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What's the difference between the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Lutheran confession of the Faith? Search the Archive: https://atp.holycrosskerrville.com/ Support ATP: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl Get the book "Questions on Baptism" here: https://tinyurl.com/bhp923r8 Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug

How is Wesleyan Arminianism different from the Lutheran confession of the Faith? What are the other differences? And what about the coming "amicable separation" in the United Methodist Church? ***UPDATE*** On March 3, 2022, after recording this episode the UMC has postponed its General Conference which would decide on the "amicable separation." It's not going to happen until at least 2024. Want the script for this episode with all Pastor's sources cited so that you can look them up yourself? Get it by becoming a monthly patron. Go to https://www.patreon.com/askthepastor Support ATP: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl Get the book "Questions on Baptism" here: https://tinyurl.com/bhp923r8 Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug

What is Unitarian Universalism and how is different from the Lutheran Confession of the Christian faith? Get the books here: https://tinyurl.com/7y98e69x Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug Support ATP: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl

What is the Magdeburg Confession? How do Lutherans view it? What does it teach us about resistance to the governing authorities? Want the script for this episode with all Pastor's sources cited so that you can look them up yourself? Get it by becoming a monthly patron. Go to https://www.patreon.com/askthepastor Support ATP: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl Get the book "Questions on Baptism" here: https://tinyurl.com/bhp923r8 Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug

What does James 5:16 teach about confessing our sins? Is this confession to a priest/pastor? What does private confession entail and how is it done? Want the script for this episode with all Pastor's sources cited so that you can look them up yourself? Get it by becoming a monthly patron. Go to https://www.patreon.com/askthepastor Support ATP: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl Get the book "Questions on Baptism" here: https://tinyurl.com/bhp923r8 Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug

What is the New Perspective on Paul? Is it a faithful reading of St. Paul? Is it compatible with the Lutheran confession of the faith? Get your ATP coffee mug here: https://teespring.com/ask-the-pastor-mug And if you'd like to support ATP, go here: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl

What are the three ecumenical creeds and when does the Church use them in public worship? How and why did these creeds come about, and are they still necessary for the Church's confession today? Be sure to give the video a "like." Subscribe to ATP, and share our videos on social media! If you'd like to support the ministry of ATP you can do so here: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl

Did you know that Lutherans and the Eastern Orthodox communicated in the 1570s? Pastor addresses the theological agreements and disagreements in the correspondence, showing the fundamental disagreement between the Augsburg Confession and the theology of the Eastern Church. Make sure to subscribe to ATP, share it on social media, and support ATP at: https://tinyurl.com/yadhlqfl

How does the Christian reading the Levitical sexual prohibitions in Leviticus 18? To what extent are Christians under Mosaic Law? How does the differentiation between moral and ceremonial law help us make sense of this and sharpen our confession of faith to a world that is becoming increasingly more confused about this topic? All this and more in this episode of ATP. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to ATP. You can send your question(s) to atpholycross@gmail.com.

Is it necessary to confess your sins? Is it necessary to confess your sins to your pastor? What good is the practice of private confession and absolution, and why has the true church retained it? All this and more in this episode of ATP. Send your question(s) to atpholycross@gmail.com. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

As we approach the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, a viewer asks several questions about the Lutheran confession of the Christian faith. What is the Lutheran Church? What are its beliefs? Answers to these questions and more in this edition of ATP. Email your question(s) to pastor at atpholycross@gmail.com and he'll answer them as he's able. It may take some time. The mailbag is bursting at the seams! Thanks for watching. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!

What's the difference between the Anglican confession of faith and the Lutheran Confession of faith? They look similar, but are they? Also, will the ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) and the LCMS (Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod) ever be in fellowship? All this in this jam-packed episode of ATP. Email pastor at atpholycross@gmail.com and he'll get to your question as soon as he's able. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like, share, subscribe, and tell a friend about how much you love ATP from Holy Cross Lutheran in Kerrville, TX.

Another question about which Bible translation to buy, along with a question about the value of private confession and absolution. Today Pastor deals with these questions and talks about the opportunity to confess our sins to our pastor and receive Christ's forgiveness, from the pastor as if from God Himself. Thanks for watching. Send your question(s) to atpholycross@gmail.com. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. Also, if you'd like to help get the word out about ATP and look cool doing it, get an ATP T-Shirt here: http://tinyurl.com/knoy2w9

What is Eastern Orthodoxy? What does it teach and how is that different from the Lutheran Confession of the Christian faith? Today Pastor summarizes the three main differences between Eastern Orthodoxy and the Scriptures. Also check out this video: https://youtu.be/nB84Dhv1MiY Thanks for watching. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe, and of course, send your questions to atpholycross@gmail.com!

This marks the end of our study of the Augsburg Confession. If you have questions or would like to comment, please send me an email at atpholycross@gmail.com.

Article 28 deals with the power of Bishops and pastors within the church. What power do they have by divine right, that is, what power is given them in the gospel? What powers aren't they given? This video deals with these questions. If you'd like to ask a follow up question on this, or any other topic in the Augsburg Confession Study Series, email me at atpholycross@gmail.com.

Article 27 treats Monastic Vows, which were put on the same level as Baptism so that people were led to believe the like of a monk was holier than the life of a Christian in the world, fulfilling his vocations. This is a longer article so once again, we'll be skipping around in the text.

It may sound boring, "the distinction of meats" but this article takes what we've already confessed about the righteousness of faith and the proper use of human traditions, and applies them to things like mandatory fasts, fish on Fridays in Lent, days of obligation, basically anything in the church that is deemed "necessary" other than the righteousness of faith. This article also explores WHY we have traditions in the church, which is for the sake of discipline and mortification of the sinful flesh, NOT for the sake of gaining grace, forgiveness, or favor from God.

This video wraps up our study of AC 24 "Of The Mass," talking about the nature of worship.

We're still talking about worship and the role of faith in the Mass in today's continuation of our study of the Augsburg Confession, Article 24, Of The Mass.

Article XXIV (24) of the Augsburg Confession deals with the Mass, or as some of us still call it today, the Divine Service, in which God gives the gifts of His Word and the Sacrament to people for the forgiveness of their sins. Sadly, the Roman Church had turned the Mass into something else entirely. We find in this article a pure understanding of Christian worship, the Mass, and the nature of worship in the New Testament. This is a longer article, and a very important one for Christians today, so it will be covered in a few parts.

Mandatory public celibacy had begun to be enforced in the Roman church some 400 years before the Lutheran Reformation. To this day, the church of Rome does not typically allow its clergy to be married. Article 23 of the Augsburg Confession examines the Scriptural reasons why ministers can be married, and how now man-made vow can override what God has ordained in His revealed Word, the Holy Scriptures.

This episode studies article 22 of the Augsburg Confession. With this article we get into the abuses of the Roman church during the medieval period. AC 22 deals with why Lutherans don't withhold the chalice from the laity in Holy Communion as Rome did, and still do in some places.

What does the church do with the saints? On the one side, the Roman church prays to them. On the other side, most of American Protestantism ignores them. As always, the Lutheran position is right in the middle. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe on Youtube or like us on Facebook!

Article 20 deals with Good Works, specially it deals with from where good works come, which is faith, since faith alone justifies.

What is the cause of sin? From whence did evil originate? Today's study of the Augsburg Confession deals with these issues and the ramifications for getting it wrong.

Article 18 tackles the issue of the freedom of the will. Does man have free will in things of this world? What about free will in regards to spiritual things? This is another very important article of the faith, especially for anyone confessing the truth of the Scripture in our modern world.

When Christ returns, what will happen? This article takes a brief (but deep) look at Christ's second advent, what will happen, and what WON'T happen. This article is terribly important to confess rightly in the North American religious scene.

To we explore what the Gospel does to life in the civil realm. Does the Gospel abrogate the civil realm? Does faith mean that you have to disdain the civil sphere and remove yourself from it? Or is the Gospel a matter of the heart, faith, and eternal righteousness?

Every church has ecclesiastical usages, also known as human traditions. Article 15 confesses how we ought to use human traditions in the church and how they are improperly used.

Article 14 is brief but vitally important to the church and Christ's ministry in His church. Who can preach? Can just anybody decide to take on this important task of Christ? How do we tell who is truly called to preach and who is not called by Christ? We'll see how the Scriptures look at the divine call to preach in today's video.

Today's AC study continues on to Article 13. Now that we've talked about the Sacraments we can talk about the proper use of them and the improper use of them. Thanks for watching!

What do the Scriptures teach about repentance? How often are we to be repenting and what are the parts of Biblical repentance? This episode covers article 12 of the Augsburg Confession.

Many folks (even seasoned Lutherans) have been taught to shun confessing their sins to their pastor in order to receive Christ's Absolution. The Lutheran Church retains that practice. Find out why in today's video.

AC Article 10 is on today's docket. What is the Lord's Supper? Who receives it? This article is a suitcase. It looks small but there's a lot to unpack.

Article 9 of the Augsburg Confession deals with Baptism, its necessity and nature and the great promises God gives us in His sacrament.

AC8 fills in the gaps from AC7. Since the church is revealed wherever the Word is purely taught and the Sacraments rightly administered, what does one do with hypocritical members and ministers? Does the ministry of Word and Sacrament derive its efficacy from the man or from Christ's promise? That's the trajectory of today's video

Today's episode covers Article 7 of the Augsburg Confession. We're talking about the Church, what it is and what it isn't and where to find it. This article also talks about unity in rites (i.e. what you do and say on Sunday morning).

It's Friday! That means coffee and the Lutheran Confessions! This segment covers Article 6 of the Augsburg Confession concerning New Obedience of the Christian who is justified by faith alone.

Continuing our reading of the Augsburg Confession, this episode deals with the Ministry of the Word and Sacraments and its connection to justifying faith that was confessed in article 4.

This video explores the 4th article of the Augsburg Confession which deals about the justification of the sinner before God. We'll see that there is only one way God justifies sinners, and remember to pay close attention to grammar, especially the tense of verbs.

Article III of the Augsburg Confession teaches us about who the Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity is, what He does, and how he does it. Questions can be sent to atpholycross@gmail.com and comments can be left below.

Article 2 deals with Original Sin, what is is, what are the results of is, and how the Lord forgives it. This is an foundational article of the faith because if we have an unbiblical view of humanity, everything else will get thrown off kilter. Grab a cup of coffee and your Book of Concord (yeah you can read it online, but you stare at a computer screen enough as it is). Comments are welcome and follow up questions can be sent to atpholycross@gmail.com

Continuing our study of the Augsburg Confession. This session finishes up Article I: On God by talking about who God isn't.

Who is God? Who ISN'T God? How does He reveal Himself to us? Keeping first things first, the confession begins with God. Comments are welcome and questions can be emailed to atpholycross@gmail.com

What does a Lutheran believe? Get a book of concord from Repristination Press (link below) and a cup of coffee and find out. Every Friday morning Pastor Sullivan will be exploring the Augsburg Confession, the confession of faith for Lutherans and truly catholic Christianity. This is NOT replacing ATP. ATP will still come out on Wednesdays (Lord willing). Find out what we believe and why. Get your Book of Concord at: http://www.repristinationpress.com/Repristination_Press/Book_of_Concord.html

Do people have free will? The distinction of "things below us" and "things above us" will help us keep true to what the Scriptures say about our free will (or lack thereof), lest we think that we can contribute anything to our salvation. That glory belongs to Christ alone. For more on this, check out the Augsburg Confess, Article 18 here: http://bookofconcord.org/augsburgconfession.php#article18 And the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Article 18 here: http://bookofconcord.org/defense_17_freewill.php As always, send your questions to atpholycross@gmail.com and we'll answer them as we are able.