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The Lutheran Podcast

I'm Rev. Eric Wolf, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Sudbury, MA (https://www.stjohnsudburyma.org). This podcast mostly contains the sermons I preach there, though I may add more at some point. I... Read more

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A Sacred Gift (Matthew 10:40-42)

A Sacred Gift (Matthew 10:40-42)

This sermon takes place the week after a challenging congregational meeting. I don't mean "challenging", as in code for ... Read more

7 Jul 2023

13mins

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Enough, but of what? (Pentecost 3)

Enough, but of what? (Pentecost 3)

Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8The Holy Gospel according to Matthew, the ninth chapter.  Glory to you, O Lord!35Jesus went abo... Read more

18 Jun 2023

16mins

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Now That's a Story (Pentecost 2)

Now That's a Story (Pentecost 2)

I'm experimenting with some different things, and one of them is moving to manuscript preaching after not using them in ... Read more

11 Jun 2023

16mins

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Led Away From Temptation to Take the Hard Road to Justice (Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1)

Led Away From Temptation to Take the Hard Road to Justice (Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr wrote in his “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” that his opinion had become that the whit... Read more

26 Feb 2023

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The Transfiguration is a moment that gives a foretaste of completion — not just of the Law and the Prophets, but of an o... Read more

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Killing in the Name Of, A Story Shared (Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6)

Jesus raises the bar for what it means to love each other and to live in community by saying that words can kill, men ca... Read more

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This is a song I wrote for Christmas this year. It’s a rough recording, but love cone down is always a little rough — an... Read more

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Love is Not Fragile (or What Did You Expect? Advent 3)

Love is Not Fragile (or What Did You Expect? Advent 3)

So often our belief and understanding of love is limited to our own fragile capacity. God’s love is not fragile. What di... Read more

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Advent 1: Hope in All Times

Advent 1: Hope in All Times

We spend a lot of time looking up, forward, and backward trying to figure out what will happen in a future we aren’t gua... Read more

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Grieving Club Q and a World Made Too Small by Bigotry (Christ the King 2022)

Grieving Club Q and a World Made Too Small by Bigotry (Christ the King 2022)

My plan for Christ the King’s sermon was much different before waking up to news of the tragedy at Club Q. This didn’t h... Read more

27 Nov 2022

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