Sermons of C. F. W. Walther

• The Heavenly Minded Christian in His Earthly Calling.
  Luke 5:1-11. 5th Sunday after Trinity, 1865.
  
  
• The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ.
  Mark 7:31-37. 12th Sunday after Trinity, 1846.
  
  
• The Daily Renewing of the Christian in the Image of God.
  Ephesians 4:22-28. 19th Sunday after Trinity, 1841.
  
  
• Man's Working Together With God After Conversion.
  II Corinthians 6:1-10. 1st Sunday in Lent, 1855.
  
  
• The Folly of Those Who Serve God But Do Not Want to Serve Him Alone.
  Matthew 6:24-34. 15th Sunday after Trinity, 1850.
  
  
• The Disastrous Results of Despising God's Law.
  Matthew 22:34-46. 18th Sunday after Trinity, 1844.
  
  
• How We Must Receive God's Word to Be Saved.
  Luke 8:4-15. Sexagesima Sunday, 1845.
  
  
• Hearers But Not Doers of the Word Deceive Themselves.
  James 1:22-27. 5th Sunday after Easter, 1849.
  
  
• The Attitude of Most Men Toward God's Invitation to His Heavenly Marriage.
  Matthew 22:1-14. 20th Sunday after Trinity, 1846.
  
  
• Three signs of Having the True Faith.
  I Corinthians 15:1-10. 11th Sunday after Trinity, 1841.
  
  
• The Love Toward God.
  I John 4:15-21. 1st Sunday after Trinity, 1841.
  
  
• God's Wrath on the Children of Disobedience After Christ's Reconcilation.
  Ephesians 5:1-9. 3rd Sunday in Lent, 1869.
  
  

Addition Sermons
(Translated by Rev. Donald E. Heck)

• The Judgment of the Sheep Over Their Shepherds.
  Matthew 7:15-23. Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
  
  
• The Special Comfort of Private Absolution.
  Matthew 9:1-8. Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity.
  
  
• They Err who Deny Preachers the Power to Forgive Sins.
  John 20:19-31. First Sunday After Easter.
  
  
• The Keys of Death and Hell, the Real Fruit of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  Revelation 1:18. First Sunday After Easter.
  
  
• The Greatness and Glory of the Office of the Gospel Ministry.
  2 Corinthians 3:4-11. Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
  
  
• The Ascension of Jesus Christ a Sure Foundation of Our Faith.
  Mark 16:14-16. Ascension Day.
  
  
• Why Dare and Can We Never Give Up the Church's Struggle for the Pure Doctrine?
  Jude 3. Reformation Day, 1876.
  
  
• Christ's Ship on the Sea of Galilee, a Picture of the Church of Our Times.
  Matthew 8:23-27. Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.
  
  

• Introduction
  
  
• Meditation 1, True Confession of Sin.
  An Acknowledgment of a Fault Heals It.
  
  
• Meditation 2, An Exercise of Repentance From our Lord's Passion.
  Behold the Suffering Christ!
  
  
• Meditation 3, The Benefits of True Repentance.
  “Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” says Christ.
  
  
• Meditation 4, The Name of Jesus.
  What can be sweeter than the Name of Jesus!
  
  
• Meditation 5, An Exercise of Faith From the Love of Christ in the Agony of Death.
  To me the Grace of Jesus is of Infinite Value.
  
  
• Meditation 6, Consolation for the Penitent Soul, From the Passion of Christ.
  The Cross of Christ is our Crown.
  
  
• Meditation 7, The Fruit of our Lord's Passion.
  The Passion of Christ is my hope.
  
  
• Meditation 8, The Certainty of our Salvation.
  A Good Hope cannot be Confounded.
  
  
• Meditation 9, Loving God Alone.
  May Love Bind Thee Fast to the Lord.
  
  
• Meditation 10, Our Reconciliation with God.
  Christ Hath Paid my Debt of Sin.
  
  
• Meditation 11, The Satisfaction for our sins.
  The Death of Christ is the Life of the Godly.
  
  
• Meditation 12, True Faith -- its Nature and Properties.
  True Faith is Living and Victorious.
  
  
• Meditation 13, The Spiritual Marriage of the Soul with Christ.
  Christ is the Spouse of the Soul.
  
  
• Meditation 14, The Mystery of the Incarnation.
  Christ’s Cradle glows with a Heavenly Light.
  
  
• Meditation 15, The Saving Benefits of Christ's Incarnation.
  Let us be deeply grateful for the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
  
  
• Meditation 16, The Spiritual Refreshment of the Godly.
  What is God to the soul? He is its Light, its Healing Balm, its Bread of Life.
  
  
• Meditation 17, The Benefits of Baptism.
  Baptism is a Holy Washing.
  
  
• Meditation 18, The Saving Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ.
  The Flesh of Christ is Life to the Soul.
  
  
• Meditation 19, The Mystery of the Lord's Supper.
  To Stand in Wonder Before it, not to Pry into it, is Truest Wisdom.
  
  
• Meditation 20, A Serious Preparation for the Holy Supper.
  Be thou a worthy guest of Christ in His Holy Supper.
  
  
• Meditation 21, The Ascension of Christ.
  To Ascend with Christ is our Blessed Privilege.
  
  
• Meditation 22, The Holy Spirit.
  God seals His elect with His Holy Spirit.
  
  
• Meditation 23, The Dignity of the Church.
  The Church is Christ’s Bride.
  
  
• Meditation 24, Predestination.
  We are Chosen in Christ.
  
  
• Meditation 25, The Saving Efficacy of Prayer.
  Our Sighs Pierce the Heavens.
  
  
• Meditation 26, The Guardianship of Angels.
  Saints have their guardian angels.
  
  
• Meditation 27, The Wiles of the Devil.
  Who knoweth the cunning of a demon?
  
  
• Meditation 28, General Rules for a Godly Life
  A Godly Life is the Wisest Life.
  
  
• Meditation 29, False Security.
  False security is death.
  
  
• Meditation 30, The Imitation of Christ.
  Let Christ be the Rule of thy Life.
  
  
• Meditation 31, Self-denial.
  Self-indulgence is Denial of Christ.
  
  
• Meditation 32, True Peace of Soul.
  The Mind that Rests in the Lord is at Peace.
  
  
• Meditation 33, Purity of Conscience.
  A Conscience void of offence is light to the Soul.
  
  
• Meditation 34, The Cultivation of True Humility.
  What is Man? What is a Bubble? They are alike Nothing.
  
  
• Meditation 35, Avoiding Avarice.
  Who is a Really Poor Man? The Avaricious Man.
  
  
• Meditation 36, True Charity.
  Love is the Seal of the Saint!
  
  
• Meditation 37, Chastity.
  Christ’s Mind is the Abode of Purity.
  
  
• Meditation 38, The Transitoriness of Life.
  What is Human Life?
  
  
• Meditation 39, The Vanity of the World.
  The Eternal Transcends the Temporal.
  
  
• Meditation 40, The Advantages of Temptations.
  The Palm Tree Grows Upward in Spite of Weights and Hindrances.
  
  
• Meditation 41, The Principles of Christian Patience.
  Patience will triumph at last.
  
  
• Meditation 42, Perseverance in Overcoming Temptation.
  A hope fixed in God will never fail us.
  
  
• Meditation 43, The Daily Consideration of Death.
  To Meditate upon Death is Life.
  
  
• Meditation 44, Consolation in the Death of Friends.
  To Die is Gain.
  
  
• Meditation 45, The Last Judgment.
  Regard with wholesome fear the tribunal of Christ.
  
  
• Meditation 46, The Desire for Eternal Life.
  Always Look Upward, O My Soul.
  
  
• Meditation 47, The Beatific Vision of God in Heaven.
  Heaven is our Fatherland.
  
  
• Meditation 48, The Blessed Companionship of Angels in Heaven.
  Heaven is our Home!
  
  
• Meditation 49, The Severity of Future Punishment.
  Ever keep in mind the torments of hell!
  
  
• Meditation 50, The Eternity of Future Punishment.
  The Punishment of Sin is Eternal.
  
  
• Meditation 51, The Spiritual Resurrection of the Godly.
  To arise with Christ is Life.