The Lutheran History Podcast

My statistics report for the podcast tells me that 89% of my listeners are in North America, so that likely means that many listeners may not be aware of parallel developments of Lutheranism in other parts of the world, especially Australia.  I was surprised to see how many origins, divisions, and developments within Australian Lutheranism were so similar to many American Lutheran groups.  While w...

Pastor Borrasso’s presentation on the 2019 decision to close Concordia, Selma and other historically Black Lutheran institutions at the 2020 Lutheran Historical Conference could hardly be called disinterested history!  He examined the history of Black ministry in the LC-MS and identified a pattern and foundation that has very real implications for the present and very recent past.  He offered a cr...

You can order The Election Controversy here: https://online.nph.net/the-election-controversy.html Today when people hear the phrase “election controversy” they’re probably talking about a political election for public office, no doubt November 2020 will often be associated in American minds with the idea of election controversy.  But for hundreds of years, another kind of election has divided Prot...

Our guest today is John Hannah. He has served as a pastor in Royalton, Minnesota, and The Bronx, New York. He was a Chaplain in the U.S. Army for thirty years. He earned degrees from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Vanderbilt University Divinity School and graduated from the U.S. Army War College. Pastor Hannah has extensively researched the military service of A...

The mid-19th century was an important period of transition and formation for Lutheranism.  The life of Johannes Strieter an immigrant, orphan, missionary, and pastor, gives us a personal perspective on this period, filled with colorful anecdotes. Here are some links shared by our guest, Nathaniel Biebert: My translation blog: https://redbrickparsonage.wordpress.com Post-Reformation Digital Library...

In today's episode, Dr. Mark Braun of Wisconsin Lutheran College shares his perspectives on the 1916 book: Little Journeys with Martin Luther: A Real Book Wherein are Printed Divers Sayings and Doings of Dr. Luther in These Latter Days when He Applied for Synodical Membership in the United States. Carefully Set Down in Writing at that Time by Brother John, of the Order of Poor Brethren Common...