I don’t understand why a confessional Lutheran could consider throwing away the gospel, justification by faith alone in order to join Rome or the East. Perhaps they don’t value the gospel?

Enjoyed this and so convicting!

If I wasn't such die hard calvinist I'd gladly be a lutheran. It is a beautiful and serious christian tradition. God bless you, brothers.

What sa "Roman" Catholic?

Great message. I think of the Roman doctrine of charity or the Calvinistic emphasis on systems, which is my Dutch Reformed background. It is difficult to accept mysteries and paradoxes.

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Great commentary. I am Dutch Reformed (CRCNA) but am considering LCMS Lutheranism. What would be a good first step?

Any chance these sermons are in podcast format? Thanks and God bless.

Great video. Are you LCMS? God bless.

Do you want the Eucharist or not? Catholic and Orthodox have the Eucharist and Lutherans do not.

There are only an estimated 7 million confessional Lutherans on Earth. Thats how many Orthodox Christian’s are in America. I think it is a fair assessment to compare Orthodoxy to Protestantism at large because a majority confessional Lutherans statistically will join another branch of Protestantism within their lifetime. Please I ask you to just come and see an Orthodox Liturgy, it will change you ☦️

My husband and I are WELS lutherans... so grateful. I cannot imagine where else we would go. Thanks for the video!!

Thnk you so much for this. I am an Evangelical Christian who is currently exploring a Lutheran church and is feeling called more and more each visit to be confirmed. I struggle with understanding all of the arguments for and against Orthodoxy, which I greatly respect and admire, yet I cannot get behind prayer to Mary and the Saints. Please pray for me.

Great sermon, thank you for posting!

Thanks for speaking boldly on these issues

I dislike the term "Protestant," particularly as it is used today, as it holds little relevance for me as a confessional Lutheran. While divisions among various traditions are often emphasized, there is considerable unity-or at least institutional cohesion-within specific traditions such as confessional Lutheranism, Methodism, or Anglicanism. Similarly, my parents attend a non-denominational church that demonstrates strong unity among its members within its own micro-tradition. Historically, Lutherans have at times had greater disagreements with other Christian groups than with Catholics. From a historical perspective, I have observed that the ecclesial traditions-Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Church of the East, Eastern Orthodox, and Catholic-often display far more substantial disagreements and differences among themselves than the main confessional Protestant traditions do with one another. It also seems to me that many Protestant converts to these ecclesial traditions are often Protestant only in a broad sense, lacking commitment to any particular tradition. These individuals are frequently uneducated in their own heritage and occupy a position of theological looseness, which makes them susceptible to being drawn into the ecclesial traditions.

Classical,Magisterial, and Confessional Protestants unite!

I’m disappointed that my ELCA has gone full radical and is not even close to the church I grew up with. I’m also disgusted with the treatment of the ELCA by LCMS members. I will not join another religion. I feel like I have no church home.

Great simple point: We true historical confessional Lutherans are not to lumped into the whole group of Protestants, which teach various, wide, and even contradicting doctrines among them and manifest the similarly in their practices. Our Book of Concord defines our true Lutheran identity, and that compared to the so-called Roman and Eastern 'orthodox' expressions of Christendom, is by far closer to first century Christianity, and therefore is easier to defend. Yes, why take a step back toward Rome or step into the too numerous to be counted expressions of the Eastern church whose interpretations and application of canon are still in flux. Thank you Pr. Williams for the insights in your video post.

This is a much needed perspective in today’s discourse !

Ah but Lutherans do have to defend broader Protestantism It's like the Founders washing their hands of subsequent US history. "This isn't what we intended!" Results>>>intentions! Or to put it another way, why did you not better foresee the outcome!

Wow this was a very helpful video !

As an Anglican priest, I really enjoyed this video! I can truly relate to the pigeon hole argument by RC and EO. I have much appreciation for my confessional Lutheran brethren. I don’t deny our differences but I would say that confessional Anglicanism is closest to confessional Lutheranism than any other communion.

Based!

Pastor, could you add a sermon title or description to the sermons? God bless.

Marcus, this was a great talk - appreciate you posting it. I converted to EO a little over a decade ago, but have been giving confessional Lutheranism and Anglo-Catholicism a more serious look lately. In this talk you mentioned Lutherans accept the 7 Councils with certain qualifications - I’m curious what those may entail? Would they be worth making a video about? I suppose the best place to start would be for me to read all the confessional documents discussed here 🙃

John 6:28-29 NKJV [28] Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” [29] Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent. It would appear that Our Lord consideres belief to be a work. Thoughts?

Who is the illustrator of the thumbnail might I ask?

Sola Scriptura is a failed experiment. It has only created thousands of denominations consisting of nothing more than human opinions. Then followed by delusional confidence we understand clear scripture, and are guided by the Holy Spirit.

Unfortunately Lutheran was founded on Luther not Christ. The belief Christ's promise to hold his church as the pillar or Bulwark of the truth must be consided false much like Muslims or the Mormans depend on Christ failing.