An Outsider Talks With a Lutheran Theologian (What do Lutherans Believe?) 

Just don’t make us wait eight days for the next one! 😂

@@revruesch However...8 days is a good resurrection/new creation number! So...it's probably worth waiting for!

Crucial Productions Ugggh...how can I argue with that! LOL

@@revruesch 😂😂😂

Enjoyed seeing Book of Concordia on your book stack.

laughed so hard when I noticed hahahahah

Everyone say Hi to Pastor Gleason! He's awesome. :-D

I waved back. I'm polite like that.

@@CrucialProductions My dad went to seminary with Pastor Gleason back in the day, and has one or two pieces of his artwork. It's worth noting that Pastor Gleason does stained glass work, and he crafted the beautiful designs on the doors at the entrance to the sanctuary, which are shown in the first video and can be seen behind Matt Whitman in this video. Hi Pastor Gleason, from Pastor Domke's oldest daughter! :D

Hi Pastor Gleason!

I grew up with my grandfather as an LCMS pastor and found it disheartening how many people especially from the catholic church’s were against Protestants without actually researching each protestant branch.

Amen

I came from Mormonism! Grateful I found Lutheranism (AKA The Bible).

Thanks be to God! Welcome!

My husband and three children are going on three years of being Lutheran!

Rome sweet home

hey Pastor! thanks for this. Iv used it numerous times to as an intro to Lutheraism - Lex Lutheran on twitter... I tweet u couple of times!

DJTripleThreat78 Lol. Lol. Thanks

Rev. Weedon, just wanted to say thanks for sharing so much knowledge and with clear passion and love of Christ! I wanted to ask if there is a sense of reclaiming the ancient church in the minds of the Reformers. There are things that I can find in both the Lutheran and Anglican perspectives that lean more towards the Eastern Church. In fact I believe that there was a relationship between the Lutheran theologians and Patriarch Joasaph in Constantinople. Is it correct to say that the Reformers sought to return to original Christianity and to cast off innovations made by the scholastic movement within the Roman church? May He bless you and your ministry! Love from a brother in Christ, Rob

Simon Templar yes, particularly in the second generation Reformers. Read through Martin Chemnitz’ Two Natures in Christ and you will be astounded at his reliance upon the Eastern fathers (whom he’s reading in Greek). A friend of mine once described Lutheranism as an Eastern Christology wedded to a Western soteriology. :)

David Phillips ...I find it odd that you say the pope can be infallible, but also speak against Vatican II, since it is official Catholic practice now...

Lol, you win the comment section.

@Lincoln & Welland Regiment I think you replied to the wrong comment. I'm confused by the beginning of your comment. Yes, too many criminals have infiltrated the catholic church, because they feel safe hiding in the clergy. However the church does not promote this and believes those men are in grave sin. The bishops and cardinals who moved them around and tried to hide their actions are evil men too, however the true catholic church and believers in Christ are against these criminals and the criminals who allowed them to enter the church. Take a look at the good priests out there who don't get any media coverage, I know many of them and they are good people.

The Mark of the Beast is the sign of the cross, taking the right hand, touching it onto the forehead as the victim of the deception calls on the Three Unclean Spirits coming like frogs from the mouth of the Vatican.

@@MattWhitmanTMBH I don't think we'll care, at least not right away.

A series were he goes around talking to Lutheran pastors?

@@andrews9695 Where he interviews Pastor Will from time to time.

FYI, Pastor Weedon has a daily podcast called "The Word of the Lord Endures Forever" 😊

@@tbird1968 I should check that out. Thanks

The U in Calvin's TULIP is Unconditional Election its Total depravity, Unconditional election Limited atonement Irresistible grace and Perseverance of the saints

And the reason I know I always will be. :)

Tell that to the ELCA.

@@ministryoftruth1451 amen as a Lutheran those people aren’t Lutheran they are like a mix with evangelical

@@joshnosek6078 I'd say they are a mix with Universalism.

@@ministryoftruth1451 could be that to. all im saying is the elca gives lutherans a bad look

I took a slightly different path but also found home with LCMS.

rickandrews2112 one more stop to make....Catholicism

A righteous woman is worthy of praise! If mary isnt worthy of praise, who is?!? My Lcms wife appreciates the practical similarities of viewing/adoring mary the way she wants her children to view/abore her. Also she like to consider how jesus feels toward Mary and considers feeling the same toward her. Finally , all generations will call me blessed quoted Mary the Blessed Mother. We may ask ourselves, "Am I apart of that generation or am I apart from that generation?

@Tom Jenkins worship requires a sacrifice... do u have evidence of a sacrifice I make to Mary? Maybe you have different definition of worship?

@Tom Jenkins where in scripture does it say we are only to offer prayer to God.?

As a Roman Catholic, it is amazing to me how similar many confessional Lutherans are to more conservative Catholics.

Quite simply put: confessional lutheranism is linked a lot with western soteriology (and sacraments) and with eastern christology 😄

@@esayli-vainio6698 Eastern christology? How?

The Roman Catholic church was on a trajectory that early Lutherans rejected. Martin Luther even exchanged letters with the Orthodox and considered joining the Orthodox church until it became clear to him that the two theologies did not match. The Roman Catholic church went on and had the Council of Trent and later Vatican II, but it is no accident that conservative, confessional Lutherans "appear" to fit somewhere between Traditional Catholics and the Orthodox because in many ways, they do. One big irony is that modern Catholics love to vilify Luther for "creating Protestantism" while many Lutherans actually are sympathetic with the Orthodox church's position that it was the Roman/Western church that broke away from the East and not the other way around. Any way you slice it, one of the biggest characteristics the three churches share is placing importance on correct theology and doctrinal boundaries. In this way, the Germans are just as stubborn as the Romans and the Greeks.

@@shellieperreault6262 it sounds like you're making a claim that orthodoxy is protestantism. It is true that they broke from the catholic church but the catholic church views the eastern churches as not in communion but sacraments made through the eastern churches are valid. That's the difference between the great schism and the protestantism reformation.

He does daily sermons on his podcast, "The Word of the Lord Endures Forever."

Why does the Trinity not appear in the Bible?peace;iiii

@@lufhopespeacefully2037 It does. It's just not called "The Trinity". It is in the OLD and NEW Testaments!

Amen my brother in Christ. I’ve was born and raised LCMS but still get tears in my eyes when I even attempt to contemplate the deep and strong love God has for us in His undeserved Grace.

You’re a fool then

That’s wonderful! I’m a Lutheran too converted from Southern Baptist. I’m glad you and I can have fellowship together. For more research on our doctrines I suggest Dr Jordan B Cooper, he’s been incredibly helpful in my furthered understanding of our doctrine

Yes! I have enjoyed Dr. Cooper's channel immensely. He is wonderful! God bless you! 🤗

@@benjaminhawthorne1969 God bless you too!

What made you decide to make the change?

I was the same way!

Same. "C'mon, Matt!"

Pastor Weedon’s new podcast is excellent!

I did the same thing every day

Michael Schuller I am too! I was so afraid that he would speak with a heretical branch (like those that accept sin in the church). I love this video!

What is the orthodox Lutheran branch?

@@run4cmt any that aren't ELCA for the most part. So LCMS, WELS, ELS etc

@@redmikey24interesting i grew up in lCMS which was very conservative but i didn’t know their were even more orthodox churches than us. I was always taught we were the most conservative among the Lutheran church.

@@alhilford2345 I am 67 years old and I have estimated that I have been to over 5000 Masses during my life. So I think I qualify as a Catholic, I have also read Luther's commentary on Galatians, and I have viewed several documentaries on Luther. I also studied some of his writings (more controversial) many years ago. Currently, I am witnessing a creeping crud of fanatical piety coming into the Catholic church which has convinced me that there is a very strong element in the Catholic church that does not know what the Gospel is. For that reason, I have increasingly listened to more and more Protestant teachers, and I have been more than pleasantly rewarded. Yes, I still am Catholic and I find nothing objectionable about Luther's basic view of things. My only objection to the current Lutheran church is that it lacks courage to stand against many of the things that are clearly evil in our culture. I am very tired of talking to my Catholic friends who always seem to resort to the argument: "We have the real presence and they don't." Wow, that is weak and pathetic, IMO. I prefer Peter's view of things in the Acts of the Apostles after he had the vision of the blanket descending from heaven full of all sort of creatures, etc. After this vision Peter declared he realized that all men who fear God are acceptable to Him. I agree with Peter.

@@ronaldkulas5748 but you must acknowledge that Luther's basic view of things entails a schism from the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic church -- a rejection of apostolic succession that creates a new church which is in its nature at odds with Christ's church. This very schism leads souls away from salvation by offering a false gospel not in line with THE Church. Luther's theology is only similar to the Catholic theology because it's among the earliest to splinter off. Place Luther in the 21st century and there is no limit to the blasphemy he might believe in -- because it is his church, not Christ's. I pray you don't allow the liars and sinners that have penetrated inside the Catholic Church be the reason you are driven out of it. Retain what is yours.

@@ronaldkulas5748 get hold of a good catholic apologetic. There s a reason why protestants kept splitting and splitting. They can all interpret as they seem fit, which results in numerous contradictory opinions. Bible isn't meant for personal interpretation! It's like giving a medical book to a random person and ask him to perform an operation. Its for reading and Learning but the ultimate interpretation is for the authority of the Church.

​@@justynagorka3972 They can all interpret as they seem fit, which results in numerous contradictory opinions. - Isn't that exactly what the Church does? The Popes and the Churches personal opinions throughout history have consistently contradicted eachother. The Church is and has always been a corrupt institution.

@@dragondov I dont know.any contradiction. Sorry to disappoint you. We dont interpret as we please because we can err We follow the magisterium.

Nice to have you! Let me know if you're ever in Taiwan. We'll find you a parish.

Go to a Catholic Church and attend Mass. Don't reject the Catholic Church until you understand the Church. Talk to a Catholic Priest and get to know the Catholic Church from the source and not what others say. Also, those things you found in that Luthern service is because it originated from the Catholic Church typically. More than likely the readings you hear at the Luthern service are the exact same as the Catholic readings because of the Revised Common Lectionary. Vatican II implemented the formation of the RCL and in 1983 it was reviewed, adapted, and approved by various Protestant church authorities. Created because of the Catholic Church and then some Protestants approved it for their our. Also the Catholic Church is Church history 👍

Yes, the Lutherans kept the godly bits and spat out the ungodly bits. That's what the whole video was about.

@Denis Dominguez, you conveniently forget that Rome split with the reformers, excommunicating Luther and others for pointing out Rome's errors.

Currently Presbyterian, but very intrigued about Lutheranism. Would you mind telling me what convinced you?

@@guzzn9714 Not OP but take a look at the Christology. Key differences there

Ryan Lindblom MS won’t except me.

Happy Sabbath! God's 4th Holy Seventh Day Sabbath commandment. Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Isaiah 58:13, Matthew 12:8, John 14:15 If you love me keep my commandments.

Feel free to find a wels or lcms to go to locally

That feedback helps a lot. I want this stuff to be accessible, but also to push us to learn and understand new things. Glad that was helpful!

@@MattWhitmanTMBH same here, glad for all the pop-ups as an LCMS Lutheran myself for ~20 years. They really help provide the context necessary to understand some bits of the dialog. These 2 videos are the first of yours I've watched, really enjoying them and the discussions taking place. Really helps when individuals have the gift of speech which the 2 of you really have.

100% agreed!

Ditto. Very grateful for them.

Hey Bruder. Wir haben eine Kirche in Deutschland, die mit der LCMS in Kirchengemeinschaft ist! Die SELK. Ich selbst bin vor kurzem übergetreten, falls du also an einer konfessionell lutherischen Kirche interessiert bist, schau auf jeden Fall bei der SELK vorbei. Wir haben eigentlich überall in Deutschland Gemeinden.

Same here!! :-D

Me too! I've never seen that before

High five Free Church friend!

There's still time to get back to your Lutheran roots, E-Free guys! 😊❤

Indeed! I've said for most of my Christian life that I'm "about half of a TULIP," but Wheedon articulated a congruent position with so much eloquence I'll have to co-opt his explanation.

Great to see a comment from Gospel Simplicity! I follow both!

You’ll be back.

@@anthonygarcia3960 Or you'll come home :)

@@emilyroberts4150 Who knows? But if you want to know the truth you’ll be back.

@Party Peetz True that’s why I came back to the Catholic faith a couple weeks ago.

@@emilyroberts4150 I did come home lol best decision ever!

Thanks!

Welcome! You're not a fellow believer but you're a fellow human and you're welcome because of it!

Hey! May I ask, where has your fascination brought you over these past two years?

@@krissmork videos about Greek and other mythology, where the Bible came from etc. I was watching a video about Genisis and how it came from Greek and mesopotamian beliefs. Really neat to watch. Many videos I've watched recently are from the "Mythvision" RU-vid channel.

@@mayganphynix8267 Oh, boy. Sounds like you're listening to secular sources mainly then. Not to argue, but be mindful that these claims are based upon there being similar imagry in the Bible as in other mesopotamian religions - but this doesn't prove the one coming from the other. An easy way to open up the possibilities, is to recognize that the Bible was written by people trying to convey meaning to those of their times, and thus resorted to use imagery and language that was familiar to them. If they believe in Ba'al, who was believed to be almighy, and soaring on the clouds of heaven, how would you as a prophet of Yahweh, the God of the Jews, convey that Yahweh is the Almighty God? By Yahweh riding on the clouds of heaven, for example. John did the same in Revelation, where he used similar descriptions of God as the Greek were familiar of in connection to Zeus: "The One who was, and is, and is to come". The assertion that Christianity or Judaism therefore originates from these religions, is a rashed one. Well, that's coming from a Christian, so hah! But a good source if this interests you still is a professor by the name of Michael Heiser, who has his doctrate in the ancient mesopotamian religion and languages (I with 99% certainty didn't call that by the accurate name, but he studied something of the sort. Very cool insights from a complete Bible and ancient religion nerd.) He is on youtube and had a podcast "the naked Bible podcast". He died to cancer recently, which is tragic, but his work is still being published. Anyways, thanks for the response 😁

Praise be to Christ, indeed!

I grew up and was baptized in the Methodist church. But then I found the LCMS two years ago. Since then I haven’t looked back!

I really appreciate hearing that, and thanks for jumping in on the new podcast too. I'm just finding that there's only so much room for videos each month, and it's tough to work straight through a book of the Bible the way I used to in video format oh, so I figured the podcast would let me do as much of that as I wanted to and if anybody wanted to come along they could.

Oh interesting sister in Christ! How comes you think like that? If you need any more information, I can maybe help on what Lutheranism is and what we teach. (Greetings from a confessional Lutheran from Germany)

I see what you did there... :-D The main difference is that no one yelled, "Shut up, Wesley!"

Lutheran pastors have epic facial hair.

Smokeylights I thought this was part 2.

It's always great when people show up for these things.

@@MattWhitmanTMBH I met Pastor Weedon in June for the Issues etc Conference up in Chicago. You and your team would be blown away watching all these wonderful christians worshipping as Pr. Weedon led us. Words do no justice to those type of experiences. Rev 4:8-11