The Lutheran History Podcast

Oct 31 2024 61 ep. 55 mins 28
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The Lutheran History Podcast interviews professional and independent historians on their work, covering over 500 years of Lutheranism. We hear new stories, examine old heroes of faith, and dig into the who, how, what, and why of history-making.

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TLHP 61 The Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Forum and Its Role in Founding the CELC with Timothy Plichta

Oct 31 2024 34 mins  
Timothy Plichta is a WELS homeschooled high school student living in Germantown, WI. He loves Lutheran history in general and is especially enthralled with anything related to the CELC.Blue Grit Podcast: The Voice of Texas Law EnforcementHost: Clint McNear and Tyler Owen discussing topics, issues, and stories within the...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show Lutheran H

TLHP 60 Wyneken in Baltimore: Contesting Lutheran Identity 1845-1850

Oct 17 2024 78 mins  
This episode is a fuller version of my presentation given at the 2024 Lutheran Historical Conference in Baltimore. Link to the full video of this episode.One church historian observed that “ It would require pages and pages to report Wyneken's work during his pastorate [in Baltimore].” This episode will examine one specific topic- how Wyneken contested for a genuine Lutheran id

TLHP 59 Johannes Bugenhagen and Poor Relief with Jason Oakland

Oct 03 2024 64 mins  
Image: Johannes BugenhagenDuring the Reformation Martin Luther restored many Christian teachings to its proper biblical understanding. One of the men who worked with Luther in communicating those teachings was Johannes Bugenhagen. This episode explores one specific way Bugenhagen communicated the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms in The Christian Order of the Honorable City of Braunschw

TLHP 58 U.V. Koren and C.F.W. Walther’s views on American Government with Andrew Soule

Sep 19 2024 53 mins  
Image U.V. Koren “How is our America doing?” That is the poignant question that C.F.W. Walther (1811 1887), the President of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, asks in his Synod’s theological journal, “Lehre und Wehre” in 1863. In a series of articles written in the Spring of that year, on the eve of the Civil War, Walther addressed topics such as slavery, abolitionism, the n

TLHP 57 Becoming Lutheran: The Community of Brunswick from Evangelical Reform to Lutheran Culture with John Maxfield

Sep 05 2024 65 mins  
Image: city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) in the 16th centuryIn Becoming Lutheran, Dr. John Maxfield discusses several key aspects of Lutheran culture that shape the identity and practice of Lutherans as the Reformation grew and developed outside of the center of Wittenberg. The story of Brunswick engages with Reformation historiography in a way that takes genuine religious convictio

TLHP 56 Lutheran Sermons and Walther's Pastoral Theology with Scott Henrich

Aug 15 2024 75 mins  
We welcome back Pastor Scott Henrich, a WELS pastor serving in Knoxville, Tennessee. His experiences reading historic Lutheran sermons inspired him to research Lutheranism's homiletical heritage in a way that may challenge some contemporary assumptions about the historic perception of Lutheran preaching. (See TLHP 39)You can contact him here: [email protected] he offers

TLHP 55 Sassy Lutherans, the House of Cleves and the Reformation with Heather Darsie

May 02 2024 60 mins  
Heather R. Darsie lives in the United States. She has a Bachelor of Arts in German Languages and Literature, and a Juris Doctorate. During her time at university, she had the privilege of studying in Costa Rica and France, with visits to Germany and other countries.Ms. Darsie first became interested in the Renaissance time period when she read a biography about Elizabeth I of Engla

TLHP 54 Did Luther have a 3rd Use of the Law? With Bob Kolb

Apr 04 2024 54 mins  
Image: Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Younger"Wittenberg Uses of Law and Gospel"Our guest today Dr. Robert A. Kolb is a professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. See the emeritus faculty page at Concordia Lutheran Seminary:Kolb retired in 2009 after 16 years of distinguished service as missions professor of Systematic Theology and Concordia Lut

TLHP 53 The Wittenberg Concord of 1536

Feb 29 2024 36 mins  
Image: Wittenberg c. 1530 from the host's personal collection.In May 1536 several prominent Reformed reformers traveled to Wittenberg to confess their understanding of what is received in the sacrament of Holy Communion and who receives it. Luther, Melancthon, and other Lutheran reformers readily signed on in agreement concerning this contentious doctrine. This was seen as a signif

TLHP 52 How the Lutheran Church is Constituted with Michael Holmen

Feb 01 2024 55 mins  
In this episode, translator Michael Holmen takes us through J. W. F. Höfling's How the Lutheran Church is Constituted (Grundsätze evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchenverfassung).In his book Höfling describes how the Lutheran church should be constituted according to the principles given in the Lutheran Confessions and in Martin Luther's writings. Höfling sees the teachings of churc