Being Lutheran

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason shift their focus to the Old Testament as they continue to discuss the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. The nature of baptism is that it is an event. God has done it. It has happened. This is the first parallel...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason complete their topical examination of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. In the Lutheran mind, infant baptism is both the logical and biblical conclusion one arrives at because of the reality of original sin and the truth of Divine Monergism....

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their discussion on the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. How do you recognize the Reformation confession of Sola Fide and the Lutheran confession that Baptism saves? The first step in answering that question is defining the term “faith” itself....

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their discussion on the Sacrament of Baptism. At the beginning of the episode, they take up the question, “Why do we baptize?” It is in God’s nature to have mercy and it is in God’s nature to save.

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their discussion on baptism by moving from the content in the Small Catechism and looking at some other issues that are addressed in the Large Catechism and elsewhere. One of the primary differences between Lutherans and other Protestants...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason conclude their discussion on the Sacrament of Baptism from Luther’s Small Catechism. Along with the salvific value of Baptism, there is also a ceremonial and symbolic value to Baptism. Baptism is our entrance into the Christian Church and signifies...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their discussion on the Sacrament of Holy Baptism from Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms. We recognize that the power and effectiveness of baptism is not in the water, but in the Word of God. Your Baptism is an...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their discussion of the Sacrament of Baptism from Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms. Salvation was won for us on the cross, but it is delivered through the means of grace. The nature of the Sacraments is that they...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason begin their examination of the Sacrament of Baptism from Martin Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms. God’s Word is the effective element in Baptism. Baptism saves because God’s Word saves. Another effective means for understanding the Lutheran position on Baptism...

In this episode, Brett, Brian, and Jason continue their examination of the Seventh Petition of the Lord’s prayer by doing a Bible study on Genesis 3:15-24.  When we pray “deliver us from evil” in the Lord’s Prayer, the answer to that prayer is Christ on the...