The Theological Word you need to Know 

Thank you pastor! I became Lutheran after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses. I was a 3rd generation JW. Praise God for his good work! This is a very important topic!!

Ps Rosebrough gave me "..American Christianity..." when he was doing his Pirate Christian conference down in Australia a couple of years ago. So glad he did. It really simplified Christianity for me [I'm ex-charismatic pentecostal] and showed me just how light Christ's burden is.

You could stay on this topic for an eternity, and I'd still never tire of it! Thank you, Pastor! I enjoy going over the Book of Concord.

As a former Pentecostal turned confessional Reformed/Presbyterian, these videos are such a great resource and perfectly describe the errors of what I was taught growing up

And now this..! It’s enough to make me enthusiastic (in a good way) about theology! More of the same, please! Thank you!

Excellent! Coming from a former Charismatic, this is Spot On!!!!!

Since you have been doing a few videos on prayer, and now this one on enthusiasm, would you be able to do a video on how we are to pray; both knowing that: God answers prayer, and that we are not to expect a special revelation from God? It is a dichotomy that I struggle with occasionally - especially when I hear that important decisions were "prayerfully considered". Like this if you fellow commenters agree...

Pastor Brian, I love your teachings and have learned so much from you - now considering myself a “RU-vid Theologian!” I have been a Charismatic Pastor / Word of Faith Minister for 35+ years but have now come to join the LCMS and LOVE IT! Regarding Luther’s Smallcald Article teaching on Enthusiasm, can you please explain this Scripture? Thanks in advance. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. I John 2:27 Thanks so much.

Your lessons are eye-opening! Lots of "a-ha" moments. I learned a lot. Thank you!

*SO* wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with us all. I am adding this to my theological 'reference' playlist

Your use of the text printed and writing on the pages is very helpful! Thank you.

8:46 "Against the Heavenly Prophets" Luther's Works volume 40

Could we say that ''enthusiasm'' threatens the soul of the enthusiast even if the enthusiast says and is sure that he is a believer? Also, what if the Catholics and modern Evangelicals say they don't interpret the Scriptures according to their hearts but according to what it really says? Yesterday, in my ex evangelical presbyterian church, ex for sure as I think, the Presbyters said to me: ''We don't care about the Reformation, we are not Lutherans, we don't care about the lutheran or calvinian confessions (Westminster Confession of Faith comprised!!! on which the specific church's confession is based upon!!!), we live the christian life, we read and interpret the Bible by ourselves and we do good works. You have made Luther and Calvin your idols. We don't ''. So many protestant denominations say they go to the Bible always, my dear friend. They say ''yep, we always go to the word, the word, the word'' and they try to find new perspectives and new interpretations. I 'm so tired, Bryan. So tired.

Just started reading the book. I am already underlining so much of it!

I've never heard the word enthusiasm in a theological context before this video.

This answers the question I submitted to you regarding the highly popular devotional Jesus Calling. Many thanks!

This is so important and seems to be such a pivotal point.

Great way of explaining Luther's text using the highlighters.

Mighty truth here. Thank you.

This is great!!

It's curious that Luther used the word enthusiasm to be not of God. The noun enthusiasm comes from the , from enthous, meaning “possessed by a god, inspired.

Excellent.

Very helpful

thank you

I am from India, May God bless you and keep sharing the word of God. I have one question for you, Can you please explain about the number 666 in your next message.

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the Theologia Germanica. Seems to be a rather mystic book but I hear Luther really liked it.

I think "innward" means "towards the inn"...

Just a thought could the super apostles mentioned by Paul be enthusiast?

Can I download what you were showing somewhere?

So can it be said that enthusiasm is the principle tenet of “The Theology of Glory”?

How do we reconcile this with Jan Hus's prophecy of Luther? Especially since Luther even thought it referred to him, and even if Luther hadn't it seems like its clearly true and is thus the Holy Spirit working outside of the Word and Sacraments

Thank you Pastor. This evil is everywhere! God's peace

Sounds like the apostles and early church were enthusiasts

Please forgive my lack of understanding, but isn't there a certain irony in studying Luther's teachings about enthusiasm, when Luther himself is perhaps the greatest example of enthusiasm in human history? On the one hand, Luther says (basically) that anyone who places anything (reason, feelings, etc.) above the Holy Scripture is in error, yet Luther himself had the audacity to determine what scripture was, in contrary to the original church fathers in the very line of tradition from Peter himself, scriptures that were accepted for over a thousand years by Luther's lifetime. The very notion that Luther can delete or truncate scripture from the Bible while condemning enthusiasm screams of not just heresy, but also hypocrisy.

The dumbest part of your point and religion is why didnt god want adam and eve to have knowledge and know good and evil? Why was they punished whe they had no concept of good and evil

Could we say that ''enthusiasm'' threatens the soul of the enthusiast even if the enthusiast says and is sure that he is a believer? Also, what if the Catholics and modern Evangelicals say they don't interpret the Scriptures according to their hearts but according to what it really says? Yesterday, in my ex evangelical presbyterian church, ex for sure as I think, the Presbyters said to me: ''We don't care about the Reformation, we are not Lutherans, we don't care about the lutheran or calvinian confessions (Westminster Confession of Faith comprised!!! on which the specific church's confession is based upon!!!), we live the christian life, we read and interpret the Bible by ourselves and we do good works. You have made Luther and Calvin your idols. We don't ''. So many protestant denominations say they go to the Bible always, my dear friend. They say ''yep, we always go to the word, the word, the word'' and they try to find new perspectives and new interpretations. I 'm so tired, Bryan. So tired.