray to them or to Mary. You are correct that this exalts the created over the Creator. Not one of these died for my sin! Nor are they seated at the right hand of God interceding for us. Thank you for your program ✝️ To God be praised!
This was so good Pastor in respect to man will always pick fruit 'outside the box' or off the 'Tree of Good and Evil' and also we cannot put the creation above the creator.
I serendipitously came on this live! What a blessing. Thank you especially for your comment on Luther’s words on body, soul and spirit. I’m now listening to the beginning of the UA-cam that I missed live. Thank you.
Thanks for answering my question about the high church and liberalism. I ask different people about this all the time lately. I get different answers. Still puzzling that one out.
I just find it so upsetting when I drive around town and I see a beautiful old stone church building with a sign out front announcing their celebration of pride month.
It feels awfully strange when most of the churches that I see as live options to be part of and give to feel very disconnected from history.
Thanks again
I was raised a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran. You don't hear much about them. They are as bible -strict (if not more) than the Missouri Synod. That's why I love Pastor Wolfmueller's channel
LCMS and WELS are both confessional Lutheran. They have the exact same theology. Both confess the Book of Concord as their statement of faith. It starts with the statement that The Only reliable judge of theology is Scripture. Its contents are the Apostle's, Nicene and Athenasian Creeds, Luther's large and small Catechisms, the Augsburg Confession (the Lutheran answer to Charles V calling for unity and the source of Confessional Lutheran) and several explanations addressing later disagreements. WELS and LCMS statements on modern issues not discussed earlier are in agreement. Other confessional Lutheran denominations include AALC and ELC. Warning confessional Lutherans consider ELCA heretical. ELCA chose a lesbian Bishop and considers the Bible only partially true. Among other things.
Confessional Lutherans are very particular about contamination with false doctrine. Only pastors in complete agreement with the denomination may preach and lead services. Communion is closed only confirmed members may partake. (Confirmation is a public statement of faith after education, the act of joining the congregation, nothing more) Pastors do not participate in ecumenical conferences or usually lead public prayer or anything else that could have pressure to compromise beliefs. WELS is stricter than LCMS. LCMS congregations sponsored Boy Scout troops (theist but any theology accepted) and LCMS joined an international organization of Lutheran denominations not all confessional so WELS broke pulpit and alter fellowship. The break is not hostile or complete. My parents switched from LCMS to WELS because of ability to attend. All it took to be communicate members was a short conversation with the pastor.
Another good source of Lutheran thinking and theology is Just & Sinner the channel of Dr. Jordan B. Cooper who is a AALC theologian. Some of his videos are on a theologian to theologian level. Others are very good at clarifying things. For example in a video refuting a video from a Baptist claiming that the early church did not practice infant Baptism he showed that every source supposedly showing that the early church did not practice infant Baptism actually shows that they did. For example Tortullian is shown to have criticized infant Baptism. Dr. Cooper reads a little more of the quote. Tortullian actually said that since Baptism forgives sins (Baptismal Redemption which the Baptists also reject) it is better to wait until the person has more sins to forgive. If Tortullian found it useful to say this obviously infant Baptism was practiced by a significant number of believers. My point is clear and easy to understand explanation.
Yet another explanation of Lutheran answers to criticism is Lutheran Satire. It's clever. It's funny. It's theologian correct.
Lol. I LOVE the smell of old books! It was the smell of an old bible that had me stick my face in a bible for the first time in my life and notice "hey, what's with all the red letters in here?". Haha. I had to figure out it was Jesus talking. The first time I ever heard of Jesus was from the smell of an old book !!
God works in mysterious ways.
The Law and the Gospel into every ear.
I have found myself to be reactive to wine over time. I almost fainted while sitting with a student after the Lord’s Supper and was not helped by my pastor to even discuss my options going forward. I think he thought I was joking? Idk. I spoke with a friend that was fresh out of vicarage and he mentioned diluted wine. I’ve relocated and the churches in my community that we have visited all have diluted wine. Being able to take communion again has been really exciting! 🥖🍷
I love how you said to support your pastors. We worship Jesus, not the Pastor. I have seen pastor cults at a couple of churches. Then when the pastor leaves, the members leave.
I understand about the whole body burial witness, but I have you noticed how much more affordable cremation is? I think that’s a big reason people choose it these days even when they would prefer to be buried. The ones I have known are not trying to test whether God can put their ashes back together, nor give a bad witness against the resurrection, but cremation at the bare minimum is barely within some budgets.
Edit: Have to add of course, thanks as always for a very good lesson Pastor.
Thank you - very informative!
Not sure how any bible-believing Christian could miss that Jesus had siblings, but if still in doubt, I give you the following verses: Mark 6:3, Matthew 13:55, Matthew 12:46, Galatians 1:19, Acts 1:14, Mark 3:31, John 7:1-10, Luke 8:19. No excuse not to know this in this day and age, but I guess historic churches had the excuse that no bibles were available in languages they understood?
It’s because in Judaism brothers and sisters doesn’t mean biological brothers and sisters but means related ( many were cousins). So there isn’t any proof that brothers in Bible were blood brothers. Back in the days of Jesus there was no name as cousins in Judaism.
I hope the video is only unlistet to be split up or something - I'd appreciate it staying available. 😊
Thank you so much for your service, God bless you! 🙏
I have a question! I am constantly hearing from Catholics “We are the reason you even have the Bible!” and then I’m also hearing, “Martin Luther removed books from the Bible!” Could you do a video over the development of the Bible that Protestants use vs the one that Catholics use? Thank you 😊
Among us, Greeks, there is also the same argument but against Rome. The Reformation put it clearly that the church is invisible and in it the Holy Spirit breaths. It is the Holy Spirit the authoritative principle of the Scriptures and not any visible church. These texts are by themselves more than obvious they are a work of the Holy Spirit. The ancient church just acknowledged the fact. It is not me who says that water is water, but the water is water by itself. Martin Luther did not remove any book. These two are very superficial arguments. Just ignore them.
Ευχαριστούμε, Μπράιαν.
I am really enjoying your podcast/ sermons! You are revealing yourself as a very enjoyable person. But who are these ant people? In Proverbs 30:25 it tells us that “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat (food) in the summer;”
Missed it by an hour. Next time! 😂
Is there a commun?
Is a Christian allowed to defend one’s self if their life is threatened?
Are those fleshly desires also the Baal worship of Mammon? If you can't love God and money being worship of Baal don't many pastors need to bear fruit worthy of repentance? Did Luther give up all his riches as he started his church to make sure he wasn't loving money not God? If the new wine is loving God right and your neighbor as yourself won't most pastors already have broke these along with honor parents command robbing with tithing?
Luther never had any riches. His father was self made upper middle class but Luther did not inherit. Luther gave up his worldy possessions, mostly law books, when he became a monk. When his church started itself and made him leader he had only what any monk,priest and theology professor would have. A few robes, writing materials, maby a few books and a cross. Even the bed he slept in was not his.
Greed - Do you do this?
if so you'll burn like Judas
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.(Mic 3:10-12 KJV)
The ROYAL WE
Sensuality is the work of the flesh, this means it also includes the heterosexual, as far as possible one should abstain from sexual intimacy, because it is the excitement of the flesh, sensual, and we must rise above all sensuality, no matter what your sexual preference.