Lutherans Explained in 2 Minutes

Lutheran Churches and their Beliefs are briefly discussed in this short overview video.

[CornCod]

Good work professor! A fair portrayal of Lutherans

[m]

These 2 minute videos are awesome! Looking forward to the series; and brother, you are doing great work to objectively depict the varying beliefs within Christianity. Thank you!

[TRUTHANDCONSEQUENCESWILLNEVER]

Interesting how Martin Luther would have probably been horrified to learn that a secessionist line was named after him. His goal was to reform the Church, not split it.

[JoeMama-tltr]

I was raised as a Lutheran but not too religious today. One of the best things I can say about it is that in all my life going to church, I never once felt there was any judgement of others by anyone. It was a place where we were taught to just be kind to everyone and treat others as you would like to be treated, with love and compassion . Never any judgement of people based on their choices in life. If you were lgbtq, a mean person, a racist person, our church would welcome you with love

[Bxtcxt]

I would say this 2 min explanation videos are pretty good 👍🏻

[pixieburton]

These 2 minute videos are great for the basics!! Thank you.

[mikegleason]

Great job of summing it up. As an LCMS member I doubt I could have done any better given the time limitations. 👍

[chris.shamblin]

These two-minute explanation videos are great! Thank you for making them!

[iagoofdraiggwyn]

These little bite sized over viewos are pretty awesome!

[evanathome]

Thanks for the video! Can you do a video on the difference between High Church and Low Church in Anglicanism ( and other Protestant denominations )? Thank you!

[vngelicath]

I think you raise a good point in your comment about "the Book of Concord counts confession as a sacrament but not all Lutheran denominations practice it" (presumably the Pietistic low church branches?)

Lutheranism isn't defined by what the sum total of all self-described "Lutherans" claim to believe and practice, synthesized and repackaged as a systematic theology. The Book of Concord would still be the final and exclusive description of authentic Lutheran even if all "Lutheran" denominations in the world held to other positions.

That's a good thing to bring out. How do we define a denomination/tradition: sociologically, or confessionally?

[charleshappold]

More feedback. You tend to focus your discussion on North American Christianity. In the case of Lutheranism, the U.S. synods tend to be more Protestant-like than European and African Lutherans. For example, the Church of Sweden is practically a carbon copy of the Church of England, thus the Porvoo Communion. One gets an accurate assessment of American Lutheranism in this video, but most Lutherans live elsewhere. Perhaps another series could spotlight Europe, where Lutheranism began and where Lutheran World Federation is centralized.

[lutherserbe]

Interesting Video! Quick note: In Germany there are "state churches" or Landeskirchen, who are either Unionist (Union of Lutherans and Reformed) or Lutheran. So the "Evangelische Landeskirche in Hessen/Nassau" for example is Unionst whereas the "Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens" is a "pure" Lutheran state Church.

[selvaperia]

I was a Catholic priest for 29 years, and now I am a happy and blessed pastor at ELCA.

[SuperSpieth]

Hey Joshua! You do a very good job even on your short videos I am very impressed with your work! I’m surprised you’re able to get two videos done in just two days! That’s very impressive!

[charleshappold]

Concise and accurate summary. I would have added ecclesiastical differences from episcopacy to congregational.

[joshbluhm]

As a Lutheran I thank you for representing us accurately in a short time span

[wolvadora]

Would have liked it more of you‘d have explained more with what Luther had problem. But nice video.

God bless you.

[thisiswheezie]

Hi bro, could you do a video comparing the denominations that make up national churches, specifically these 5:
1. Catholic Church (Roman Catholic)
2. Orthodox Catholic Church (Eastern Orthodox)
3. Anglican Communion
4. Lutheran World Federation
5. Oriental Orthodox Communion

[tomjung]

Why must every denomination have a gay marriage spin-off now