The Lutheran Podcast
I'm Rev. Eric Wolf, a pastor, writer, and musician.
I've previously posted almost exclusively sermons, but I'm writing a book called Myth of a Dying Church, and am now also posting episodes about the topics in and related to the book.
I believe strongly that the task of preaching is to engage Scripture as a mirror held up to our lives so that we can confront what we see with integrity. This image we engage helps us to understand what it means to be Children of God; gain perspective of what it means that our primary citizenship and allegiance belongs to God’s Kingdom; and discover how the love of God transforms what we see when we look at ourselves, the people in our lives, and the world that God so loves.
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- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 197
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Created to be Different (St. Matthews, Lexington Homecoming Mark 10:2-16)
so often we hear the words of the Bible as law — what we HAVE to do. How do we change the way we hear these verses that discuss things like divorce so that we can instead hear them as words of promis…
00:27:24 |
Sun 07 Oct 2018
Bible in One Hand (St. John, Pomaria Mark 9:38-50)
Carl Barth instructed us to preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other, but what do we do when the newspaper has stories like it did this week? How do we in the Church live out …
00:29:48 |
Sun 30 Sep 2018
Our Racing Hearts Are Open (Augsburg, Union Homecoming)
The audio is terrible because of pocket noise despite the microphone, I apologize!!!
We all experience times when our hearts are closed off, when our hearts are racing and we don’t know what to do …
00:20:17 |
Sun 09 Sep 2018
The Food We Seek (Homecoming at Mt. Calvary, Johnston)
Jesus sees the crowds return after feeding them and realizes a hard truth: they don't get it, and they never will. Why are WE seeking Jesus: because our bellies are full, or because we have caught a …
00:18:28 |
Sun 05 Aug 2018
Calling and Cross Bearing
When God calls, it's often to places that make us uncomfortable. How can we answer God's call faithfully when we usually want to be comfortable more than anything else?
00:24:37 |
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Rough Roads, New Hope (Advent 3 at Pleasant Springs at Christ Mission - Mark 1:1-8)
In this moment of uncertainty and growing conflict, the truth people tell about the world is a truth we're tempted to believe. Through the waters of baptism, God calls us to believe a new truth: that…
00:18:28 |
Sun 10 Dec 2017
Reconciled to Christ (Christ the King Sunday at Reformation, Columbia)
Preaching at our home congregation while Pastor Tim is away, I pondered what it means that Reformation is a Reconciling in Christ congregation, and am convinced that in order to be a congregation or …
00:18:23 |
Sat 02 Dec 2017
Angry Enough to Die (Homecoming at St. Thomas, Chapin Matthew 20)
How do we handle an unfair justice or undeserved mercy? Living in the Kingdom of God is like this.
00:19:13 |
Sun 24 Sep 2017
As We Forgive (Cedar Grove, Leesville Homecoming- Matthew 18)
Forgiveness is a road to freedom. #asweforgive #scsynod #elca
00:24:28 |
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Storms and Silence (St. Johannes, Charleston installation of Rev. Shrum)
In a time of storms, where can we find space to encounter God?#scsynod #elca
00:21:06 |
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Living With the Enemy (Providence, Lexington - Matthew 13)
I'm the words of Opus, "we have met the enemy and it is us".
00:17:17 |
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Hearts of Dirt (Wittenberg, Batesburg-Leesville 11am
Jesus's Parable of the Sower is widely known, but how do we fit in? What kind of soil is my heart? And who will hear this without ears?
00:20:57 |
Sun 16 Jul 2017
Rest (St. John's, Spartanburg)
The editing tool is broken. The sermon begins at around 10 minutes with "I think we may have a future pastor in here".
00:28:39 |
Sun 16 Jul 2017
Go! (St. Matthias, Easley)
What are we called to do as the Church? Leave our buildings and be in the world, share the love of God and the good news that the Kingdom is near.
00:26:51 |
Sun 09 Jul 2017
LCY President Ben Bernstein, 2017 LCY Convention Sermon
The Gospel text was John 8:31-36. Each year at LCY Convention, the president delivers our sermon at Sunday worship. This year was President Ben Bernstein, completing his second term, who have a word …
00:07:55 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
A New Kind of Miracle (Pentecost at St. Nicholas, Fairfax Parish)
When we hear of the miracles in the Bible, we often mistake why they're important. Miracles are important because they reveal the glory of God in a language our hearts can comprehend. How will you re…
00:18:28 |
Sun 04 Jun 2017
God Speaking Our Language (Pentecost at Trinity, Fairfax Parish)
The miracle of Pentecost is heading God speak in the language we can understand.
00:21:48 |
Sun 04 Jun 2017
A Joy Complete (Installation of Rev. Michele Fischer at Good Shepherd, Swansea)
It was a pleasure to join the fine Lutherans at Good Shepherd, Swansea for the installation of Rev. Michele Fischer. What is this relationship between pastor and congregation about? Is it about loo…
00:13:51 |
Sat 13 May 2017
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