The Lutheran History Podcast

<p>Image: Mythic depiction of PETER MUHLENBERG AT WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA</p><p><b>Note: the guest wishes to clarify that he meant a $10 bill, not $100, in reference to Hamilton.</b></p><p>In God on Three Sides, Jonathan M...

<p>Image: German and British officers with a chaplain in 1777. </p><p>In God on Three Sides, Jonathan M. Wilson explores how German Pietist communities experienced and interpreted the American Revolution, a war that...

<p>In today's episode, we welcome back Dr. Tim Grundmeier from MLC to talk about his newly published book.</p><p>Lutheranism and American Culture examines the transformation of the nation’s third-largest Protestant...

<p><b>The most important WELS history resource might not sit on a shelf — it’s already in your browser.</b></p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Professor Nathan Ericson, Library Director at Wisconsin Lutheran...

<p>What was it like to witness Martin Luther’s wedding—and even his bridal chamber? In this episode, we explore Justus Jonas’s vivid letter announcing Luther’s marriage to Katharina von Bora, complete with tears...

<p>In this episode of The Lutheran History Podcast, Dr. John M. Brenner joins to share insights from his recent article on Professor Siegbert W. Becker, a major voice in confessional Lutheran theology during the 20th...

<p>In this episode of The Lutheran History Podcast, we talk with Dr. Timothy D. Grundmeier about his recent article, “Pennsylvania’s ‘Youthful Daughter’: Reexamining the Early History of the Wisconsin Synod,” featured...

<p>In this special episode, guest host Tim Grundmeier interviews historian and author Benjamin T. Phelps about his recent Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly article on Dr. Henry A. Koch—a pastor, professor, and editor who...

<p>This is a special episode of a presentation I prepared for the Society of German American Studies symposium in April in Milwaukee.</p><p>--</p><p>The year 2025 marks the 175th anniversary of the Wisconsin Evangelical...

<p>In this WELS 175th episode, we talk with Joel Otto, the anniversary committee chairman, about the pictorial history book Christ Through Us, which he co-authored with John Braun.</p><p>Many thanks to my wonderful...

<p>In this WELS 175th episode, we talk with Joel Otto, the anniversary committee chairman, about what WELS worship has looked like in the past and how it has changed.</p><p>Many thanks to my wonderful...

<p>image: Adolph Hoenecke from the host's family photo collection.<br/><br/>In this WELS 175th episode, we talk with Prof. James Danell who teaches German at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN, about Adolph Hoenecke...

<p>This is part of a longer conversation I had with Prof. James Danell about the imperative need for scholars who know German to do Lutheran history.<br/><br/>You can support the Confessional Language Scholarship at MLC...

<p>This is a cross-over episode with The Shepherd's Study Podcast, where I was a guest of Jared Natsis and Phil Moldenhauer. We talked about the content and merits of the book Brand Luther which came out shortly before...

<p>In this episode, we talk with Peter Prange about the third volume in his series, Wielding the Sword of the Spirit, in which he gets into the details and nuances of the Election Controversy that rocked the Synodical...